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Bobby Swanson
United States
Приєднався 5 лип 2009
Mostly Acoustic Guitar Demos occasionally I sing a song or two.
Schoenberg Sexauer 000 12 Fret Italian Spruce and Indian Rosewood
This incredible fingerstyle guitar is a Schoenberg 000 12 Fret built in 2004 by Bruce Sexauer, its Italian Spruce over Indian Rosewood. It's a super lush and ultra light weight responsive fingerstyle guitar!! Really special guitar!!!
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1953 Martin D-28 Red Spruce and Brazilian Rosewood
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Every once in a while I play a guitar that just shocks me, this one has done that, I didn't know Martin built anything in the 50s that could hold its own with the best 1930s D-28s I've played but this 53 has done just that. This one is a rare bird in that it has a Red Spruce or Adirondack Spruce top and Brazilian Rosewood. Many of the 1953 models are known to have Engelmann Spruce tops but this...
1954 Gibson J-185 in natural
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Thought I'd share the tone on this 1954 Gibson J-185. Just a stellar and beautiful example of what Gibson was building in the mid 50s.
Olson SJ James Taylor Cedar and Rosewood
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This beautiful guitar is a 2007 James Olson SJ built as a James Taylor clone. It has a really beautiful warm and lush sound that is just a joy to play! The Cedar top has a really beautiful silking to it like I've never seen in Cedar!
Gaiero Mod D No More Lonely Nights McCartney Cover
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I've been back to working night shifts at work for the first time in many years and early in my marriage I used to sing this song jokingly to my wife when I worked them. I thought I'd post it because the guitar is sounding incredible. It has a much better voice than I do!
Roy McAlister Jumbo Cedar and Indian Rosewood
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This one is a 2001 McAlister David Crosby Signature model Jumbo. Roy's jumbo's were a bit smaller than 17" wide but still had nice larger feel, this one is incredibly versatile for a larger body guitar with a very fast and intimate response for fingerstyle playing but yet a big full put together chord sound for strumming and flat picking. Really special guitar!!
1931 Martin OM-18 Pre War OM goodness!!
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This incredible instrument is a 1931 Martin OM-18. It is all original except a replaced bridge and bridge plate. The guitar is ultra light weight and super responsive!! These prewar Martins are tough to beat at any price by any guitar, brand or builder!!!
Mark Gaiero Modified Dreadnought Mod D
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This beautiful guitar is a brand new 2024 Gaiero Mod D, it's the first Mod D that Mark made under the Gaiero brand. He had made several Somogyi Mod D guitars while doing his apprenticeship with Ervin. This one is very old Carpathian Spruce over Ziricote. The guitar is one of the best fingerstyle guitars I've ever played! Its just amazingly responsive and powerful with very thick and rich tone.
Gibson Roy Smeck Radio Grande 100th Anniversary Model 1994
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This one is a 1994 100th Anniversary Model Gibson Custom Shop Roy Smeck Radio Grande. Its spruce and rosewood and it sounds wonderful for both flat picking and fingerstyle playing!!
1951 Gibson J-50 Acoustic Guitar
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This incredible instrument is a 1951 Gibson J-50 to the best of what I can tell. It's a super light weight and responsive instrument, one of the best old Gibsons I've played period!
Marklund OM-18 Acoustic Guitar European Spruce and Mahogany
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This beautiful instrument is a Per Marklund OM-18, it was built with European Spruce and Honduran Mahogany. Its an extremely light weight responsive instrument that will hang with the best I've played!
Martin CS21-11 vs CS35-11
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Martin CS21-11 and CS35-11 compared with each other. CS35-11 has GE Forward Shifted 1/4" bracing and the CS21-11 has the rear shifted scalloped bracing like guitars built from 39-43. 35 has Carpathian Spruce and the 21 has Red Spruce, both have Madagascar Rosewood for the back and sides. Both guitars were constructed with Hide Glue Bracing.
Martin CS21-11 Custom Shop D-21 2011
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This one is a limited run that Martin did in 2011, its a CS21-11 model. These have the rear shifted authentic bracing that was used on the D-18 39 Authentic and D-28 41 Authentic models. It has a red spruce top and Madagascar Rosewood.
Martin CS35-11 Custom Shop D-35
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This is one of the early limited edition Martin CS35-11 models. It has a carpathian spruce top and Madagascar Rosewood for the back and sides. It has a huge full bass sound and is on par with the best Martin dreadnoughts I've played!
Martin Music Villa 0000-18 custom shop model
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This one is a fairly recent Music Villa Martin CS 0000-18. It was made with a Red Spruce top and 3 piece mahogany back and sides. I would have been happy with this guitar had I paid 3 times the money for it that it cost, its a really spectacular model and I highly recommend one to others if you are looking for a very versatile do it all kind of guitar that is super easy to play!
Goodall TR000 Honduran Rosewood and German Spruce
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Goodall TR000 Honduran Rosewood and German Spruce
Taylor 514ce V Class Cedar Top Acoustic Guitar
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Taylor 514ce V Class Cedar Top Acoustic Guitar
Circa John Slobod D-28 Acoustic Guitar
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Circa John Slobod D-28 Acoustic Guitar
Collings CJ35 SB 2015 Acoustic Guitar
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Collings CJ35 SB 2015 Acoustic Guitar
Goodall Standard 2020 Amazon Rosewood and Italian Spruce
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Goodall Standard 2020 Amazon Rosewood and Italian Spruce
Taylor GO BTO European Spruce and Amazon Rosewood
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Taylor GO BTO European Spruce and Amazon Rosewood
Sexauer FT-16c in Italian Spruce and Honduran Rosewood
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Sexauer FT-16c in Italian Spruce and Honduran Rosewood
1949 Gibson J-50 Vintage Acoustic Guitar
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1949 Gibson J-50 Vintage Acoustic Guitar
Ebata Modified Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Mod D
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Ebata Modified Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Mod D
Iris Custom AB acoustic guitar Sinker Redwood and Madagascar Rosewood
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Iris Custom AB acoustic guitar Sinker Redwood and Madagascar Rosewood
Pellerin Grand Auditorium Acoustic Guitar Salvaged Sitka and Indian Rosewood
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Pellerin Grand Auditorium Acoustic Guitar Salvaged Sitka and Indian Rosewood
Santa Cruz 1934 D vs Pre-War Guitar Company D
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Santa Cruz 1934 D vs Pre-War Guitar Company D
Pre War Guitar Company D D-18 Acoustic Guitar
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Pre War Guitar Company D D-18 Acoustic Guitar
Some of the best sounding martins came out of the early 50’s. Very nice!
