An In-Depth look at a Larson-Built Prairie State 000-Sized Model 425
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Mark has recently wrapped up repairs to a 1931 Larson-built Prairie State Model 425 in which the unique steel reinforcement rods made for an interesting restoration process. He discusses the intricacies of the job and presents a possible explanation of why Larson Brothers & Co added the support rods to the body in the first place.
That pickguard is wild haha
Mark thanks, that was really interesting. I just purchased a 1931 Larson Wm Stahl Style #6. They are beautiful guitars.
Another very informative vintage guitar video, on one of the very important early innovators of flattop guitars. I love Martin and Gibson as much as the next person, but nice to see some attention to Larson Bros. built guitars as well.
Wonderful video, Mark. My good friend, the late Tony Klassen, would tune that heel rod by tapping on it with something like a table knife while adjusting the tension of that nut on the bolt at the guitar's butt end.
That's interesting. I don't think I'd want to mess with overtightening it, but perhaps there's enough play in the system that tuning it unsympathetically would help tone.
Damn tricky…my friend Tony was fascinated with these old Larsons and I had the opportunity to play a few in his collection. Fantastic guitars.
Mr. Stutman you are an absolute master at your craft and these videos are an invaluable resource to all of us. Thank you very much!
fascinating. love the bold sound of this thing-AND-what a looker!
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION & EXPLANATION!!!! Pardon my all-caps, Mark, but really......And it is SO nice to hear proof that a shallow body guitar can easily punch above its weight class!
Interesting guitar and sound. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers, Tom
Thanks so much! The bars down the center, ship in the bottle stuff. Great repaire!
Your videos are always interesting, but this one was special. Thanks.
That's wonderful to hear, thanks!
Thank you !
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I think that was Jed Clampet, of the Beverly Hillbillies who said that. Thank you Mark !
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Wonder why the center rod thing didn't catch on. I did something like that on a 175 kit which massively improved its acoustic sound and amplified performance.
It would be a fair bit of extra work and cost from a manufacturing perspective, and does certainly make repairs more complicated. Two good reasons to step away from the idea.
Hey Mark great vid . . . you sure know your stuff! BTW is the Larson for sale? - - Jon
Thanks, Jon. This one belongs to a client and isn't available.
I call that stuff the "plumbing".
Cool video Mark- Thanks. I've been meaning to do deflection tests on vertically laminated top braces to see how much stiffer they are then solid spruce. Did they also use ebony for the lamination? Thanks again.
Beau -
They are Spruce/RW/Spruce, and they are STIFF. If you're going to use such stiff bracing it would be a good idea to (1) use a thinner top, (2) make your braces shorter, and/or (3) expect to wait 50+ years for your guitar to sound great!
I have a 1991 Gibson J-45 that was ruined by someone who said he knew what he was doing back in the early 1990s when the guitar was still new, and it has sat in storage ever since. He lowered the string notches on the nut too much, changed the radius of the saddle, and lowered the saddle too much as well. He also got glue on the body of the guitar close to the strap button. Can you fix it, how much, and what's your turnaround time? I've purchased a new saddle made by Tusq for Gibson guitars but it needs to be fitted.
Everything is fixable, but it’s impossible to quote a repair without seeing the instrument in question.
Follow up with us by email or call. We can surely help you out down the road.
@@TheFolkwayMusic Okay, do I need to make an appointment or can I just show up at your shop/business to speak to you or a technician? I'd prefer to speak to and meet with the person working on it. I see you're in Waterloo and it looks like you have a shop with on site employees.
I'm curious if you know of a good source for plans for Larson guitars. I wouldn't mind trying to build a 000.
None that we've seen. Best to find a guitar and map it out yourself.
@@TheFolkwayMusic thank you! I'll see what I can dig up. Can't say I've seen one in person before.
How strange!