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I see... Sorry Hesh, I haven't been around the forum that long...

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Of course it's an OLF thing. You probably started it Hesh, along with b**j*.

Ron

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[QUOTE=Hesh1956] What I am really asking though is how the convention of not spelling out the word/name d****n****t started? Is it an OLF thing?

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I THINK it started with me. There had been a thread about not using bad language on the Forum, followed closely by a question on building a dreadnought, complete with good-natured razzing about doing such a thing. I then posted, saying the proper OLF spelling is d***dn****t. This is all IIRC.

Hey-- I love dreads, I have one and play it regularly.
It's a Gallagher--not our friend Kevin, but old J.W.
Love the sound, just not quite the shape, so I've never built one. But hopefully that will change soon.

Steve

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I build Jumbos - whats the ??

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

What would you want to do a thing like that for ?

I actually prefer dreadnoughts (have for 40 years now). Like Sam, I play everything from rythym to fingerpicking on them. The count at my place is 8 dread's and 1 parlor. I think we should be filtering O*******a M***l.

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Don Atwood
Arlington, VA

WOW, everybody loves Dreadnoughts all the sudden!

Hesh, not to hijack this thread, but Art asked about jumbos. I too build
jumbos. Actually one, so far. The top has double X bracing which is not
scalloped, but tapers from the X intersection -- parabolic bracing. The
lower X is not as deep as the upper. Even though it's a big guitar it is very
even in tone and volume. It's not boomy or bass-heavy, but plenty of
volume. The back has a single X brace shifted fairly low in the lower bout.
If you'd like, start another thread concerning jumbos because I'd like to
see what others have done in this area.
Craig S.

Yes, it does appear theat D****N****Ts are the Cinderella of building these days.

Maybe someday they will grow on me....but I have sure come to like the lines/curves of the OMs.

Art, I just ordered and should be receiving the tracings, Mold and bending form for the J-35. This is considered by many to be the Gibson version in the 1930's of the Dred, similar in shape but with better curves, tighter waist, larger lower bout with a more rounded upper bout coming into the neck block.

I am thinking about a J200 style Jumbo next which is the classic Gibson style jumbo model.

Mike
White Oak, Texas

Same here Mike, i love the J200, first time i hear about the J35 though, anyone as a pic of that J35 please?

It's all in the music you play on them. I really dislike them for the
contemporary things I like to play, but if I can imagine Randy Travis
singing the song, a dread probably sounds better playing it. I really really
like the look Gibson slope dreads have, but I wish the sound was less
oblique.

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Why do we refer to a dread not unlike the ugly date that we had in high school?

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Never did have an ugly date in high school Hesh, can't say the same for some of the girls I took out though

Well said Todd!

[QUOTE=ToddStock]but it's tough to build one that sounds bad.[/QUOTE]

Very true. My first (Dread) sounds remarkably good, and it's just cheap eBay wood (Maple and Sitka). But... To make 'em sound REALLY good, I think takes as much skill/experience as any other model.

I get to play my teacher's Proulx whenever we have a lesson, and, well, it is one of the best sounding guitars I've EVER heard, including, prewar Martins which are (supposedly) the Holy Grail of the dreadnought sound.

-Mark

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[QUOTE=ToddStock] but it's tough to build one that sounds bad.[/QUOTE]

That is, if you like Dreadnoughts !

Seriously; I'm trying to remember something Al Carruth said, and I don't remember the context or the exact words, but the point was that Dreadnoughts are in many ways extreme compared to other generic guitar types. He likes to measure and get real numbers for anything that has to do with how guitars work, and the D behaves like almost no other guitars. The point was, if you make a guitar shaped like a Dread, with normal bracing it will sound like a dread, not necessarily a good one, but the sound will be easily recognizable.

Not having built one, but played many over the years, I suspect they are as hard to make as any other guitar, if not harder. As they are such a common instrument, there are certainly a lot of clunkers out there, but the best ones I have tried (and heard) are something very special.

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

They got to be good to withstand this Bear's mean pickin'!!!!!

And i can't wait to get a report on the sound of your latest bro!