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Topic: Steinar Gregertsen demoing the Asher Electro Hawaiian Junior |
Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 1:52 pm |
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Oh dear, the cat is out of the bag... 
As some of you may remember I had to sell my dear custom Asher EH some time ago, due to a huge bill from the (Norwegian) IRS. Well, about a month ago I got mail from Bill Asher saying he had heard about the sale and couldn't imagine me without one of his guitar, so he offered me an Asher EH Junior - for free! Surely an offer I couldn't refuse... 
Bill and Jessica got hearts of gold, so coming up with a couple of demos was the least I could do in return.. 
When I think about it - life can be quite okay..
Steinar
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"Play to express, not to impress"
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Fred Kinbom
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Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 2:25 pm
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| Fred Kinbom wrote: |
| now, where's that teardrop!? |
For sale, it just didn't stand up against the new spruce/walnut standard Lazy River so I never play it anymore. Rance and me have 'something special' in the works (actually, it's only in theory so far, but it will be übercool when/if it's done... ).
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Mark White
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 3:14 pm
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 Bravo Steinar
As always, your playing floors me!
Those will sell a few Junior's I imagine
(I couldn't get the clips to play in IE7 but they worked fine in Firefox). |
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Don Fox
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 3:24 pm
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Glad to hear you have a new Asher, Steinar. I've always felt a little sheepish about taking "Lizzy" from you  |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 6:09 pm
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| Excellent! Bill and Jessica are good folks. Great demo clips, Steinar. I love happy endings. |
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Eric Ebner
From:
Texas Republic
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Michael Papenburg
From:
Oakland, CA
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 11:56 pm
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Very nice sound clips. Is the instrument similar at all to your previous Asher in terms of tone and playability or does it have it's own thing going on?
Thanks. |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Kevin Brown
From:
England
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 9:04 am
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| Congrats Steinar, hope good things come from this for you, you deserve it, are they your own back tracks, they sound great. |
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Jan Jonsson
From:
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 1:00 pm
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Amazing tone and phrasing as usual, Steinar! I sure wish I had some of that "Norske magi" in my playing.
Your southern neighbor.
-- Jan |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 4:00 pm
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| Cool Steinar, I thought I caught a "Pink Floyd" lick in there. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 6:57 pm
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Thanks for the comments guys!
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| I've always felt a little sheepish about taking "Lizzy" from you |
No, you shouldn't - I hope you still enjoy her company! 
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| Is the instrument similar at all to your previous Asher in terms of tone and playability or does it have it's own thing going on? |
It definitely has a different voice,- the upside is a more focused and tighter tone, the downside is it lacks the airy "3-dimensional" resonance of the semi acoustic custom (as you would expect from a solidbody model).
Scale length is the same, only difference in playability is that the string spacing at the bridge is closer (the custom was spaced like an acoustic weissenborn) and the bridge itself is a stop tailpiece so it's slightly curved. Doesn't bother me at all though.
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| I caught a "Pink Floyd" lick in there |
That's unintentional, but I just had to throw in a "Sleepwalk" quote in the ballad.. 
Steinar
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"Play to express, not to impress"
Website - YouTube |
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Charley Wilder
From:
Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 7:43 pm
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| Great clips Steiner! There may be a ritual burning of my lap steels in the near future! |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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