Apollonio guitar at a steal

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: bigchuck
Date: 22 Oct 10 - 02:14 PM

Actually,I didn't say the action was too low; I said that I would probably set it a bit higher if were mine, being fairly ham handed.

Sandy

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 22 Oct 10 - 03:13 PM

This is the answer to the 12 string capo problem, for me.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Oct 10 - 03:24 PM

Dunlop Trigger for the citterns, eh? Well, I'll have to look into that.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: EBarnacle
Date: 22 Oct 10 - 11:32 PM

My friend Jan Christensen uses two capos, one a full bar but fairly light and the other, above it on the neck, covering the six deeper strings.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 23 Oct 10 - 05:15 AM

The Paige capo is the first one I have ever used that doesn't knock the large base strings, E & A, out of tune when you put it in place.
It requires much less pressure too, which must be better for the guitar

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 28 Nov 10 - 10:16 PM

Nick has three new instruments up, and they really are beauties. One is a koa and Adirodack spruce 12-string with lots of BEAUTIFUL bells and whistles, and lovely wood, another is a bell shaped Irish bouzouki, and the third is a koa and Adirondack spruce 6 string, which I hope nobody else buys because I want it Even though I don't need it. Take one look and you'll know why. Why am I telling you this?

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 29 Nov 10 - 06:53 AM

If I didn't already own one of his very best 12 strings, I'd be all over this one.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: EBarnacle
Date: 29 Nov 10 - 08:15 PM

Amazing, the 6 is still only at $100.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Midchuck
Date: 29 Nov 10 - 08:35 PM

Amazing, the 6 is still only at $100.

That's how eBay bidding works, a lot of the time. All the action is in the last few seconds.

P.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: EBarnacle
Date: 30 Nov 10 - 01:33 PM

Is the body on the 6 string a large, medium or small. I put in a call to Nick this AM and he has not yet called back.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 30 Nov 10 - 02:19 PM

My guess would be medium.
Jacqui has one of his medium 6 strings and I am so impressed with it I often pick it instead of my Taylor.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Midchuck
Date: 30 Nov 10 - 02:26 PM

"SJ" ("Small Jumbo" - OXYMORON ALERT!) normally means 16" or so across the lower bout. "000" means about 15" or a fraction more. I assume using the two designators with a slash implies the width is somewhere in the middle, which would make it close to the same width as a standard (Martin) dreadnought. But if so, it would give the impression of being slightly smaller because of the narrower waist. It would be somewhat easier to hold and play, seated, for the same reason. I guess.

Peter

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 30 Nov 10 - 02:29 PM

It's about the size of mine, I think, which means it's on the larger side. I suspect, though I can't be sure, that it's designed to have a roughly 000 shape but fit in the case for a dreadnought. Not nearly as big as the jumbo 12s, of course.

The 6 is a thing of beauty.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: kendall
Date: 30 Nov 10 - 08:34 PM

Jacqui's 6 string is 14 inches across its widest point. My Taylor is 16 inches.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Midchuck
Date: 30 Nov 10 - 09:37 PM

Here, from the Martin website, is a table of the dimensions of the standard Martin models. Since most American acoustic guitar makers borrow Martin terminology to designate their models, this gives you a better idea what they're talking about.

P.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 30 Nov 10 - 11:25 PM

Looking at the description, the bouzouki is more of a cittern - 10 strings.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Midchuck
Date: 01 Dec 10 - 08:38 AM

Looking at the description, the bouzouki is more of a cittern - 10 strings.

Maybe it's a bittern?

P.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: EBarnacle
Date: 01 Dec 10 - 11:16 AM

Nick's logo is not a bird.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: kendall
Date: 01 Dec 10 - 12:54 PM

And, he doesn't make Turkeys either!

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 01 Dec 10 - 01:58 PM

Fortunately, he also appreciates a good pun. He appreciates a bad pun even more.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: kendall
Date: 01 Dec 10 - 02:13 PM

A bad pun? what's that?

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Mark Ross
Date: 01 Dec 10 - 02:37 PM

It's a punishment.

Mark Ross

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Midchuck
Date: 01 Dec 10 - 03:28 PM

If doing a CD of Celtic instrumental music and titling it "Cittern on the Dock of the Bay" isn't a bad pun, I don't know what is!

Peter

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 01 Dec 10 - 05:59 PM

The fact that the CD was recorded on the coast of Maine makes it a good pun.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 03 Dec 10 - 01:27 PM

REFRESH

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Dec 10 - 03:35 PM

Cittern on the dock of the Bay...wastin' time...ohhhhh...ohhh...

