| Good Lord, look what they're building again... [message #95922] |
Wed, 13 February 2008 23:41  |
Nei
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Registered: November 2006
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http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/DARM.htm
A friend of mine had one of the originals... nearly
useless, IME (and his "E", as well - he never really played it
either live or when recording - just kinda kept it 'cause it
was "different"); neck was awkwardly-shaped, kinda beefy, but
also pretty wide, frets were low & thin, which combined with
the very flat radius, made bending difficult; it also had a
really dark sound to it, with absolutely no harmonics
whatsoever, intonation was always slightly off on one string or
another, no matter what you did with the bridge... urrrrgh....
why bother with a reissue that has no improvements over the
highly-flawed original?
Neil
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| Re: Good Lord, look what they're building again... [message #95924 is a reply to message #95922] |
Thu, 14 February 2008 00:07  |
Aaron Allen
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
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list $2099.99 ours $1499.99
They've absolutely LOST their minds
AA
"Neil" <OIUOI@OIU.com> wrote in message news:47b3e2aa$1@linux...
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> http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/DARM.htm
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> A friend of mine had one of the originals... nearly
> useless, IME (and his "E", as well - he never really played it
> either live or when recording - just kinda kept it 'cause it
> was "different"); neck was awkwardly-shaped, kinda beefy, but
> also pretty wide, frets were low & thin, which combined with
> the very flat radius, made bending difficult; it also had a
> really dark sound to it, with absolutely no harmonics
> whatsoever, intonation was always slightly off on one string or
> another, no matter what you did with the bridge... urrrrgh....
> why bother with a reissue that has no improvements over the
> highly-flawed original?
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> Neil
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| Re: Good Lord, look what they're building again... [message #96004 is a reply to message #95924] |
Fri, 15 February 2008 12:15 |
Bill L
Messages: 766
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That's a waste of good plastic.
Aaron Allen wrote:
> list $2099.99 ours $1499.99
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> They've absolutely LOST their minds
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> AA
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> "Neil" <OIUOI@OIU.com> wrote in message news:47b3e2aa$1@linux...
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>> http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/DARM.htm
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>> A friend of mine had one of the originals... nearly
>> useless, IME (and his "E", as well - he never really played it
>> either live or when recording - just kinda kept it 'cause it
>> was "different"); neck was awkwardly-shaped, kinda beefy, but
>> also pretty wide, frets were low & thin, which combined with
>> the very flat radius, made bending difficult; it also had a
>> really dark sound to it, with absolutely no harmonics
>> whatsoever, intonation was always slightly off on one string or
>> another, no matter what you did with the bridge... urrrrgh....
>> why bother with a reissue that has no improvements over the
>> highly-flawed original?
>>
>> Neil
>>
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