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Title: Parlors Do Simon And Garfunkle Really Well!
Post by: Fergy07 on February 22, 2005, 08:02:10 AM

You all may have realized this already, but for those of you who are still looking for songs where your parlor's can shine...I was fooling around this weekend and happened on my Paul Simon book, and started to play the '59th St. Bridge (feeling groovy) song as well as 'Scarborough Fair'. Man, at least the Koa parlor I had came alive for these songs and was as sparkly as you'd ever want your guitar to be, especially on Feeling Groovy, which tends, to be very treblely anyway. I think the parlor size enhanced the playing of these songs by not having a lot of bass response. If you have the music, you should give it a try.

Are there anyother songs anyone else has found where the parlor comes through as the guitar of choice?

Andy

Title: Parlors Do Simon And Garfunkle Really Well!
Post by: LaminateBoy on February 22, 2005, 11:44:42 AM

Hmmm...for me, the exact opposite is true. I have a mahogany parlor with medium strings. Simon and Garfunkel songs, particularly "Scarborough Fair", don't work well on it. I always switch to my L-04K for those.

Having said that, I am finding that the tone of my parlor has changed a bit and is less boxy, but still nice and woody and I am happy to use it for more and more stuff.

Title: Parlors Do Simon And Garfunkle Really Well!
Post by: Fergy07 on February 22, 2005, 06:42:09 PM

Mahogany vs. Koa? I found the highend of the Parlor to bring out the song...but then again, it was the guitar I had out in standard tuning, my nylon string was in open G, so it maybe a case of 'love the one your with'.

Andy

Title: Parlors Do Simon And Garfunkle Really Well!
Post by: Peter Cree on February 23, 2005, 10:42:35 AM

I can see that. Meaning that high sweet sound could do the Paul S. thing very well.

I've also found that my mahog. parlor does DADGAD extremely well. old Irish and fiddle tunes really do well on it. And after about a year and a half of ownership mine has a nice bass end. Especially drop tuned.

Title: Parlors Do Simon And Garfunkle Really Well!
Post by: LaminateBoy on February 23, 2005, 10:44:00 AM

For "Scarborough Fair" I capo at the 7th fret, so that may be one reason the parlor doesn't sound as good, too.

Title: Parlors Do Simon And Garfunkle Really Well!
Post by: wyodeb on February 23, 2005, 11:06:53 AM

QuoteI can see that. Meaning that high sweet sound could do the Paul S. thing very well.

I've also found that my mahog. parlor does DADGAD extremely well. old Irish and fiddle tunes really do well on it. And after about a year and a half of ownership mine has a nice bass end. Especially drop tuned.

The bass gets much better with time. Mine is a 2001, and is beginning to really open up. Most folk-type songs sound good on the parlor (IMHO)

Deb

Title: Parlors Do Simon And Garfunkle Really Well!
Post by: Peter Cree on February 23, 2005, 12:29:21 PM

Of all my guitars my parlour has opened and changed far more than the others.

What a small bundle of pleasure! Love to mic it and gig with it. all that sound out of such a teeny weeny guitar.

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