babadono Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, Marvel said: I'm getting ready to hop on a plane... I'll check back in... in about 24 hours. 😬 Ok we'll see you yesterday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathedral Guitar Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) My APT 50 is from October of 2001 / Made in USA. Do you think that was made before they started making the bad ones offshore? Btw, the previous owner of my LS pair was a film sound pro, with a few big movie credits: <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385406/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr76> Cathedral Guitars is the worlds leading maker of multi-string classical harp guitars, so let me know if you need a 7-, 8-, 10-, or 11-string harp guitar! Edited January 15, 2019 by Cathedral Guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codewritinfool Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Harp guitar... first time I ever saw that, it was Michael Hedges playing it (RIP). He was awesome. His was 10 string, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Cathedral Guitar said: My APT 50 is from October of 2001 / Made in USA. Do you think that was made before they started making the bad ones offshore? Btw, the previous owner of my LS pair was a film sound pro, with a few big movie credits: <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385406/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr76> Cathedral Guitars is the worlds leading maker of multi-string classical harp guitars, so let me know if you need a 7-, 8-, 10-, or 11-string harp guitar! I’m not certain of how the age or country of origin affect this, but Bob Crites @BEC dislikes the APT 50s Eminence is now selling. The style he prefers has the internal threads (lower photo) like those in the earlier photos of Bruce @Marvel. The version with the external threads (upper photo) is the one that Bob and Claude @ClaudeJ1 have tested and found lacking. Unfortunately, mine have external threads, I hope yours do not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathedral Guitar Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Mine has the male threads, but a different label with a date code of 10/2001, and an individual serial number, and is Made in USA. Certainly this was not made offshore, but was it a "good older one?" Thanks for any thoughts on whether this is worth keeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 The version you have was made after 2010. All made earlier than that were made by Tonsil in Poland and have the internal threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 5 hours ago, DizRotus said: I’m not certain of how the age or country of origin affect this, but Bob Crites @BEC dislikes the APT 50s Eminence is now selling. The style he prefers has the internal threads (lower photo) like those in the earlier photos of Bruce @Marvel. The version with the external threads (upper photo) is the one that Bob and Claude @ClaudeJ1 have tested and found lacking. Unfortunately, mine have external threads, I hope yours do not. I used a pair of Bob's CT-125's in my second pair of Super Heresy's (#3 and 4 of 5) while the original pair, owned by Jim Jimbo, used the CT-120 driver. Bob's version measured flat and sounded good. I also used a pair in LaScalas I refurbished about 11 years ago. The 4 I got from Parts Express were NOT good..........totally horrible curves and sound, so I sent them back. End of my story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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