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Originally posted by taste33:
thanks Mark. The Greven is very new, a 2012 model. To me it is perfect in tone and playability now and it'll become even better in the future. John does his very own thing. He doesn't care about hide glue and other things the market demands. But this guitar to me is simply perfect. It has that mojo but not only. It also has such a richness and deepness in tone that impresses me every day.

Based on what I just heard, I totally agree! Wonderful sound. Wonderful playing. Not necessarily in that order

thank you guys. I'm pleased to hear that these clips are useful.
@Gallopinghost: The Greven is a very good choice. You won't regret. John's guitars are worth every pence ... no they are more.
I must have another clip of my whipple creek 000-18 somewhere in my soundlibrary. Maybe I post it here when I've found it.

I think the clip of the Whipple should be on the soundcloud page now. I love this guitar. It has a perfect setting, is good balanced from highest trebles down to the bass, with a special attack a bit banjolike and ... loud. Stringed with mediums.

No it didn't work. This is the link of the Whipple Creek 000-18

http://snd.sc/MhMoIo

Wow, the whipple deserves it's own post.

I checked them out briefly a while back after seeing Robert Bowlin and they fell off the radar.

That's an incredible price for a new hand built guitar and he's got some really interesting options. Do you know if he uses a dovetail neck joint? I'll miss my Square Deal OM-18. If I can ever swing more than one guitar this will definately be filed under "future possibility". Though I doubt his prices will stay where they are for long if they keep sounding like this.

Concerning your 000. Love that mahogany bite! The trebles are there. Upper mid-overtones and punch is there. The bass is a bit less rounded than I prefer, but on the other hand it's definately not missing or boxy. Do you use bare thumb on strings? It's a big open sound in lower registry. A nice vintage balanced tone. Sound like a winner to me.

Again, thanks for taking the time to record it and share the file!

-Nate

The Whipple is a winner indeed. I play the guitar with bare fingers. The sound depends a bit on how long the nails are. So at the end it's a mix of meat and nail ;-)

I think that explains the openness of the bass. Not that it's a bad thing. Like I said, I prefer it to boxy. I just like rounded bass notes.

What rounded, boxy or open means definitavely I haven't the slightest.

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