Goodall Traditional Rosewood Dreadnought Guitar Demo @ House of Musical Traditions

[whipy]

Can you please tell me what your microphone setup is? Makes that Goodall sound like a cathedral... Would you say it is an honest depiction of its unamplified sound?

[musicaltraditions]

@whipy We used a stereo pair of Neuman TLM103s through a tube preamp and with a DBX compressor set in stereo. The only change to the audio, in post, was the lossy compression that comes with video. Our aim was to be as realistic as possible with the sound, as these videos are meant to allow potential buyers to hear the guitar who can't come to our store in person. The guitar does sound like a cathedral; Goodalls are incredible! :-)

[SanjaTheMaster]

Hey nice guitar man. What is the fisrt song called, and do you possibly have the tabs for it? It would help alot, thanx :))

[musicaltraditions]

@SanjaTheMaster Information is at the bottom of the video description. Mark has tabs for these songs available through his website, marksylvester [dot] net. Thanks for your interest.

[lovemyguitarlomo]

Better than Gibson!!!

[crunkykong]

Still can't get over how great this thing sounds. Wonder who the owner is..

[Hrytka]

Beautiful!

[GameLevelEditor]

Goodall or Bourgeois Traditional Dreadnoughts are fabulous sounding instruments! I like something from both but both project well.

The Goodall seems to have a more controlled clearer sound where the Bourgeois has a lot of harmonic overtones which depends on what ya prefer. If one day I ever build an acoustic instrument I'd "try" to use some these guitars as standard of excellence in tone to achieve.

[GameLevelEditor]

That is one of the best sounding acoustic guitars I've ever heard. Just with that straight strumming demonstration you can hear a lot going on!

[sedd1234]

This guitar is absolutely brilliant, by far the best you have on your demo list I think :)

[guitartec]

 What a cannon!

[voukis6]

great sound,one of the best D style guitars...clear , full

[slackrivet]

What a sound! I remember setting this one up. I used to work for James Goodall when they had their shop here in Kona. I really do remember this one as the sound was even more gorgeous than usual,.and I remember your name on the PCF and thinking whoever got this one was indeed fortunate! Nice job on the playing too.

[musicaltraditions]

@slackrivet Hey, very cool! We remember being blown away by this guitar. We recently got another one of these models made in the CA shop...sounds awesome as well. Everyone who plays these guitars in our shop gets spoiled by the sound.

[slackrivet]

Yes,..the sound is off the charts! I know you have all the settings with the mic set same for all these demos. This one stands waaaaay out! So full and rich ,clean,..angels sing,..Lucky whoever snagged this one up! You ever going to get one of Jame's crossovers? I did enjoy putting those together. Jesse Colin Young bought one while I was there.

[attybong]

@musicaltraditions  how much is that guitar?

[musicaltraditions]

@attybong Please contact us directly at hmtmail@hmtrad.com or 301-270-9090 for specific pricing information. The list price is $5,700. We do discount but per agreement with Goodall, we don't advertise our discounted price. This guitar is not currently in stock. We have one order slot open for December 2010 delivery - after that it would be at least 6 months wait time.

[snookseaglin]

definitely a great sound and good pickin too

[tony1010101]

the sound is so good

[thenetslug]

Can you please convince Mark to release his tabs!! I love his style.

[shadowdauchingen]

its very nice

[crunkykong]

If only I could find an OM-sized guitar with bottom-end like that.

[prr1361]

You and this Goodall have ruined me forever!

[prr1361]

I just smashed my Taylor to smitherines!!!

[SiriuslyEz]

Can you tell me what type of strings are on this guitar for this presentation? Just the gauge will do. Awesome sound.

[musicaltraditions]

Goodall recommends Elixir Nanoweb light gauge strings for their guitars, and that's what's on this one. Thanks for your interest.

[Mildotone]

i love the sound of this thing, very nice indeed,

[wee0424]

nice tone..

[arodion499]

Would you be so kind to upload TD Mahogany back and sides. PLEASE!!! SOS!

[tawava]

wow...

[kwolek420]

very nice instrument. Great volume and tone. I still love my Collings D1 to death.

[crunkykong]

Tone heaven!

[shivarudra]

great volume on that, would love to hear what it sounds like after a few years of good use

[kingofskateop]

vert very nice sound

[kavishjee09]

Somebody PUHLLEEEEZ upload a tutorial for this awesome piece of music....

do pm me when the tutorial comes up....

PLUS.......awesome Guitar mahn.....better sound than traditional Dreadnoughts

....

:)

[loltheinternets]

I'm going to post a video in a few days with my interpretation of this song. I'll go through how to play it if you want to learn. It's really not that hard.

[6digtalan]

could anybody tell me what is the name of this song??? cuz it's awesome!

[rickinbutler]

Fabulous guitar! Can anyone lend me $5,299?

[ali1082]

I have never played guitar. I play saz(turkish/kurdish) stringed instrument.

This guitar sounds very good in my opinion.

Well done.

[lliicckk]

wow I wasn't expecting the beautiful sound coming out of this guitar awesome low end and crisp treble and mids!

[elghazoli]

what type of rose wood is this one?

[j3ohnny]

indian...

[antitaleban]

So much resonance! Nothing short of incredible.

[Oetomoepi]

That's the sound of acoustic guitar that I have been searching for all my life. How much is this guitar?

What is the exact model number?

Thank you.

[jigaboodle]

Wow, that is one impressive dreadnaught...incredible sound.

[Tubenjunge]

wow ... i really really love this sound and the song is awesome(1st part) is possible to get it somewhere ? As mp3 file?? Or a tutorial?

[pablitoelenano]

i'd love to learn those pieces... can somebody upload a tutorial? thanks!

[Niraham]

what microphones did you use whlie these recordings?

[musicaltraditions]

We used a stereo pair of Neuman TLM103s through a tube preamp and with a DBX compressor set in stereo. The only change to the audio, in post, was the lossy compression that comes with video.

[vrifts]

holy shit! i wish i had 6 grand to spend

[syncopater999]

Amazing tone fresh out of the box for new guitar -so resonant but balanced for a dread.

[PbVeritas]

What is the name of the first song? It's awesome!

And very nice guitar by the way!

[musicaltraditions]

On this video Mark is playing two original selections from his CD "Music For Solo Guitar." The first is called "American Gypsy Pt 2;" the second is "I'll Not Be Weary."

[flapjax]

Mark Sylvester, I really like your music. Just picked up American Gypsy.

[flapjax]

Mark is awesome. Just picked up American Jypsy and love it.

[crosscatch]

I've tried their Dreadnaught and it was like no other. This Parlor guitar is quite something as well. This one gets that Steve Stills sound from 69-70.