| "So
many requests - so I began to search for a sort of wood that had
to make many grades:
I wanted European wood to be independent from US imports.
Next: Leo had to deal with pitch pockets, his guitars became very
sticky. I needed light confer wood without pitch pockets, solid
enough for making electric guitar bodies.
I found it
at the tonewood dealer I absolutrely trust in.
First he was vanishing in the deeps of his old stock, frowning,
rubbing his chin. Finally he appeared, radiant, dusty, handing
over 2 pieces of wood, originally made for another purpose...
Okay, into
the car, back home, immediately shaping. The handling was okay
- so the moment of truth came nearer and nearer:
When I stringed, I heard crystal vital signs. I had thought to
knew anything about electric guitars - but that was new!
And then I had finished my first TC made of AngelPine.
Connecting
to an amp I was confronted to a new universe: Everything was better
- respectively more intensive.........
Compared to guitars made of Alder or Swamp Ash you have much more
frequencies in both directions, deepths and heights without any
overemphasizing or break-ins. You get a clearly faster attac (rise
time) - Twang !
Empirically the tone should die off faster (known from many semi-acoustics).
NO! Never ending sustain..........!!
Absolutely stunned I switched on my overdrive - and the way the
guitar communicated also was more intensive and more versatile.
Amp and guitar seemed to form a whole that offered a neverending
variety of sounds.
Okay. Bit by bit I explored new sound areas.
I had to detect that I had to turn back the overdrive for more
than 50%, I didn't need that much distortion!
The most stunning fact was that it was pure fun to celebrate the
guitar with a pure amp. I never had clean sounds that never made
you feel like missing distortion.
Of course you have some things to attend:
As playing our Korinas you tend to turn on your amp while playing
an AngelPine. The sound simply is tooooo great and swinging...........
I prefer listening to guitars being played via an old 4 x 12 box
with Greenbacks and an old 65 Blackface Bandmaster ( guitar -
amp - box ).
If you put
your volume control on 5, your power amp crunches - get a move
on!!
Your ears will make fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft and certainley
its unhealthy - but simply awesome!
Such high resonant instruments don't need that much overdrive
respectively quit overdoing immediately with feedbacks of the
whole guitar, noticeable in bad uuuuuiiiiiii´s .
So please use it with feeling!!
Also please teach your strap buttons not to make any noise - everything
is heard via amp....!
And last but
certainly not least: My spinal discs are absolutely happy about
an average weight of 2,95 kg and are now willing to bear longer
and voluptuously
sessions.
SOUND
SAMPLES? Over
here please...
Let the good times roll !
Gregor Olbrich" |
