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Old 10-21-2010, 06:31 AM
vschwager vschwager is offline
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Hello SuperB23

I did not know that Traugott, Claxton, McAlister and others came out of the SC guitar shop, now, that's impressive...hat's off to that. I am not too impressed by the "Who plays what" list, but I sure am of the "Who trained who" one; if SC trained these people then it must know a thing or two about making great guitars. Honestly, I am a Martin fan, and albeit I have tried a few Collings and SC, I was not won over by them, but that does not mean I would not buy one in the future (albeit SC's Eric Skye Signature guitar made me drool just by looking at it...). But there are plenty of great guitar makers out there, I am glad of that. I always cheerish this type of exchanges, reminds me of the Stradivari vs Guarnieri del Gesł type of argiment: each instrument having its own soul and characteristics that made it a unique instrument, and so is with our guitars; even today, with CNC technology they still manage to sound different one from the other.
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