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That Les Paul type guitar?????

 
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wrighty-boyo



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:29 pm    Post subject: That Les Paul type guitar????? Reply with quote

Hi all. Whats that Les Paul type guitar Guthrie uses for just one of his songs? Its got the mother of pearl looking inlays. I presume its his detuning guitar or something. Wondered what make it was?
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shredfusion



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think you are talking about the guitar he uses on Ner Ner on the dvd. Its a Sugi I think. It has bat inlays in the body. I played it at TM and I instantly fell in love. Very Happy Im positve Ed can tell you much more...
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shredfusion



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote



Is this the one??

if so, its a Sugi. I just did some research. Very Happy
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alexkhan



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yup, that's exactly the one. Guthrie really likes that guitar a lot as well. It's made in Japan by Nick Sugimoto's new guitar company, hence, the name Sugi. Nick was a designer and builder at the Fujigen company/factory that manufactured a lot of the high-end Ibanez and Fender Japan guitars. He's the one who designed the Jem, the George Benson model, the Pat Metheny model besides many others.

This Sugi has a chambered (almost hollow) Mahogany body, Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard, 24.75" scale, 12" radius, and Sugi humbuckers. The guitar feeds back really well. The model name is SH486 but I think it should be renamed Ner Ner. Wink It really has become the Ner Ner guitar. He does use drop-D tuning on that song.
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shredfusion



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOL

I can just see it now... Sugi Ner Ner
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wrighty-boyo



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ed your a legend. Cheers for that. I've always wondered wht it was but forgot to ask him. What sort of price are these to buy then?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i played this guitar at ed's in january. beautiful guitar and plays great. very resonant with that chambered body. i remember seeing it as $3700 list and around $3200 street-price. indeed, somehow it has become the perfect guitar for that song.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DROOL


Sorry. I seem to have spit upon myself. I'll go clean up now...
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