Post by sidheguitarmichael on Oct 24, 2009 19:07:15 GMT -5
Baritone acoustic guitar, originally marketed by Alvarez Yari (Ani DiFranco played the AV2-SB, which was designed for her, and this is the Korean version of the same design).
Extreme cutaway, gloss natural finish, asymetrical body, solid spruce top with pick-shaped soundhole, mahogany back and sides, 14 fret mahogany neck, 21 fret rosewood fingerboard with extension, zero fret, side dot markers, rosewood bridge, black-bound body and fretboard, tortoise plastic top purfling and soundhole rosette, ~15-3/4" lower bout, 3-3/4" to 4-3/4" body depth, 27-3/4" scale, 1-3/4" nut width.
Designed for Alvarez/Ani by baritone whiz Joe Veillette and bass guy Michael Tobias. Comes with HSC. I’m selling because I haven’t played it in well over a year. I loaned it to indie award-winning Irish band An Dochas for a tune on their last CD, and that’s about all the serious play it has on it. PUTW Film Pickup installed (the #27). Awesome sound for the dough, IMHO.
Baritone guitars are not really my beat (though I did write an AG article on them once), but Wade “lots of typing” Miller had this to say about these things on the forums:
“Seriously, if you're the SLIGHTEST bit interested in baritone guitar AND can find a merchant who has one of these in stock, you can't go wrong with this Avante baritone.
Not everyone will connect with the baritone or find much use for one, but if you decide to divest, you can turn around and sell it for most of what you have in it.
To my mind, it's an excellent introduction to the instrument.”
I'd concur with the above, FWIW.
Since they’re discontinued, and sought after, pricing is just all over the map. The last used one I found searching “sold” on ebay was 610-more than they were (at least online) new, IIRC.
I’m thinking $400.
-MM
Extreme cutaway, gloss natural finish, asymetrical body, solid spruce top with pick-shaped soundhole, mahogany back and sides, 14 fret mahogany neck, 21 fret rosewood fingerboard with extension, zero fret, side dot markers, rosewood bridge, black-bound body and fretboard, tortoise plastic top purfling and soundhole rosette, ~15-3/4" lower bout, 3-3/4" to 4-3/4" body depth, 27-3/4" scale, 1-3/4" nut width.
Designed for Alvarez/Ani by baritone whiz Joe Veillette and bass guy Michael Tobias. Comes with HSC. I’m selling because I haven’t played it in well over a year. I loaned it to indie award-winning Irish band An Dochas for a tune on their last CD, and that’s about all the serious play it has on it. PUTW Film Pickup installed (the #27). Awesome sound for the dough, IMHO.
Baritone guitars are not really my beat (though I did write an AG article on them once), but Wade “lots of typing” Miller had this to say about these things on the forums:
“Seriously, if you're the SLIGHTEST bit interested in baritone guitar AND can find a merchant who has one of these in stock, you can't go wrong with this Avante baritone.
Not everyone will connect with the baritone or find much use for one, but if you decide to divest, you can turn around and sell it for most of what you have in it.
To my mind, it's an excellent introduction to the instrument.”
I'd concur with the above, FWIW.
Since they’re discontinued, and sought after, pricing is just all over the map. The last used one I found searching “sold” on ebay was 610-more than they were (at least online) new, IIRC.
I’m thinking $400.
-MM
