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Topic: Opinion on Guya S8 |
Aris Xanthos
From: Switzerland
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Peter Funk
From: Germany
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Posted 21 Aug 2020 2:13 am
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In my opinion, it's not worse than a Fender, but different. I would describe the sound more "bell-like"
I used to own a Guyatone and this is what it sounded:
https://youtu.be/LZPWAYEshTo
Sold it for a Fender Stringmaster ... |
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Keith Glendinning
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 21 Aug 2020 2:53 am
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Doug. Beaumier occasionally posts using his Guyatone and it sounds great. But then anything he plays sounds great! |
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Aris Xanthos
From: Switzerland
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Posted 21 Aug 2020 12:16 pm
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Thanks Peter, nice tune! It's very useful to be able to hear the sound like that, it seems less "mellow" than fender maybe, but not bad at all.
I agree Keith, it doesn't seem to depend much on the instrument at that point |
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David Matzenik
From: Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 21 Aug 2020 1:49 pm
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I'd offer 500, and see if they bite. You can always come up. _________________ Don't go in the water after lunch. You'll get a cramp and drown. - Mother. |
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Aris Xanthos
From: Switzerland
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Posted 21 Aug 2020 9:18 pm
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Thanks for the advice David! |
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Tom Snook
From: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 22 Aug 2020 3:16 am
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8 strings,go for it!
Aloha _________________ I wanna go back to my little grass shack........ |
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Doug Beaumier
From: Northampton, MA
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b0b
From: Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 22 Aug 2020 6:20 am
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I had a late 60s Fender 8-string lap steel once. Is that a "Deluxe 8"? It had a real problem with sustain above the 12th fret. The Fender name doesn't always guarantee good tone. I used that guitar on one gig. The bandleader and the lead guitarist both complained. I got rid of it quickly after that. It was a pretty guitar, but it just didn't sound right.
Like they say, you can't judge a book by its cover. _________________ -𝕓𝕆𝕓- (admin) - Robert P. Lee - Recordings - Breathe - D6th - Video |
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Doug Beaumier
From: Northampton, MA
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Stephen Cowell
From: Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Aug 2020 1:56 pm
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The Deluxe 8 (of SM vintage) lacks sustain due to the missing 4 screws behind the bridge... the guitar relies on the screws around the periphery of the neckplate for bridge coupling... just not enough.
You can 'hot rod' a Deluxe (or a Champ) by making it string-through... that's the way Junior Brown's Guit-Steels are done, Mike Stevens makes a block that he sets in the back, like a chunk of a Strat vibrato block. You can probably get the same effect using Tele ferrules. _________________ New FB Page: Lap Steel Licks And Stuff: https://www.facebook.com/groups/195394851800329 |
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Aris Xanthos
From: Switzerland
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Posted 22 Aug 2020 10:21 pm
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Thank you all for sharing your experience and links, they encourage me to go ahead and go try this guitar when I have the opportunity I find the sound of Doug’s S8 very nice indeed! Will let you know how it goes. |
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Jack Hanson
From: San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2020 5:43 am
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Stephen Cowell wrote: |
You can 'hot rod' a Deluxe (or a Champ) by making it string-through... |
An interesting proposition that I may give a whirl on this thing:
It's a Studio Deluxe that I purchased stripped of all electronic components. I retrofitted it with excellent quality pots, tone cap, jack, and a Vintage Vibe Strat rail Alnico V magnet pickup with a flat, as opposed to the standard radiused, polepiece. Sounds pretty decent, but as b0b has noted, the sustain is somewhat lacking in the higher register. |
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