Greetings from South Africa

[Big Harry]

Hi to all ,
Brilliant site , lots of useful info .
More ,it seems Anderson guitar rules !
After 20 or so guitars in my life ( and I am not young :) ) I finaly discovered Anderson .
Want to buy some , but will start a new thread .

Greetings from sunny South Africa !

BH

[mdrs]

Hey Big.........any dealers located in your neck of the woods??

[Big Harry]

Hi Don ,
Nope .
No any Anderson dealer on old continent , but there is one more member from SA on this Board .
So , now we are two SA members , owning in total 1 Anderson guitar , 1 is on its way , and 3 of them are still in my mind , in process of designing :cool:
Cheers ,
BH

[tom]

several years ago we did ship a handful of guitars there. hopefully they're still floating around. hope to see more head there.
welcome.

[spirithunter]

Welcome Big!

:cool:

[Big Harry]

Thanks Spirithunter !

Hi Tom , nice to "meet" you :)
Any idea where exactly and to whom you'd shipped all these stunning TAG's ?

Thanks to this Forum , GaryMac , another SA guy here , contacted me ,and I will check his Koa on Basswood HDT next week , I can't wait .

I am 100 % new in TAG and still busy absorbing ALL I can find about your guitar works ,so I might be able very soon to put the right question and to choose the right specs for my first TAG .

Thanks for making my life so exciting at this very moment !
Cheers ,
Zoran (this is my real name :) )

[tom]

how can you not use such a cool name as zoran? i'd be all over that.
andy mcgibbon? at guitar specialist was the dealer.

[Big Harry]

How the World is small .
Andy McGibbon is one of my dearest friend here in SA , my luthier, very good guitar player, and more than anything else one of the nicest guy I ever meet here .
In this very moment ,all of my 3 main guitars are with him , we are doing some modes ....

Regarding my real name ,I want to keep separate my Fly Fishing world (check one of my Sexyloops Front Pages http://www.sexyloops.com/2007.shtml?0413 or http://www.google.com/search?q=zoran+&sitesearch=www.sexyloops.com) and my real job from my R & Roll world :cool:
Anyway in that specific FP you might find a connection between those two :music and fly casting

Cheers,
Zoran
ps
I'll see Andy tomorrow, what to tell him ? :)

[tom]

definitely tell him hello for me.if he'd like to start something up again we could probably do that. we understand that he wouldn't need lots of guitars.

[Big Harry]

OK , I will tell him like that .
Economical crisis , high transport costs and 14% SA VAT is killing his bussines , I can see that .
Only weak dollar can save that deal , but then ,this is not good for you :rolleyes:
Anyway ,life is still good and everything will come much better .
Cheers,
Zoran

[mdrs]

Big........you're going to love the Koa/Basswood HDT...........a total killer guitar. Here's a teaser.............photos of mine to hold you over until you try out your friends;

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Anderson/AndersonKoa1.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Anderson/AndersonKoa2.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Anderson/AndersonKoa3.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Anderson/CIMG1524.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Anderson/CIMG1522.jpg

[Big Harry]

What a guitar porn ,tnx Don !
Is this glass layer on top ot what :cool: ? It looks so 3D and glassy ...

[mdrs]

That's an Anderson, for ya! Best build in the industry.

[Big Harry]

As I am looking more and more in your Guitar , I am wondering is this about one single or two guitars ? Colour texture looks different on every picture :confused:
I prefere that dark one ,btw
Don,please ,if you don't mind ,pop here http://andersonforum.com/board/showthread.php?t=6605
and give some advices , I am up to specs ...
Thanks,
Big Harry ,Zoran or whatever , I just want my first TAG ,did I told Ya that :) :) :)

[GaryMac]

Hi All,
I will be taking my HDT Koa on Basswood and my recently aquired Atom down to visit Zoran sometime this week.
I am in Pretoria and Aoran is in Johannesburg.

Its one thing to "lust" after an Anderson by looking at the pictures, trawling the forum and searching the web, but heaven help him when he gets a chance to actually handle and play two of Tom's finest:p :p :p
I have a sneaking suspicion it will all end expensively for poor old Zoran.
I will try to remember to take my camera with me and try to get some pictures of him sinking slowly into the abyss that is Anderson ownership!!!!!!

By the way Zoran, my HDT Koa is nicer than the one in mdrs's pictures!!!!! And my one has the Switcheroo and blower fitted.

Stay tuned for further updates all the way from Sunny South Africa:D :D

[Big Harry]

Yes , Gary from Pretoria , SA is that brilliant Guy who will unselfishly spent his time and kindly introduce me to the TAG world !

In my country there is a saying (ok I'll try to translate on English ) :
...no one real man is old when a young , beautiful, willing woman is on the table ! ...

I am sure TAG will make me young again ,as on my first gig ,when I was in my age of 13..

