Every day I play my 325c58 I am just amazed at the beauty of the sides of the rosewood fretboard. Mine is polished with these gorgeous rosewood swirls.
I am also loving how thick that rosewood slab is. This beauty plays no other guitar I have ever owned.
In love in San Antonio.
Beauty of sides of Fretboard
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In love, huh? Yeah, that's how I felt the first time I held one...
But I still don't own one!
It's funny, too--it seems that, more than any other Rick, the 325C58 is a love it or hate it type of thing. I've seen a lot of disparaging remarks in print on this model, but everytime I dissect the complaints, it seems to come down to one of three things:
1. That scale is SHORT but I didn't expect it to be THAT short...
2. That Kaufmann looks neat, but the darned thing won't stay in tune and the whammy bar scratches the finish...
3. I expected a MODERN guitar and got a 1958 guitar instead.
To my way of seeing things, the guitar is gorgeous and a monument to dedication and "getting things right". Twice I've been on the cusp of acquiring one and twice I've been distracted, once by a seductive MB660-12 and the second time by a Jezebel MB381V69.
Still, hope springs eternal.
You are one lucky man, Joepee!
But I still don't own one!
It's funny, too--it seems that, more than any other Rick, the 325C58 is a love it or hate it type of thing. I've seen a lot of disparaging remarks in print on this model, but everytime I dissect the complaints, it seems to come down to one of three things:
1. That scale is SHORT but I didn't expect it to be THAT short...
2. That Kaufmann looks neat, but the darned thing won't stay in tune and the whammy bar scratches the finish...
3. I expected a MODERN guitar and got a 1958 guitar instead.
To my way of seeing things, the guitar is gorgeous and a monument to dedication and "getting things right". Twice I've been on the cusp of acquiring one and twice I've been distracted, once by a seductive MB660-12 and the second time by a Jezebel MB381V69.
Still, hope springs eternal.
You are one lucky man, Joepee!
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Thanks, Paul.
About the only thing that surprised me was that it didn't have double dots at the octave. That's a little disconcerting when I am used to looking for it when sliding up for lead licks in "E".
I guess it also surprised me it wasn't too small. I mean it's not a strat, and I don't do a bunch of lead on it(can't play much anyway), but for a rhythm guitar, this thing's a dream.
About the only thing that surprised me was that it didn't have double dots at the octave. That's a little disconcerting when I am used to looking for it when sliding up for lead licks in "E".
I guess it also surprised me it wasn't too small. I mean it's not a strat, and I don't do a bunch of lead on it(can't play much anyway), but for a rhythm guitar, this thing's a dream.
"Women love men with small Rics"
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Yes, Joe - that is one choice slab of rosewood. I love my 325C58, too. I don't have any issues with the Kaufmann - I just yanked off the arm and it never loses tune.
I really appreciate the research invested into this guitar by John Hall and his colleagues. Their painstaking work paid off on this little masterpiece.
I really appreciate the research invested into this guitar by John Hall and his colleagues. Their painstaking work paid off on this little masterpiece.