Wow.
I have one from 53, it’s amazing. It would be fun to compare. I’m in Sacramento
Is this one for sale?interested in hsve it
@@wujeson3921 It is not.
@@RockinB23 ok
Nice playing, thanks Bobby!
Great sounding Instrument, wow. I just ordered a CS- OOOO-18 for my coming birthday and she will arrive on thursday.. I feel like a young boy right before christmas. Adirondak top and a 2 piece sinker mahagony back and sides with a long scale neck. Can't wait to receive this guitar...
fantastic
Beautiful, mature voice. To my ears at least, it sounds more "shimmering" than most 12fret triple 0's.
Thanks for sharing; both are outstanding sounding guitars! I love the Pre War Guitar Company Model D sound.
Sounds great, would love to get one of these one day. & Nice playing man!
I wonder how much is it? Thsnk you.
That is an amazing sounding guitar.
It’s a HD28
Beautiful, especially when fingerpicked. It’s got a maturity, like old whiskey, that warms the heart. Thank you for sharing this. I’ll likely never own one like this, but hearing it played is the next best thing. 😃
How is it in such fantastic condition after 70+ years?
Great guitar played beautifully!
Bobby, are you a dealer or how do you get all these wonderful guitars. Thanks you very much for your presentations.
No comment needed! Pure magic.
Great playing, great sounding guitar!
👍👍
I'll give you $100 CASH for it right now no questions asked!
Very soothing sounding guitar
What strings were used here Bobby? Is that a BC TAD-3R-60?
@@billdedrick1914 Yes sir blue chip TAD-3R 60s with the rounded bevels for the pick which is my go to and D’Addario XS Mediums PBs on it for the strings. This one is one of the top 2 or 3 dreadnoughts I’ve ever owned or played.
@@RockinB23 Sounds incredible.. you like the XS pb.? Do you like better than the Martin MA550T p.b. strings?
Amazing playing. And what a great sound! Is that guitar for sale?
Metallic bright tone
Wow! The bloominess of the trebles!
Sweet tone! Thanks for sharing Bobby!
Clear and gorgeous tone. Plenty of Low end for maple..... I like the refinish. Thanks!
Nice playing and guitar.....next time point the camera so we can see the guitar and your hands playing.
Dream guitar
How about "neck profile" in comparassion with j 45 standard? Please, is the neck uncomfortable to play or not?
what u think about new 514 urban ironbark?
Beautiful guitar. Superb playing. Thank you.
Now it is true you are from the USA Bobby. But do you still have this guitar?? Do you also have Instagram
Always loved this song… thanks for sharing!
After playing rhythm for years I want to start playing bits like this. Where do you start, is this just flatpicking basics or bluegrass etc?
A number of years ago I visited Olson's shop and played a few of his guitars. James had just sold a guitar to an 'investor' who dis not play guitar. Olson said 'Hey, you can actually PLAY guitar". We had a good laugh at that one.
Wow. Sounds magical. Great playing like always. Thanks Bobby Are they still making Olsons? Which year is this one?
@@Joe-m6p6b This one is a 2007, I believe James is still building a smaller more limited number of guitars each year, not sure for how much longer though
@@RockinB23 Danke.
Nice demo Bobby! Beautiful guitar and beautiful playing!
I love Olson's! What strings are being used for the demo? congrats.
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Very expensive custom guitars
Bobby what is your pick up preference (KK?) and do you use pre-amps?
@@jasper_north K&K pure mini into a Baggs Venue has been my go to for the last 10 years or so. This one has the Baggs LB6 installed like JT uses.
@@RockinB23 Thank you, yes KK pure here but sounds muddy into my ACUS8 Ferdi amp. Ordered KK XLR preamp, should give it a boost.
Dang Bobby, this is big leagues!. Beautiful guitar and playing!
Hey Bobby thanks for all your wonderful work documenting these guitars. So helpful when shopping for a guitar you would need a plane and a hotel to demo. Froggy loves Koa it seams. What’s your impression of their Koa use maybe compared to this Mahogany K? Or are we apples and Oranges? Have you played many of their Koa offerings? I don’t care about the looks it’s just that Koa seems more available than Mahogany.
80-120 years ago from Belieze… I’ve got one, too!
So...me too. Where are the other 73? Great guitar. Had mine for about two breaks now.
Wow, that sounds awesome! Great playing, too.
Great sound👍👍👍
❤❤❤❤ Beautiful sound. I hope you do this more often
nice one sir..😊😊😊
I sold my 175th D-28 recently (shoulder pain) and traded it for more than I paid new, for a CEO-7. The D-28 truly is a magnificent instrument although mine was Sitka/EIR. Happily, so too is the CEO-7.
It’s tone is so nice because it’s a jumbo acoustic which gives a richer bassier tone and tbh I don’t know why standard acoustics exist.