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UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
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Like a kid in a sweet shop I spent some considerable time this morning with the good folk at Project Music Exeter.

I played a Martin HD28,
2 McNallys,
Atkin essential D,
Atkin forty three
Atkin D37,
and a Lowden F50.

Very impressed with the projection & overall tone of the Atkin D37 & forty three, the Lowden was good, but not £2000 better than the one I took home - 

The Brook Teign






I nearly bought the Atkin 43 as it was so resonant, in the end, there was so little in it & the chance to pick up a Brook I couldn't let it go, plus my attachment to Dartmoor, may get an Atkin next.

It's been a shit last few weeks but that was a great morning thank you all the guys at Project Music, I also got a free pack of strings!
And also bought a PRS SE soapbar to feed my P90 habit.

There's a lady with a smile on her face somewhere watching me play this guitar.
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3144
    Congratulations. Hope your as happy with your Brook as I am with mine

    Trading feedback thread:https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/172761/drofluf
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    Damn that looks awesome.... Sound clip?? 
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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3380
    Ungulate said:
    Like a kid in a sweet shop I spent some considerable time this morning with the good folk at Project Music Exeter.

    I played a Martin HD28,
    2 McNallys,
    Atkin essential D,
    Atkin forty three
    Atkin D37,
    and a Lowden F50.

    Very impressed with the projection & overall tone of the Atkin D37 & forty three, the Lowden was good, but not £2000 better than the one I took home - 

    The Brook Teign






    I nearly bought the Atkin 43 as it was so resonant, in the end, there was so little in it & the chance to pick up a Brook I couldn't let it go, plus my attachment to Dartmoor, may get an Atkin next.

    It's been a shit last few weeks but that was a great morning thank you all the guys at Project Music, I also got a free pack of strings!
    And also bought a PRS SE soapbar to feed my P90 habit.

    There's a lady with a smile on her face somewhere watching me play this guitar.
    Can we see a picture of the free set of strings?

    Congrats on the new Brook. I have loved all the ones I have played. 
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    edited October 2022
    Ungulate said:


    There's a lady with a smile on her face somewhere watching me play this guitar.
    * big grin *


    sound, bloody sound  

    (did you ever say which part of the Moor from your past ? you probably did  but.......age you now ;)  -  PM me if you'd rather)
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • rze99rze99 Frets: 2005
    Ungulate said:
    Like a kid in a sweet shop I spent some considerable time this morning with the good folk at Project Music Exeter.

    I played a Martin HD28,
    2 McNallys,
    Atkin essential D,
    Atkin forty three
    Atkin D37,
    and a Lowden F50.

    Very impressed with the projection & overall tone of the Atkin D37 & forty three, the Lowden was good, but not £2000 better than the one I took home - 

    The Brook Teign






    I nearly bought the Atkin 43 as it was so resonant, in the end, there was so little in it & the chance to pick up a Brook I couldn't let it go, plus my attachment to Dartmoor, may get an Atkin next.

    It's been a shit last few weeks but that was a great morning thank you all the guys at Project Music, I also got a free pack of strings!
    And also bought a PRS SE soapbar to feed my P90 habit.

    There's a lady with a smile on her face somewhere watching me play this guitar.
    A beauty. Congratulations. I hadn't heard of Brook before.
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    rze99 said:
    Ungulate said:
    Like a kid in a sweet shop I spent some considerable time this morning with the good folk at Project Music Exeter.

    I played a Martin HD28,
    2 McNallys,
    Atkin essential D,
    Atkin forty three
    Atkin D37,
    and a Lowden F50.

    Very impressed with the projection & overall tone of the Atkin D37 & forty three, the Lowden was good, but not £2000 better than the one I took home - 

    The Brook Teign






    I nearly bought the Atkin 43 as it was so resonant, in the end, there was so little in it & the chance to pick up a Brook I couldn't let it go, plus my attachment to Dartmoor, may get an Atkin next.

    It's been a shit last few weeks but that was a great morning thank you all the guys at Project Music, I also got a free pack of strings!
    And also bought a PRS SE soapbar to feed my P90 habit.

    There's a lady with a smile on her face somewhere watching me play this guitar.
    A beauty. Congratulations. I hadn't heard of Brook before.
    Take a look on YouTube, gorgeous instruments, even better when you play them, the Martin was underwhelming compared to the UK luthiers, McNally were damn good but the Atkin stood out as lightweight & huge resonance 
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    It does look nice.

    HNGD mate, I'm sure you're a proud owner. 

    :) 
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    Mellish said:
    It does look nice.

    HNGD mate, I'm sure you're a proud owner. 

    :) 
    Yep, just strumming quietly
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    bertie said:
    Ungulate said:


    There's a lady with a smile on her face somewhere watching me play this guitar.
    * big grin *


    sound, bloody sound  

    (did you ever say which part of the Moor from your past ? you probably did  but.......age you now ;)  -  PM me if you'd rather)
    I trained at Torbay hospital & rode my bike all over the moor, mainly south side, returned a few years after with wife & kids, reluctantly left for the land of the Summer people in 1999
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    Though we do have Pilton (Glastonbury) festival 
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  • MSedgMSedg Frets: 88
    That is a beauty, congratulations. Rosewood b&s?
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    MSedg said:
    That is a beauty, congratulations. Rosewood b&s?
    Yep, rosewood, tried a variety of guitars without looking too closely till I'd had a play, I had some rosewood & one mahogany in my shortlist.

