21st Century Selmer by Shelley Park

Bob Holo

Haha - coincidentally I'm listenting to Alita right now... Reading Troy, hearing Troy, Seeing Troy... getting the full Chapman experience this morning. (listening to the 'Big Bottoms' intro to Heavy Artillery... I LOVE that. It cracks my wife up every time... we're big "Tap" fans... as in... have actually flown somewhere just to see them in concert)

But enough of Tap... That is a sweet rig, man. 'Wailin on the Fralin' I would love to hear you play 4 on 6 on it. I need to get up Seattle way - and will likely be up there in early Jan. Too bad about the maple though - you think she could have found a piece with some flame in it for you... ;-)

Now get into the studio with it already!!! Give Monsignor Lange an excuse to break-in his fancy new software...

langleydjango

While it's undeniably beautiful (Shelley could make a shoebox a work of art)
it's the overall (re)design that has me so psyched.

It hits all the points that both Michael, Bob and Marc brought up- the humbucker sounds great, plus the entire guitar was designed from the ground up to be played as an electric that still retains the ability to play acoustically instead of the other way around -a la a Stimer or bolting a humbucker onto the guitar. And yet it's still a Sel/Mac!

As with Michael's Benedetto I can use the pickup for solo lines and either back off the volume or use the bigtone for rhythm.

I think everyone in Seattle is using a pickup these days because we've all tried every other permutation known to man and it's the only solution that works consistently and easily (we've grown tired of spending an hour setting up all the other solutions).

Bob, I've found the full Chapman experience is too much for most people this early in the morning. Even Julie. Let me know when you head this way!!

Adelaarvaren

Wow that looks gorgeous!