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Unread post by iha » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:47 am

yeah, that's what i was thinking.

at first i thought it was a OM body style, but then i thought it looked a little smaller, and since it says OO, I'm assuming that's something different.
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Unread post by iha » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:57 am

is "Parlor" a type of body style? or what does that mean?

looks like it is.. but what does it mean still? :lol:
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Unread post by checkii » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:30 am

i believe it is the same as the martin OM's. some refer to them as folk guitars. just a manufacturers name for a body style. john mayer plkays one often. i dont liek them.
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Unread post by checkii » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:33 am

Speenis wrote:
Kahn wrote:
checkii wrote:you can't hear the sound between a full dread and a cutaway dread :lol:
That is not true, there is a huge difference in some guitars Ive played
Yeah, I've played a 410 and a 410CE and you can definitely tell the difference. And physically, it makes sense.
i refuse to believe you can hear the difference between a 410 and a 410CE.

and congrats you agree with kahn on somethign. i hope you feel dirty.
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Unread post by iha » Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:48 am

checkii wrote:i believe it is the same as the martin OM's. some refer to them as folk guitars. just a manufacturers name for a body style. john mayer plkays one often. i dont liek them.
but OM and Parlor appear to be different, b/c Larrivee sells both.
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Unread post by iha » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:00 pm

Anyone know what the L stands for? like L-03 ?
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Unread post by Kahn » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:06 pm

Parlors are smaller than OM bodies. They were popular in the 50's during the whole Folk revival. The L model is similar to the OM body style, but the shoulders are a little narrower and rounded off where as the OM is almost like they took a dread and piched it at the sides.
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Unread post by Kahn » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:10 pm

Wow! That site iha sent me has this amazing Weber Mandolin for $4000. I wish I had the money to dish out for this, a nice F-Series mandolin is my dream instrument.

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Unread post by checkii » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:35 pm

iha wrote:
checkii wrote:i believe it is the same as the martin OM's. some refer to them as folk guitars. just a manufacturers name for a body style. john mayer plkays one often. i dont liek them.
but OM and Parlor appear to be different, b/c Larrivee sells both.
what kahn said made sense. not sure what manufacturer you werre refering to. does martin and larrivee both make a parlor?

regardless, i would just look at a dread.
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Unread post by Kahn » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:38 pm

checkii wrote:
iha wrote:
checkii wrote:i believe it is the same as the martin OM's. some refer to them as folk guitars. just a manufacturers name for a body style. john mayer plkays one often. i dont liek them.
but OM and Parlor appear to be different, b/c Larrivee sells both.
what kahn said made sense. not sure what manufacturer you werre refering to. does martin and larrivee both make a parlor?

regardless, i would just look at a dread.
Most everyone makes a Parlor model. It was popular in the 50s cause they were easy and cheap to make and had a nice folk sound. I would NEVER buy one because I think they are stupid and nostalgic
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Unread post by checkii » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:49 pm

Kahn wrote:
checkii wrote:
iha wrote:
checkii wrote:i believe it is the same as the martin OM's. some refer to them as folk guitars. just a manufacturers name for a body style. john mayer plkays one often. i dont liek them.
but OM and Parlor appear to be different, b/c Larrivee sells both.
what kahn said made sense. not sure what manufacturer you werre refering to. does martin and larrivee both make a parlor?

regardless, i would just look at a dread.
Most everyone makes a Parlor model. It was popular in the 50s cause they were easy and cheap to make and had a nice folk sound. I would NEVER buy one because I think they are stupid and nostalgic
my sister in law bought a Seagul, but i think they call it a "folk". it sounds decent, plays and looks like ass.
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Unread post by iha » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:51 pm

yeah, i'm really just interested in dread or OM i think. Hopefully I can try some out Wednesday. Then get that one I linked you to kahn, if i like.
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Unread post by Kahn » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:56 pm

Oh you will. You will.
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Unread post by iha » Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:28 pm

Someone bought that $525 guitar today. ARG
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Unread post by Kahn » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:40 pm

Its cool, you know what to do
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