Ochnomizu - means Tea Water -
‘Ochanomizu got its name during the Edo period (1603 - 1868) and literally translates to “tea water”, after the nearby Kanda River from which water was extracted to make the Shōgun’s tea.’
So… how does a Transperformance guitar (*) work… What can it do…?
(*- as used by Jimmy Page)
I like the sound of that E5 tuning. Might have to play around with that!
History?
I like the look of the Les Paul. Any more info on it especially the pickups?
Richard
Even though I am in a herd-thinning mode, I couldn’t resist picking this up for the PRINCELY sum of $199.91 (see what I did there?) I had a Firefly product in the past and it was decent VFM so I thought I’d take a shot on this for that price. Definitely needs a setup.
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To keep the thread going and to @Toon - snap
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My beloved wanted her corners back and suggested I hung the guitars on the wall. She even suggested that I could get another one. Food for thought…
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What do you have there?
Taylor 414ce R
Martin D41
Taylor 352ce
The other two are a Taylor GS Mini and a Fender Telecaster Ultra.
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Very nice…I just sold my GS-Mini a few months ago, but I think it is literally one of Taylor’s best products.
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Her playing is amazing. But strange thing is, that as a professional classical guitarist she doesn‘t have one single set of strings in reserve. Never heard such a thing. I am a bloody amateur with the classical guitar and have at least 10 sets. Basses sound dull after 10 days of intensive playing. Truth is that many guitarists, even profs, hate to change strings and just leave them on their instrument for many months or even a year. The sound is awful then, to be honest.
I had the “new” 2006 Taylor T5 I bought re-fretted with stainless steel frets - now the frets are guaranteed to outlive me!
I originally contracted with the guy to do it on my old 2011 T5 (he had an over 1 year waiting list), which needed the work. Then I traded my PRS for the 2017 T5z, and I sold the T5, because it was cheaper and I figured it was easier to sell. (Got $1.500 for it.) But even though the T5z was a great guitar, I never bonded with it so I bought the new (to me) T5 for $1.500 and sold the T5z for $2.300.
A lot of effort to end up where I am, but I really like the current guitar…I’ll own it until I die, or can no longer play. In order, the first T5, the T5z, and the latest T5:
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Awesome!
… and welcomed this gorgeous Maton Custom Shop Tommy Emmanuel Personal Edition to the fold. It‘s one of a limited production run of two which were sent to Tommy while he was touring Japan. He kept the other one…
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Lovely guitar to be treasured… and played!
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