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 05 Dec 10 - 06:35 PM

20 minutes left on these three AMAZING instruments.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: EBarnacle
Date: 05 Dec 10 - 06:37 PM

Those bids are still wayyy too low. There will probably be a last second bounce.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 05 Dec 10 - 06:41 PM

I spoke a lie. 20 minutes (now 15) on the cittern. An hour on the 6, and an hour an a half on the 12.

Evidently Nick likes to keep the tension riding high.

Warmly,
Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Midchuck
Date: 05 Dec 10 - 07:00 PM

Somebody got a pretty good deal on the Bittern.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 05 Dec 10 - 07:26 PM

That 6 is going to be a good deal no matter how much is paid for it. My Apollonio 6 is the best guitar I've ever played, and Nick says this one is in the same class.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: kendall
Date: 05 Dec 10 - 08:38 PM

I've never met an Apollo guitar that I didn't like.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 05 Dec 10 - 09:52 PM

Somebody got that 6-string for a great price. The 12 didn't sell, so I imagine it'll be back up there, probably when it isn't competing with 2 other ones.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: IvanB
Date: 06 Dec 10 - 10:31 AM

The 6 string didn't sell either. It's relisted but the 12 isn't.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Dec 10 - 10:35 AM

That's odd. I thought someone here was determined to buy the 6-string.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: maeve
Date: 06 Dec 10 - 10:36 AM

You'll find the relisted Apollonio guitar

Nick was at our concert last night; perhaps the others will be relisted as well when he has time. A suggestion: contact him directly if you've a particular interest in having them put up again.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: michaelr
Date: 06 Dec 10 - 11:26 AM

Somebody steal the damn thing already!

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 12 Dec 10 - 11:55 PM

The Koa 6 is officially stolen (in the good sense) at $2683! And if it's as good as I think it is, whoever bought it got a very good deal. Especially if they were buying a gift for me.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: IvanB
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 12:05 AM

Sorry, Dan, it tweren't for you, but I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 12:15 AM

I envy you. There's an entire world of guitar goodness you are just waiting to discover. When I got my mahogany and cedar Apollo 6 string, I immediately discovered levels of control quality I didn't know possible - not just in the left hand, but in the right too - I could change my hand angle very slightly to emphasize the volume on different strings, and make treble or bass )or middle, for that matter) shine through whenever I wanted. I'd never heard of that, and here I was playing like that on the first day.

AMAZING instruments.

IvanB, you're a lucky musician.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 02:10 AM

I have been watching your video of you playing the Utah Phillips tune, Dan. The mahogany guitar does sound lovely, for sure. Very interesting what you have to say about changing the hand angle and how that changes the sound on it.

Ivan, give us all a report on this koa guitar after you have had a chance to play it, okay?

I may commission Nick to build me a similar one at some point, but I don't really need another guitar right now (am very happy with the Martin and the Taylor that I already have), so I have no sense of urgency about it.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: kendall
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 02:42 AM

Nick just told me he did sell the 12 string.And a new cittern is on its way to Cornwall.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: IvanB
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 02:37 PM

Yeah, I was high bidder on the 12 string when it was up, but didn't make the reserve. When I asked him if he was going to relist it he emailed that he'd already sold it to a customer who'd been watching it on eBay.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 07:20 PM

Nick has an almost new 12 string up on Ebay now, and the starting price really is a steal. It's a koa and cedar jumbo 12, and he's started the price low because of a minor finish blemish near the sound hole and a small ding on the top. Personally I think the ding is an added feature - now you don't have to worry about putting the first one in yourself.

These are really minor blemishes - this instrument is seriously beautiful work, and koa and cedar make for an especially nice 12 string.

Here's the link to the Ebay auction.

Nick is starting this at - wait for it - $1250. If somebody gets it for anything close to that they're getting the bargain of the century. This guitar would be cheap at double the price.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: kendall
Date: 07 Nov 11 - 03:29 PM

If only I could justify another Apollo 12.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Little Hawk
Date: 07 Nov 11 - 03:34 PM

I'd be interested...except for the fact that I never end up playing 12 strings enough to justify having bought them, no matter how good they are. I much prefer the standard 6-string setup. If I were to buy an Apollonio guitar, it would have to be a 6-string.

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 07 Nov 11 - 03:44 PM

The 6s are awfully good.... Just ask Amos.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 10 Nov 11 - 11:46 AM

If I didn't already have one (well, two - long story) I'd be on this 12 in a New York minute. This is basically a Bok model, with some of the nicest woods you could ask for.

Dan

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: GUEST,beardedbruce
Date: 10 Nov 11 - 01:07 PM

Dan,

I would offer him my second best viola for it, but I do not have that kind of money to spare. I think it will go for at least $2K, which pays a lot of bills...

Subject: RE: Apollonio guitar at a steal
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 11 Nov 11 - 12:24 PM

100!