[Leica] Leica future and diehard fans

[scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)]

Gibson tops on many archtop electrics got thicker at some point,
maybe the 70's. Less acoustic tone (Joe Pass did his "Virtuoso"
albums with an older mic'ed ES 175, a plywood bodied guitar!)

But they still sound sweet, and sweeter-and-sweeter each year.
With pickups and microphones (on acoustics) for amplification,
lots of working musicians actually welcomed the new materials
and construction. Less stuffing their axes with old t-shirts to cut
down on feedback.

Hmmm, maybe some parallels in there somewhere with shifiting
camera designs.

But many boutique manufacturers still make guitars using a
wide variety of materials and construction designs. Maybe the
camera industry and/or manufacturing methods will evolve
to support more boutique vendors - Alpa?

Scott

jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote:

>"The difference is that technology has not influenced acoustic guitars as 
>much as photography.  A Martin or Gibson from the 30's is pretty much the 
>same as what you will pick up today.  The same can't be said of 
>photography."
>
>Actually, if you talk with a Martin or Gibson die-hard, they will insist 
>that the quality of acoustic guitars dropped dramatically after WWII. Folk 
>singer Steve Goodman (City of New Orleans) adhered to that observation 
>citing that Martin's made after 1945 were just "not that good" A few things 
>that validate this are the passing or retirement of master luthier's (I 
>know guitarists that can tell you what luthier built their guitar) The 
>availability of exotic hard woods, principally ebony and Brazillian 
>Rosewood. Martin began experimenting with bracing's, where Gibson began to 
>concentrate more heavily on electric guitars. Chris Martin IV seems to be 
>trying to restore the old Martin quality by going back to some of the old 
>construction patterns...
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