"Larry Pattis" <NeverHere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <6drvv2F42sd4U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Ed Edelenbos
> <eded@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "Kevin Hall" <timberline@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:w6ydnTmTIfoOKuXVnZ2dnUVZ_rjinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Ed;
>> >
>> > The 0-16 NY model was very lightly built by 'modern' standards, and
>> > really not intended for steel strings. Odd little things actually.
>> > If
>> > I remember rightly, and it's been about 30 years since I repaired or
>> > played one, they had only one tone bar down between the lower legs
of
>> > the 'X', like the very early small bodied Martins built before they
>> > switched to steel strings in the early 1920s.
>> >
>> > The model was originally intended as a sort of 'dual-s****t' rig on
>> > which
>> > you could use either nylon or silk-'n-steel strings. Steel strings
>> > any
>> > heavier than extra-lights will damage them in short order.
>> >
>> > They're definitely not meant as a flat-picking thrasher, and frankly
>> > they're just not that good as an all-rounder either.
>> >
>> > I did a few gigs back about 1968 or '69 with a woman who had one,
and
>> > it
>> > was drowned by my 00-18. The woman was a member of the Canadian
>> > Olympic
>> > gymnastic team at the time. Wonder what happened to her and the
>> > little
>> > guitar?
>> >
>> > Anyway, if you want a good all 'round 12-fret slothead Martin, try
>> > finding a 00-21 instead, or an early 0 or 00-18.
>> >
>> > KH
>>
>> Thanks, Kevin. I guess I'm not immune to the Martin allure...
>> especially a
>> '60s folkie special like the 0-16ny. (grin) As I'm second guessing it
>> (by
>> asking questions) I guess I'm not completely taken by that allure,
>> though.
>> I've been totally spoiled by the feel of my Larrivee parlor. I had a
00
>> size (made by Ayers) that was a terrific guitar but after the parlor,
it
>> just felt too big. I recently found a '70 0-18 that was well within my
>> budget but some previous (so-so looking) repairs and the fact that it
>> looks
>> like a neck reset will be needed soon combined with not being able to
try
>> it
>> (i.e. mail order) makes it a non-starter. If I keep looking (and
asking
>> questions like this post), the right thing will probably pop up.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>
> I used standard light gauge strings on the one I owned for many years,
> and the neck and top did just fine.
>
> It was not a "strummer," of course.
>
> --
> Larry Pattis
> email: LP "at" LarryPattis "dot" com
> http://www.LarryPattis.com
The problem with the equation, is that *I* am a strummer. (grin, or frown
maybe)
Ed
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