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Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:44 am
by jdogric12
Shanghai Rose. Thoughts?
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... ?t=1095059
Oh... and as we like to say around here...
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:23 pm
by woodyng
This link is taking me to a page that requires membership sign-in,of which i am not.
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:46 pm
by jdogric12
I don't see how you can not be a member of the Gear Page!!! Sign up dude! Tons of guitar and bass pr0n awaits.
Lifted from seller's ad:
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:16 pm
by admin
So very nice. Thanks, Jason
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:57 pm
by woodyng
Hominah,hominah,hominah! Wow,you are correck-that is some lovely Gretsch renderings,there. I will look into it.(membership,that is).
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:28 pm
by RutleDirk
Whoa, double-take!
Actual factory-custom thing, or a refin Tennessee Rose (Tennessean?) with Ftrons, really?
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:19 am
by jdogric12
fact'ry!
Google "Shanghai Rose"
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:36 am
by admin
I still find the painted f-hole look takes away a bit from the beauty of this instrument.
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:38 am
by sloop_john_b
Caddy Green & gold hardware...does it get any better? Man.
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:43 pm
by jdogric12
I'm not crazy about the painted f-holes either. I hear Chet Atkins bugged them to do make a hollowbody that would feed back less and this is what they came up with. Is that true?
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:24 pm
by fabandgear
jdogric12 wrote:I'm not crazy about the painted f-holes either. I hear Chet Atkins bugged them to do make a hollowbody that would feed back less and this is what they came up with. Is that true?
Sure is, Jason! Gretsch referred to the enclosed bodied Gretsches as "Electrotone Hollowbodies". This was indeed an attempt to control hollowbody feedback. Chet had a beautiful one-off black 6120 back in the late '50s with gold sparkle nitron F-hole inserts, so he was probably the one who first came up with the idea. I believe Guild also had a fully enclosed "George Barnes" model, but without the silkscreened F-holes.
Re: Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:01 am
by jdogric12
neat, thanks for the info and pic!