The tone of the old Arion...I got shivers when you started playing,so warm and beautiful ,I almost shed a tear.-.Very !

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

It’s a really really special guitar. Glad you dig it too!

Always wanted a Fraulini 12 string. Had a chance to get a used one around ten years ago, but missed it... Now you say his son is making guitars? Man, time flies. A few years ago I 'discovered' Waterloo guitars, made by Collings in Austin. A very special combination of vintage and new. I was lucky enough to wind up with several of them, but sold them all off recently. :/ No worries, I'm making do with a very nice 1910ish Washburn size 1, and a '63 Martin 5-16 Terz. I'm getting old, and smaller is better these days... Re: the pair being considered here today, I can hear how each of them would have its attraction, but I'd probably chose the Fraulini. Great channel, new sub!

@kostringworks

3 ай бұрын

Crazy! Yeah waterloos are great. Can’t go wrong with them!

Great job, beautiful guitars. I love the strait bridges. Thanks again

@kostringworks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I really favor the look of non-belly bridges too.

Stunning pair of guitars I'm not too big on vintage guitars. I'm capable of basic maintenance and care, but anything beyond that I go to the pros. Love the sound of them. Thank you, Kyle Happy Saturday 🙏🏻🤍

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Totally fair! That's kinda why I favor having both too. One for home, one for gigs!

I Been saving for a fraulini 12 string for awhile I'm about half way there, your looking about 3/4 grand but they are worth every penny if you ask me, heard a guy playing a leadbelly copy and my jaw dropped, you can get them made for about 2 from a couple of guys in the UK, I'm seriously tempted to go with a local maker but the 2 fraulini Iv seen have blown me away, I'll get that fraulini one day 🙏

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Keep saving dude! My 12 is just outstanding.

@cruelycruel1032

5 ай бұрын

@@kostringworks which do you have ?

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

@@cruelycruel1032 I have an Erma from 2008 and just got Charlie’s old 12 made a few years ago.

@cruelycruel1032

5 ай бұрын

Nice, I been looking at that 12 string too, bit smaller than the ledbelly clones, still making up my mind what model to go for.@@kostringworks

I have a 1910ish Lyon and Healey Colombus that really got me into parlor guitars. The better I get at playing the more I realize maybe it's not the easiest guitar to play and fret (past the 5th fret anyway) and gets kinda overwhelmingly muffled with big loud chords but you can't beat how it sounds fingerpicked and it's so beautiful. Bought it from some guy in Maine that restores old parlors. I wish I could remember his name

@kostringworks

3 ай бұрын

Nice dude! Yeah they usually need some serious love before they can take in anything past the 5th fret you’re right. No money up there anyway though 😂.

Really refreshing content mate! Love the Arian. A more warm woody tone, almost muted even, but I love it. I bet the Fraulini would fit perfectly in a bluegrass number. Different styles indeed! I picked up a Japanese made Kimbara N73 from 1974 for £500 pounds and it is the best sounding guitar I’ve ever heard, and I’ve had the privilege of playing some real high-enders. It hasn’t even had any work done. Playability is astonishing too. Vintage can be a real treasure trove if you are open-minded.

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Nice dude, I love finding old guitars that just "have it" that most folks are sleeping on. Congrats on that. Keep it!

What a well presented and enjoyable topic to discover through my algorithm. Thumbs up! 👍

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Hope to see you around the comments more!

Another great video. Keep it up.

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Thanks dude!! I sure will!

Arion all the way on sound but I know what you mean. Keep ‘em coming.

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Makes me wanna get this little oak guitar finished now though too!

Cool video and great guitars! New sub!

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Welcome to the channel!

Thank you! Some real talk for a change

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

I wish a Fraulini was 2k.

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Right, kinda bad guitar to be giving this example, but I hope the sentiment was clear!

The Arion ate the Fraulini up. What kind of bracing is in the Arion?

@kostringworks

4 ай бұрын

Transverse ladder brace!

I think the 1890"s guitar sounds better! It has a deeper, mellower sound.

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

I love that guitar so much.

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Hey what is the demomstration song you played? Sounds nice

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Just a little version of “going down the road feeling bad”. Check out Elisabeth Cottens!

New one' shrill as a pickled hogs knuckle Old one' mellow as a marshmallow

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

That is definitely one way to put it!

I think they both sound great in different ways, I prefer the newer one because it sounds crisp. I’m curious about the age of the strings on both?

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Totally, crisp is the word. And hey good point, I definitely could have been better about making sure are the variables were the same. All that to say, neither strings were new.

@zzbronsonj

5 ай бұрын

@@kostringworks what are the issues with putting steel strings on a 100 yr old guitar? Are they super light? Do you detune the guitar when not playing?

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

@@zzbronsonj it really depends on the guitar. I’ve strung this one up w everything. Steels, nylon and gut and honestly it likes steel the best. Very light gauge tho. I don’t de-tune because I play it everyday. If it didn’t I would tho.

Another great video. I know you don't actually review guitars but I'd really like to see a video on a carbon fiber guitar 😲...is it blasphemy or a legitimate good sounding instrument that thumbs it's nose at tradition?

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

I’ve had the same thoughts about it. But I think for me sometimes nostalgia and the poetry of things (wood and age) trumps the best innovations. That said, it did sound incredible.

@sc1915

5 ай бұрын

@@kostringworks In a thousand years after all the wooden instruments have turned to dust your great great great grandson will be doing videos comparing "vintage" carbon fiber guitars to the newer chrome vanadium models🫣

Clearly, you don't want to talk about guitars.

Sounds like the new one might have a little fret buzz going on

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Nah that’s just my sloppy ass playing.

@jgeraci1

5 ай бұрын

@@kostringworks hahaha still sounds good buddy and I will subscribe to your channel

The best high end, factory built, acoustic guitar I ever heard was an old Gibson . . . The worst high end, factory built, acoustic guitar I ever heard was an old Gibson,

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Hahah, well put!!

More like a 133 year difference ?

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Hehe, I was waiting for someone to do that math on that one! Shoulda had a prize.

Dude, show...the mike! No parlor guitar sounds like that. On this planet, anyway.

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Amazing right? It’s an ear trumpet mic. Also I’ve plenty of videos on the channel using that guitar! Thanks for watching!

@carlosreira2189

5 ай бұрын

@@kostringworks Amazing! Thanks./

fraulini sounded so cheap compared to the old one

@kostringworks

5 ай бұрын

Let’s check back in 100 years! One thing that doesn’t translate in the recording is how focused and well balanced the notes project. It’s like a laser beam! It would sit in a mix so nice.