Novax "Slimline Jazz" Model!

Marc Why

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Apr 18, 2011, 7:23:30 PM4/18/11

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I don't have one (yet!), but it's new and I just saw it on Ralph's
site. http://novaxguitars.com/sales/slimline-jazz.html Pretty cool.

My main axe is his AX-6 (acoustic-electric), which I love; I wrote
Ralph about the new model and he said it's definitely more "acoustic"
sounding that the AX model. He said he'll put more pics up soon. His
work is impeccable, BTW.

Marc

David J. Littleboy

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Apr 18, 2011, 7:52:34 PM4/18/11

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"Marc Why" <mar...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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There's a fan-fretted Halfling for sale on the Ribbecke site. It looks real
nice. There's a clip of Bruce Forman playing a different one on youtube, and
it doesn't look completely impossible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzHUtwxuK6o

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David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

sheetsofsound

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Apr 18, 2011, 9:12:10 PM4/18/11

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On Apr 18, 7:23 pm, Marc Why <marc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't have one (yet!), but it's new and I just saw it on Ralph's

> site.http://novaxguitars.com/sales/slimline-jazz.html Pretty cool.

>
> My main axe is his AX-6 (acoustic-electric), which I love; I wrote
> Ralph about the new model and he said it's definitely more "acoustic"
> sounding that the AX model. He said he'll put more pics up soon. His
> work is impeccable, BTW.
>
> Marc

that looks sweet. I love the compound scale instruments.

Marc Why

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Apr 18, 2011, 9:26:47 PM4/18/11

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>
> There's a fan-fretted Halfling for sale on the Ribbecke site. It looks real
> nice. There's a clip of Bruce Forman playing a different one on youtube, and
> it doesn't look completely impossible.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzHUtwxuK6o
>
> --
> David J. Littleboy
> Tokyo, Japan

Hi David,
If you mean playing a fanned fret doesn't look impossible, you're
right -- they're very easy to get used to (maybe 5-10 minutes!).

If you mean playing like Bruce doesn't look impossible, then I
disagree! ;^)

Marc

David J. Littleboy

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Apr 18, 2011, 10:07:02 PM4/18/11

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"Marc Why" <mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> There's a fan-fretted Halfling for sale on the Ribbecke site. It looks
>> real
>> nice. There's a clip of Bruce Forman playing a different one on youtube,
>> and
>> it doesn't look completely impossible.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzHUtwxuK6o
>>
>

> Hi David,
> If you mean playing a fanned fret doesn't look impossible, you're
> right -- they're very easy to get used to (maybe 5-10 minutes!).

Yes. My initial intuition was that it'd be quite discombobulating.

> If you mean playing like Bruce doesn't look impossible, then I
> disagree! ;^)

Really. He's amazing.

Bg

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Apr 19, 2011, 1:27:23 AM4/19/11

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>
> There's a fan-fretted Halfling for sale on the Ribbecke site. It looks real
> nice. There's a clip of Bruce Forman playing a different one on youtube, and
> it doesn't look completely impossible.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzHUtwxuK6o
>
> --
> David J. Littleboy
> Tokyo, Japan

I wonder if he'd try this stuff on that fanned fret guitar :-)
Probably though, he's fearless.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CAKlu7aycs&feature=related>
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David J. Littleboy

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Apr 19, 2011, 2:29:56 AM4/19/11

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"Bg" <ott...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
>> There's a fan-fretted Halfling for sale on the Ribbecke site. It looks
>> real
>> nice. There's a clip of Bruce Forman playing a different one on youtube,
>> and
>> it doesn't look completely impossible.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzHUtwxuK6o
>

> I wonder if he'd try this stuff on that fanned fret guitar :-)
> Probably though, he's fearless.
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CAKlu7aycs&feature=related>

"If Guitar Center were more like this I'd spend more time there"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XAgLjDwTm4&feature=related