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RE: OT: Blackbird guitars



Is that guitar being played? It doesn't look like to me.
And what a tone - yuk!

peace

G

> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:06:56 -0800
> From: highhorse@mhorse.com
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: OT: Blackbird guitars
>
> Since we've discussed portability a lot on the list, as well as the
> unrelated topic of guitar pickups that split the signal per string, I
> thought I'd mention my experience auditioning a Blackbird guitar
> yesterday. Blackbirds are small-bodied (but full-scale) carbon-fiber
> acoustic guitars, made by hand in San Francisco. I became aware of them
> just a few weeks ago through this video shot by Henry Kaiser of his
> Blackbird being played underwater in Antarctica (!).
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCPiPh2sWDk
>
> Carbon fiber is incredibly stiff stuff, and survived this experience
> unscathed. (Yesterday, the maker was giving it direct full-force kicks
> to the body to show how tough it is, which almost made me lose my lunch,
> but it didn't show a mark). It's also incredibly light - the
> nylon-string I played weighs only three pounds. As a guitar, it's
> surprisingly loud, and though the body is about six inches shorter and
> four inches narrower than a regular guitar, it has a great bass
> response, as well as a really unique and clear high end. It's a very
> modern sound, which wouldn't be mistaken for a concert classical, but I
> kinda fell in love with it. Complex chords are really detailed, and the
> whole body vibrates, even the neck (which is hollow - there's a tiny
> soundhole where you'd expect a truss rod to be). I've tried out most of
> the travel guitar options, and this definitely is the one offering the
> best tone, and durability, plus a really cool look.
>
> They offer the RMC pickup system with it, which has an individual
> saddle-mounted pickup for each string. That can be broken out
> separately, and used either in its analog form, or to drive MIDI.
> Especially given its nice acoustic clarity, I think it would work
> extremely well for individual string processing, like dropping the bass
> strings down an octave.
>
> The guitar ain't cheap - with the RMC, about $2000 US - but if I'm lucky
> I may figure out a way to acquire one for my travels.
>
> http://www.blackbirdguitar.com
>
> gear on,
>
> Daryl Shawn
> www.swanwelder.com
> www.chinapaintingmusic.com
>
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>
>


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