Cone

Yesterday I took possession of a resonator guitar whose cone is made entirely of wood. It was made by a builder named Jeff Jamieson in San Luis Obispo, CA. Jeff runs a high a high-end wood-working shop, and, about twenty years ago, he figured out how to make a non-electric resonator guitar with a wooden cone. For many reasons, he put the project aside. Last year, a mutual friend who knows of my interest in unusual instruments introduced me to Jeff. I went to Jeff's shop and was bowled over by the instrument. A few months later, I asked Jeff to make such an instrument for me, and yesterday he delivered.

I finally got to try a Scheerhorn cone in my personal guitar - it sounds really good.  To my ear (and considering the hundreds of variables in the mix) it sounds a little more focused in the mid-range, but without dropping the low or high end.  The note separation is cleaner than the previous Quarterman cone. 

The audio quality (from my camera) isn't the best because of my room.  I'll stick a real mic on it today and throw up the audio.  I'm definitely going to leave it in.  After a month or so, to let me ear get really used to it, I'll drop in the old quarterman in for another side-by-side. 

Hey everyone ,

I bought a Wechter-Sheerhorn Rob Ickes back in December and had no issues in the way it sounded .Actually it fely pretty good to play and the setup seemed pretty good all around i couldnt see spending any money on an upgrade.

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