Are Waterloo guitars good?
Some jumbo guitars have an overwhelming bass response, but the Waterloo is perfectly balanced, with just enough low end. It’s also a terrific instrument for fingerpicking: When I play gently, the sound is warm and dulcet, but when I dig in, the guitar responds with a nice growl and bite.
Do Waterloo guitars have truss rods?
The Waterloo site says “All WL-14 models include an adjustable truss rod for convenient setup adjustment and flexibility.”.
What is the oldest guitar company?
C.F. Martin, known more commonly as “Martin,” is the oldest guitar company in the United States. Founded in 1833, the company originally operated out of a small shop on the Lower West Side of New York City, where the eponymous luthier sold music supplies, as well as a limited number of handmade guitars.
Is Blue Ridge a good guitar?
Both guitars have a very nice finish and sound great, very consistent. I also was able to spend some time with a BR-180 and was prepared to buy it if it sounded better, but with that particular guitar, at least, I preferred the tone from the 160. The Blueridge BR-160s are great guitars! I recommend them!
Who runs Collings guitars?
Steve McCreary
Podcast 302: Steve McCreary, GM of Collings Guitars & Mandolins. Steve McCreary is the GM of Collings Guitars and Mandolins and one of the most respected members of the musical instrument industry.
What is a Waterloo guitar?
Founded by master luthier Bill Collings, the Waterloo guitar line is a look back in time to when there was a genuine need for soulful tone that could be coaxed from simple instruments. The blues, country, and folk music played on these instruments was made in heartfelt response to the hard times of the depression era.
Why make guitars like they were made in the depression?
Making a guitar that is accessible to more players is a good thing, but that wasn’t the reason I wanted to do it. The goal was to capture a particular sound by making the guitars like they were actually made back in the depression, and that meant stripping the process down to the bare essentials.
Do high end guitars take less labor to build?
It may take less labor than a higher end guitar, but it’s still skilled labor from people who understand what it takes to build an exceptional guitar. Playability, balance, exact geometry, and other things are needed to make a guitar work.
What is needed to make a guitar work?
Playability, balance, exact geometry, and other things are needed to make a guitar work. Those have to be the basics of a guitar, but they are not basics of a guitar normally made in a large overseas factory. What’s next for Waterloo?