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  • WazmeisterWazmeister Frets: 8918
    Love that headstock ! Congrats :)
    Feedback here - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57555/
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    edited October 2022
    Ungulate said:
    bertie said:
    Ungulate said:


    There's a lady with a smile on her face somewhere watching me play this guitar.
    * big grin *


    sound, bloody sound  

    (did you ever say which part of the Moor from your past ? you probably did  but.......age you now   -  PM me if you'd rather)
    I trained at Torbay hospital & rode my bike all over the moor, mainly south side, returned a few years after with wife & kids, reluctantly left for the land of the Summer people in 1999
    ah -  Im from the northern edge........but used to frequent the east  - Chagford/Moretonhampstead/Bovey/Newton Abbot  ,  I left 10 years before you !
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • tomjaxtomjax Frets: 59
    That’s a beauty! Sure it’ll bring a lot of playing pleasure. I have a lovely little Brook Taw. They make fabulous guitars and still at a relatively low price compared with other hand builts. 
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10231
    Ah mate that's beautiful

    I really like Project music. I've bought a couple of guitars from them online and they've called ahead each time to ask how I want it set up and to pick a convenient day for delivery. You don't expect a courtesy call after you click the button. I went in there to play some stuff another time and they were most accommodating

    I also got an SE Soapbar today, someone was selling an old and dinged up one locally
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    tomjax said:
    That’s a beauty! Sure it’ll bring a lot of playing pleasure. I have a lovely little Brook Taw. They make fabulous guitars and still at a relatively low price compared with other hand builts. 
    Yeah, just realised the Lowden I tried was nearing twice the price of the Brook!
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    roberty said:
    Ah mate that's beautiful

    I really like Project music. I've bought a couple of guitars from them online and they've called ahead each time to ask how I want it set up and to pick a convenient day for delivery. You don't expect a courtesy call after you click the button. I went in there to play some stuff another time and they were most accommodating

    I also got an SE Soapbar today, someone was selling an old and dinged up one locally
    There's a coincidence 2 soapbars today! I confess I've been playing the Brook all evening long, electrics first 2moro, yeah they were so considerate at Projectmusic.net gonna take my LP in there for a proper set up & fret dress.
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  • DavidRDavidR Frets: 595
    edited October 2022
    Nice looking guitar. Lovely dark woods. Good choice. Have fun.  :-)

    Sorry to discuss dosh. Just looked at the price on their website (still listed, for sales purposes I suspect) and that is exactly in the price range we should be paying for a 'final destination' top end acoustic just now imho. Confirms how often folk overpay for similar, often American, instruments. Compare Martin's Modern Deluxe D28 for £4,499. Eek!
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  • TeyeplayerTeyeplayer Frets: 2811
    edited October 2022
    bertie said:
    Ungulate said:
    bertie said:
    Ungulate said:


    There's a lady with a smile on her face somewhere watching me play this guitar.
    * big grin *


    sound, bloody sound  

    (did you ever say which part of the Moor from your past ? you probably did  but.......age you now   -  PM me if you'd rather)
    I trained at Torbay hospital & rode my bike all over the moor, mainly south side, returned a few years after with wife & kids, reluctantly left for the land of the Summer people in 1999
    ah -  Im from the northern edge........but used to frequent the east  - Chagford/Moretonhampstead/Bovey/Newton Abbot  ,  I left 10 years before you !
    I was born and spent my early years near Heatree Cross, between Manaton and Jay’s Grave. It’s a wonderful part of the world -few places match it for its rugged beauty. Mind you that was almost 40 years ago, but I’ve been back at every opportunity (Grandparents are both buried at Manaton). As a result, a Brook is very much one of my bucket list guitars, closes a loop of heritage.
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    I loved the climb to  Manaton, there are flowers by Jay's grave everytime I rode by, lovely austere stark countryside 
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    DavidR said:
    Nice looking guitar. Lovely dark woods. Good choice. Have fun.  :-)

    Sorry to discuss dosh. Just looked at the price on their website (still listed, for sales purposes I suspect) and that is exactly in the price range we should be paying for a 'final destination' top end acoustic just now imho. Confirms how often folk overpay for similar, often American, instruments. Compare Martin's Modern Deluxe D28 for £4,499. Eek!
    Yeah, the D28 modern deluxe was top of my list but glad to have £1800 left in my wallet & a Brook at home! 
    Same applies to the Lowden, very pretty but not an extra £2k pretty.
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  • TheBigDipperTheBigDipper Frets: 4501
    Well. now you've got the guitar, it's probably time to visit the workshop. ;-) 
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3144
    TheBigDipper said:
    Well. now you've got the guitar, it's probably time to visit the workshop. ;-) 
    In my experience doing that only ends one way...
    Trading feedback thread:https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/172761/drofluf
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    edited October 2022
    drofluf said:
    Well. now you've got the guitar, it's probably time to visit the workshop. ;-) 
    In my experience doing that only ends one way...
    well it will if you meet anything bigger than a bicycle 

    classic Debbun lanes of diminishing returns  

    (maternal gran and 3 or 4 uncles were tenant farmers around Whiddon Down/Spreyton/North Tawaton)
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    I'll ride there! 
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    It's just a bit of a challenge riding home with a Hiscox guitar case in one hand...
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3144
    Ungulate said:
    It's just a bit of a challenge riding home with a Hiscox guitar case in one hand...
    Not if you have one of these 

     

    So now that's cleared up what will get and which woods will you choose?
    Trading feedback thread:https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/172761/drofluf
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  • Benm39Benm39 Frets: 606
    Beautiful! Not in the least surprised you picked a Brook. Similar thing happened when I went to Coda to pick up a rather nice top end Furch I'd paid a deposit for then to hold... left with a Brook Taw instead.  Part combination of awesome resonance and,  as another ex Devon boy beloved of the Moor, that additional link to local luthiery.  Just brilliant guitars and at an excellent price point. Enjoy!
    Trading feedback is here https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/196513/benm39
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    Benm39 said:
    s another ex Devon boy beloved of the Moor, 
    we must start a new section !!   LOL

    =)
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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