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Scott Bresnick

 

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North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 16 May 2017 1:26 pm    
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What is a musician but one who constantly pushes on against the bleeding edge of sound? What is a luthier but one with that same drive, who challenges convention with their ceaseless experimentation? John McLaughlin (of Shakti fame) is one such musician, just as Mirko Borghino is one such luthier.
The brand new Shakti model we have here today stands between these two great men as the very image of experimentation, and the means to achieve it. McLaughlin's Indian fusion band from the 1970s, Shakti, offered one of the first tastes of the rich waters spanning the continents of Indian Classical music and Jazz--and at the heart of this group was McLaughlin and the first iteration of this guitar, all scalloped frets and diagonal sympathetic strings. The Borghino Shakti model here is the most recent version, done up in Madagascar Rosewood and Italian Spruce with dual K&K Fantastick undersaddle pickups and a stereo output which allows the player to amplify the regular bridge, the sympathetic strings, or both.
The scalloped frets make for a truly featherweight fretting experience (no friction from your fingertips and the fretboard to slow you down), and it's easy to bend strings far and fast in the fashion of a Sitar. The seven diagonal strings offer complex overtones simply from the energy of the regular strings--but you can pluck or strum these baritone strings as well for a burst of color and volume. Borghino's attention to detail is surgical: the Abalone trim and rosette are stunning, crisply executed, and the scalloping of the fretboard is smooth and graceful. For a guitar experience unlike anything else, this feat of lutherie is worth every penny. Losing yourself in your music is unavoidable with your hands on this Shakti.

Cash Price: $12,995 - For more information, please call the shop at 828-658-9795 or click here: http://www.dreamguitars.com/detail/5503-borghino_shakti_003/



Cash Price: $12,995 - For more information, please call the shop at 828-658-9795 or click here: http://www.dreamguitars.com/detail/5503-borghino_shakti_003/

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David Mason


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Cambridge, MD, USA
Post  Posted 28 May 2017 8:50 pm    
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how much you chargin' fer using a pix as muh desktopper? I'll send a couple hunnert now...
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