219 percent!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic!

This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.

CrazyAces wrote:

There's some live video from a gig this past weekend, the WRFN benefit, where we're using the guitars on our facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic/videos

Hot damn! That was great! Nice to see the little guy on bass.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

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Congratulations Jeff. I was listening to greatest hits yesterday while working and wondered,why no homage to the Aces and call this guitar Eastwood Outlaw?

wfoguy wrote:

Jeff, I need some clarification on string length. Why do you choose 25.5, 24.75 or 24" scale when you design a guitar? Other than tension on the string, what are the design parameters and goals? thank you.

I'll try to simplify my answer so I don't ramble too much.
The adjectives used to describe some of this can be subjective and there are always anomalies and exceptions but in general;

Given the same construction, bridge style, string gauge, etc. a shorter string length will vibrate in a wider pattern when struck. This tends to produce more overtones and can take some focus off of the fundamental frequency. Often times, more "after the note" harmonics are produced and heard with a shorter string length. A shorter string length can be "louder" to the pickup (on an electric guitar) than a longer one due to the wider vibrational pattern.
What this often breaks down to as a player, listener is that shorter scale guitars can sound "sweeter", fuller in the mids and have a slightly softer sound. The attack is also usually softer on a shorter scale guitar.
Often times a guitar with a longer scale length of 25.5 will be perceived to have more "twang" (sorry Jake) than one with a 24.75 scale length. This is due to the "harder" attack and strong fundamental frequency of a long scale guitar.
Since our guitar was originally attempting to have a lot of extra overtones and harmonics I chose the slightly shorter scale based on a lot of hands on research and observation through the years.
As soon as you add a vibrato tailpiece vs. a hard tail, different pickups or woods, neck angle, into the equation the equation changes some.
For example, our Model One as equipped with a vibrato has a slightly more focused fundamental frequency due to the extra string length behind the bridge when compared to the hard tail. Contrary to common opinion, string length does not terminate at the bridge as far as how it affects the guitars sound and overtone series and this is before we even consider the vibrating string lengths behind the bridge.

Hope that makes sense, I'm just starting my coffee now after typing, LOL.
As always, these are just my observations through hands on testing and experience through the years. Almost all of what I know and how I apply that knowledge to guitar building was attained first hand, not in books, not on the internet so I'm sure there are differing opinions on some of this.

Cheers,
Jeff

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CrazyAces wrote:

Often times a guitar with a longer scale length of 25.5 will be perceived to have more "twang" (sorry Jake)

That is more than appropriate usage of the term twang.

CrazyAces wrote:

"Beautiful! What specs are on the pickups?"
Dave, the pickups in the Eastwood version are their VVSC - Vintage Voiced Single Coils. They were a good choice because they capture quite a bit of the character of our custom design pickups in our hand built versions and also, I just love and prefer single coils. The other reason we picked these pickups is with their humbucker style mount a customer could later replace or upgrade the pickups if they felt it necessary with a myriad of choices, actual buckers, P-90ish, Tele, Gold Foil - the list goes on forever as to what is made to fit in that mount.

I'm excited to hear the Eastwood pickups and I'll probably keep the guitar stock. But if I do decide to experiment, I think my first choice would be these: Rose Pickups MOZART: HUMBUCKER SIZE JAZZMASTER

I'd finally have a Jazzmaster, and an insanely cool looking one at that!

Bill S._______

SilverFlash wrote:

Hi Jeff, I have a subscription to Guitar Player magazine for my kindle and yesterday the May issue (with Ritchie Blackmore on the cover) showed up. I was just scanning through it when, on page 90, I was delighted to find a gear review of the Senn Model One, and with an "Editors Pick" award to boot!

Congratulations on earning a Editor's Pick award, Jeff! The article has a gorgeous 2-page spread photo of your Model One and, no surprise, the reviewer is very complimentary.

-Tim

"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto..."

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

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Today is the last day of the Eastwood/Senn Model One campaign.
Last day to place orders if anyone is interested.

Thank you all for your support and encouragement.
We really appreciate it

Cheers,
Jeff

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