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Poor New Yorker...
Posted: 9 Nov 2011 2:41 pm
by Fred Kinbom
As a massive fan of the National New Yorker's sound and looks, this pains me to look at:
1930s New Yorker on eBay
How could someone stick a humbucker in the middle of that cool logo that once looked like this?!
Posted: 9 Nov 2011 2:58 pm
by Ron Whitfield
No telling what lead someone to do the act, hope it wasn't stupidity.
Fred, what year/model NY have you found to be your favorite, and why?
Posted: 9 Nov 2011 3:12 pm
by Fred Kinbom
Ron, as it seems the original electronics are gone, at least it could possibly have made a broken guitar playable again...
To answer your question, I like the 1937 New Yorker I have the best (I have only tried two 1937 ones and one from 1947 though) - it has a sound that is perhaps not suited for everything, but it's very special - the concealed pickups give it a very "airy", acoustic-like and deep sound.
Cheers,
Fred
Posted: 9 Nov 2011 3:37 pm
by Mike Neer
Maybe he was a fan of Naomi Klein's
No Logo.
eek!
Posted: 9 Nov 2011 3:45 pm
by Christiaan van der Vyver
i had the same thought fred when i saw this, it made me slightly nauseous to see it, i love my new yorker, and the original pickup is the bomb! no noise either!
also @mike, thanks for the 12th street rag transcription thing im working on it!
Posted: 10 Nov 2011 6:17 am
by Tom Pettingill
Ron Whitfield wrote:No telling what lead someone to do the act, hope it wasn't stupidity. ...
That would be my hope too. In extreme situations you do what you got to do to make them playable again, like forumite Alan Brookes did with his flood victim New Yorker resurrection.
Posted: 10 Nov 2011 11:10 am
by chris ivey
hey..it's just rock n roll.....
('worth in the thousands')
Posted: 10 Nov 2011 8:56 pm
by John Bushouse
chris ivey wrote:hey..it's just rock n roll.....
('worth in the thousands')
It would be nice if it were true...
Posted: 10 Nov 2011 9:07 pm
by chris ivey
new yorkers are cute and have a nice soft tone, but the one i had was hard to play because the strings were so close to the body i couldn't keep my picks from hitting the body...
i guess it required a more delicate approach.
Posted: 11 Nov 2011 8:43 am
by J. Wilson
AArgh! Painful to look upon!!
Posted: 11 Nov 2011 11:50 am
by Alan Brookes
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... estoration
I've seen a lot worse. Check out this restoration I did on a New Yorker about two years ago. (above)
Posted: 11 Nov 2011 11:53 am
by J. Wilson
Impressive work Alan!!
Posted: 11 Nov 2011 7:44 pm
by Bill Creller
The one on Ebay is sure trashed....and he calls what's done on it as a "restoration".....sad alright...