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UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45
Out with the new, in with the old....
Traded my J45 with Jimmyguitar of this parish for this 1976 Mossman Great Plains. I've fancied a Mossman ever since I saw Chris Moreton (uk's top flatpicker) playing one and this one is the biz:
It's a real bluegrass and flatpicking machine. Jimmy had light strings on it and it sounded good (good enough for me to know I wanted it) but with mediums, some relief taken out of the neck and a slightly higher saddle it's really doing what it was designed for (Stu Mossman co-founded the famous Winfield flatpicking championships and had that style in mind when he designed and built these guitars).
It's clearly already had a neck reset which is a plus because it's something I don't need to have done, and a good look inside reveals it's got 5/16" bracing - non-scalloped and standard position. So despite looking D-35ish with its bound neck and 3 piece back, it has a bright and punchy D-28 ish sound. Definitely not one for the tappers and ticklers
Interestingly (to me anyway) it also has a rosewood bridge plate which is typically 70's but unlike the ill-thought of rosewood plates in 70s Martins, this one isn't strangely oversized.
The only work it needs for now is a new saddle (the one in there at the moment is a little too thin and there is some forward lean) and down the line the frets have had their last dressing before a refret will be needed but it plays fine for now.
Happy!
It's a real bluegrass and flatpicking machine. Jimmy had light strings on it and it sounded good (good enough for me to know I wanted it) but with mediums, some relief taken out of the neck and a slightly higher saddle it's really doing what it was designed for (Stu Mossman co-founded the famous Winfield flatpicking championships and had that style in mind when he designed and built these guitars).
It's clearly already had a neck reset which is a plus because it's something I don't need to have done, and a good look inside reveals it's got 5/16" bracing - non-scalloped and standard position. So despite looking D-35ish with its bound neck and 3 piece back, it has a bright and punchy D-28 ish sound. Definitely not one for the tappers and ticklers
Interestingly (to me anyway) it also has a rosewood bridge plate which is typically 70's but unlike the ill-thought of rosewood plates in 70s Martins, this one isn't strangely oversized.
The only work it needs for now is a new saddle (the one in there at the moment is a little too thin and there is some forward lean) and down the line the frets have had their last dressing before a refret will be needed but it plays fine for now.
Happy!
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