Roger McGuinn Ric 730/12
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 4:06 am
McGuinn have an early prototype of 730/12 and John Hall said a long time ago about that:
"Roger does have a very early prototype acoustic of ours but it's not particularly good; the design has changed greatly since then. He had already hooked up with Martin by the time ours was perfected and I felt it would be quite unethical to get involved at that point, especially since we consider a number of folks at Martin as friends.
However, our current jumbo, Maple-sided twelve is really hard to beat and probably would be a much better choice for his particular sound. Also, if you're already playing acoustics regularly, it's not a big deal but if you mainly play RIC electrics, ours will be an easier transition due to its electric-like neck profile."
What kind of changes have the acoustic guitars from this prototype? I know Paul change the internal bracing. I undestatand there are 4 kind of acoustics: pre "60 period, prototype period (pre 2000), 2000-2005 period, Paul W. era.
Any comments?
"Roger does have a very early prototype acoustic of ours but it's not particularly good; the design has changed greatly since then. He had already hooked up with Martin by the time ours was perfected and I felt it would be quite unethical to get involved at that point, especially since we consider a number of folks at Martin as friends.
However, our current jumbo, Maple-sided twelve is really hard to beat and probably would be a much better choice for his particular sound. Also, if you're already playing acoustics regularly, it's not a big deal but if you mainly play RIC electrics, ours will be an easier transition due to its electric-like neck profile."
What kind of changes have the acoustic guitars from this prototype? I know Paul change the internal bracing. I undestatand there are 4 kind of acoustics: pre "60 period, prototype period (pre 2000), 2000-2005 period, Paul W. era.
Any comments?
