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Topic: My New Carter D-10 |
b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 12:23 pm |
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New to me, this guitar was built by Al Brisco in 2010. It's the prettiest instrument I've ever owned. I've re-rodded it to my D6th copedent, and put an F Diatonic on the back neck just for fun.
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Storm Rosson
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Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 12:33 pm
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 She's mighty purty B0b ,congrats on your new horn.. |
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 1:02 pm
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i could feel the wind as you rushed by to jump on that sucker, b0b. it's beautiful!
this one is prettier than most anything out there...and i've been watching incredible deals on carters go by lately. people should be grabbing them up. at least you are smart. |
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Aaron Goldstein
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 1:58 pm
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| I too saw this guitar go very quickly...way to go b0b. You don't see lacquer Carters too often, and this is a particularly nice looking one. Congrats. |
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Steven Finley
From:
California, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 3:22 pm
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| Impecable Taste,Bobs a Class Act!!!!!!!! |
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Bill Miller
From:
Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 5:25 pm
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| It's the prettiest Carter I've ever seen. Sunburst would be my choice if I ever bought a lacquer guitar. How are you liking the Alumitone pickups? |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 5:28 pm
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| It's a beaut b0b Looks practically new. Congrats on acquiring that looker. |
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 7:21 pm
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Where's that "like" button?
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Robert Daniels
From:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 8:58 pm
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Yowsa! Beautiful!!
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Daniel Policarpo
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 12:45 am
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| Very Pretty Guitar Bob...I really love the old school Fender style sunburst finish!!! |
yeah, that's what it reminded m of, too. It's really beautiful. And I love how all the metal on top reflects the finish. I bet pictures do not do justice to this in person. That is slick, bOb. |
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 1:45 am Re: My New Carter D-10
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Damn....I'm still Salivating Bob  Most Lacquered Carters have been the natural blonde finish. That Sunburst is amazing, nice "vintage" look to it. I didn't even know that Al Brisco assembled them. I met Al briefly years ago in U.K. when he was staying as a guest of my friend Spencer Scott, and we met at a venue to see Albert Lee with (Hogans's Heroes). Seems a nice polite guy
Micky "scars" Byrne U.K.
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 5:52 am
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I wonder if the body is a Mark Giles special. Mark did a number of custom bodies for Carter, all top quality.
Is it likely to be a keeper bob?
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 8:26 am
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As I understand it, Al Brisco assembled a few guitars that were still on order when John Fabian passed away. It's likely that the body was by Mark Giles but I have no confirmation of that.
Yes, this is a keeper. I probably won't gig with it much because of the weight. I'm thinking it's mainly for recording and practice at home.
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Zeke Cory
From:
Hinsdale, New York USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 8:49 am Bob ... Just out of curiosity
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| I have played a chromatic D9th tuning for 40 some years. Mine is a standard E9th setup (with E9th string guages) just tuned down two frets to the D tuning. My strings are - top down - E, C#, F#, D, A, F#, E, D, C, A. Everything else is standard E9th tuning. How does yours differ from what we would normally call a "standard E9th" setup? Your second string - C# is missing. My third string - F# is now your second string, etc. My i assume you normally play pedals A & B on your pedals 2 & 3? I am very interested in understanding the applicable play theory. That is one gorgeous guitar too. I have two friends up here in New York that play Carters and swear by them. You will not be disappointed with this guitar. Best Regards and Best of Luck. Zeke |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 9:08 am
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It's a C6th tuning raised to D6th, Zeke. Then I added the E9th A&B pedals as you correctly observed. The C pedal is simulated by using the A pedal (P2) plus the vertical lever.
A lot of the E9th just isn't there in this tuning because the lower half is all C6th. I notice that things are missing, but it seems that bandleaders and audiences don't care. My gig guitar only has the middle 8 strings of the tuning. People like it, or maybe they are just happy to have any steel player in the band. 
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 11:06 am
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| It's kind of interesting how the classic "Fender Stratocaster Sunburst" colors just automatically push the "Like" button in our brains. I'm kind of surprised you can't get a Corvette in that, or the Gibson cherry sunburst - a car dealer could sell a few, I think. Nice guitar.... I had a muffly GeorgeL's pickup in mine, and the Alumitone really opened it up. |
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Quentin Hickey
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Fred Glave
From:
McHenry, Illinois, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2013 7:31 am
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Very nice. Congratulations!
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 1 Apr 2013 12:18 pm
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I thought that was a "finish-by-Mark" when I 1st saw the photo's. Mark did the finish on my Legend.
JE:-)> |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Todd Goad
From:
Gray, Georgia, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2013 2:13 pm Congrats Bob...She's a Beauty!!
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Nice Geetar  Bob!! So when you gonna play us a tune...Would Love to see/hear it in action |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2013 2:16 pm
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I'm not real comfortable on it yet. My foot isn't bottoming out the A&B pedals together. A few other things too. The pedals are a wee bit closer together than on the Desert Rose, so I'm not landing on them reliably.
It usually takes me a month or so to really get comfortable with a guitar.
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Allen Peterson
From:
Katy, Texas
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Posted 2 Apr 2013 4:46 am
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b0b,
What do you consider the advantages and disadvantages of your D6 tuning? Does it fit your style more than the traditonal C6 copedent? Or, do you just like the sound better? Are you still able to play the more traditional country music with this tuning? Does it limit you swing and more pop oriented music?
I am thinking about making some changes to my back neck. Your D6 sounds interesting.
Allen Peterson
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Apr 2013 7:33 am
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I don't recommend my tuning to anyone, Allen. I developed it for an 8 string. I put it on this D-10 so that I wouldn't have to unpack my Desert Rose to practice at home.
If you already have a D-10 with an E9th neck, I see no advantage at all to changing the back neck to D6th. The whole idea of my copedent was to get as much as I can out of an S-8 (or S-10), to lighten my load for gigs.
D6th has a brighter timbre than C6th, but you lose some of the low range and lowest two fret positions. My open strings are different notes, so I can't play any of the standards that use open strings in the same key as everyone else.
On the E9th side, my copedent is missing a lot of stuff. It only works for me because I played E9th with a vertical raising E to F# for 30 years. Most of what I do to sound like E9th is awkward and not at all ergonomic. My left leg has actually cramped up on long gigs - it's that bad! Luckily, most of my gigs these days are only two sets.
The whole thing has been a really interesting experiment for me, and I'll likely keep this copedent for a long time. But I can't in good conscience recommend it to anyone.
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