Do you remember yor first taste of cigarette,first taste of Whiskey ...first kiss ...first ------ha ha I caught you , I know what you mean ...
You are meaning on sound and harmony of your first chords successful played on guitar ...:)

Funny enough , I am assessing new guitars with simple strumming , always looking for that magic and in the same time innocent sound from my youth when I managed to play E,D or G chord for the first time in my life....

Gary , feel free to catch that moment moment on your camera !
Only really BIG Guitars can make it !

Cheers,
Zoran

[mdrs]

Zoran,

The first three pics are from the dealer who I bought my Koa HDT from. The final two I took in my home. My photo show the true color of the guitar. The dealer pics are too red.

Gary may be beginning his sales pitch........as his Koa HDT can't possibly be finer than mine. :cool:

Hey, have fun, and enjoy being captivated by Tom's wonderful guitars. Worse things can happen to you..................

[GaryMac]

Don,

Andersons are scarcer than rocking horse "droppings" and chickens teeth over here in South Africa. So it aint no sales pitch;) ;)

Failing in the "mines is prettier than yours stakes" I can categorically state a undeniable fact that even Don will have to concede, "my one has more switches than Don's":D

The Defence rests:p

[Big Harry]

Why does Koa looks so orange-ysh ?
Is this some specific finish ,or is it natural part of Koa colour ,or this is about light and camera ?
I do prefer Don's photos (color) more than dealer ones .

Good Morning Gary ,it seems American guys are still sleeping ...:rolleyes:

[mdrs]

Zoran,

The orange/red coloration in the dealer's photos are lighting and camera related. The actual color of the guitar is much closer to the last two pics that I took here in my home.

Remember, too, that all or our computer screens may vary in their color balance as well. So, what I'm seeing may be quite different than what you are seeing. However, I do agree that the first three photos above (the dealer photos) do look orange/red and the actual Koa HDT does not.


Here are some other pics of Koa. The first two are two raw blocks of Koa. I took the photos in indirect sunlight, and the color looks very accurate, on my screen here.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/CIMG1112.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/CIMG1111.jpg

Here are two solid Koa guitars I made;

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/BrothersinArms.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Miscelaneous/CIMG3053.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Miscelaneous/variousphotos456.jpg

This is a Gibby J-200 with a Koa body. The photo is a bit dark. But, again, you can see that Koa isn't really orange/red;

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Acoustic%20Guitars/Gibson%20acoustic/IMG_1103.jpg

When you get Gary's Koa HDT in your hands, well, that will help a lot too!!

[Big Harry]

What is this place ???:D
All the way around the place is fulfilled with gorgeous guitars ,people made amazing piece of art guitars by them selves (at home :eek: ) , everyone are so happy with TAG quality ,look and playability ....
Man,this is a Guitar Heaven !
Thaks Don , now I see, Koa is some kind of "Chameleon " wood .

[GaryMac]

Well I managed to pay Zoran a "business" visit today during working hours.;)
And I introduced him to Mr Andersons Hollow Drop Top and Mr Andersons Atom.
Pictures speak for themselves I reckon.:D

Its all downhill from here Zoran:eek:

[markus]

Oh boy! :D :D :D
Zoran, you better start "preparing" the wife for what's to follow... :eek: :D

[Jimmy-Sekshun8]

Gary, welcome to the family.

[Big Harry]

These guitars are out of this World !
Even with my perfect English ;) I can't find better description .
Thanks to Gary for findintg a time introducing me in TAG world .

For my wife I've got a plan , I'll buy her some very fancy and expensive shoes before guitar buying is announced ..:) I hope it will work ...

[mdrs]

Gary............So cool of you to have introduced Zoran to your HDT and your Atom. Those photos are precious.......

Zoran, you are done for!! :) You look great with both. So, it's settled then. You need one of each.

That may cost you SEVERAL pairs of shoes..........I know full well it has cost me at least that much..........

So, how'd you like them, Zoran??

[Big Harry]

Don ,
On the first view:
-regarding a look , that Koa has some magic build in , and force me just to watch Her .
-talking about weight and first feeling , how She seats in my hand and on my body , I can only use analogy when one have a premium sex with lovely woman :p
-tone and sounding is different than anything else I've been heard before , it remains me on every good sound I used to have with another guitars , but still stays unique , different and brand new !!???
-my Mesa DR RK II was on the master volume settled around 8:30 , but I managed to produce such a feedback for which I usually need 10:30 and more with my other axes (which aren't so bad ) ,sustain is incredible ..
-The Neck ...hm...if out there exists something that we can call perfect , that's it !
-Playability -that was a main reason I asked Gary to check out his HDT . I realised I 'll need bigger frets and #9-46 strings ,because of my playing style -lots of bend ,vibrato , legatos and some kind of blues pentatonic "shredding"
-more, if Tom can make me scalloped frets from 12th to 22nd fet ,it will be top notch Guitar ever !

Now , I am trying to get more foxused what I exactly want and give that call to Tom & Roy...:)

Cheers,
Zoran