The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible

Subject: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: Fortunato
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 12:06 PM

If any one is a Classical Scholar and a guitar enthusiast you might want to look at http://www.stringedinstrumentrepairs.com/new/odyssey/index.htm

Or if you just appreciate fine inlay, well...

best chance

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: Effsee
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 12:19 PM

WOW! Fabulous!

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: jeffp
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 12:21 PM

Effsee summed it up perfectly.

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: GUEST,Greycap
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 12:23 PM

Wow!!!

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: kendall
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 01:06 PM

Magnificent, but it's too bad it's electric. Reminds me of an old song,...a ten dollar horse and a forty dollar saddle...

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: bobad
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 01:08 PM

Or a ten dollar woman and a five dollar man.

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: Leadfingers
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 02:28 PM

Beautiful work !! 'Call Jeff for price' it says - And make sure you're sat down when he tells you !!

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: Mooh
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 02:34 PM

There goes the budget...

The fiddle is pretty cool too.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: Kaleea
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 03:17 PM

A lovely bit of work--but on an electric?

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: Little Robyn
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 03:43 PM

A bit OTT!
From a distance it just looks a mess!
I might like it on a vase but on a guitar? I don't think so.
Robyn (The peasant)

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: Sorcha
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:33 PM

I'm a peasant too. I think it is tacky.

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: mack/misophist
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:41 PM

Me too. It may be expert work but it's zo overdone it's ugly. De gustibus non disputandem est.

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: oggie
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 05:11 PM

I'm a fretworker and do some restoration of inlay - the work is incredibly high standard BUT I'm not sure that the end result is worth the price I suspect you would have to pay. If I was spending that much on an instrument I would want it reflected in it's sound and performance rather than its looks. I may be a philistine but for me the essence of any craft is it's function, instruments are to played (why I hate them in museums) the aesthetics are secondary and whilst I admire the skill its not for me.

All the best

oggie

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 06:31 PM

Prolly inedible, too.

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: chazkratz
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 06:39 PM

There's not enough room on a lyre for this kind of art--and if you are going to quibble, any guitar with the Odyssey inlaid on it is anachronistic, but the guy is a hell of an artist. He really captures the style of ancient Grecian friezes or urns.

I think it makes a great--if unaffordable--wall hanger, and might actually sound pretty good. It's at least not a solid body.

Charles

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: Tim theTwangler
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 06:41 PM

Hey its good up close but would you dare gig with it?
I dont think that one would bounce too well.

Subject: RE: The Odyssey Inlaid on Guitar-Incredible
From: pdq
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 06:54 PM

I wouldn't let Pete Townshend near it.