Parlor T vs 0 Traditional 12 fret
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 4:26 am
Any 0 T or Parlor T players care to give their 2 cents on these models.....?
I played a parlor 2ht once and was blown away, but haven't played any of the other models. I now live far from a Collings dealer and can't play these in hand. It was my first experience with a guitar that small that put out that much mojo. The trad specs work perfect for me, so I'm looking for either an 0 or a parlor.
1) Did you follow your typical tastes in tonewood or were you surprised by your choice? Wondering if the smaller build changed your choice of RW vs Mahogany. I'm often entranced by rosewood guitars at first, but then it wears off and I always find I end up back with Mahogany guitars. However, I could see rosewood giving some dimension to the potential "boxiness" of a smaller guitar and, as I said above, the RW Parlor T I played was out of this world.
2) Has your choice in a parlor or an 0 stood the test of time? Did the parlor size ever mess with your shoulder or ergonomics and/or did you tire of its sound over time? On a purely aesthetic level, the 0 model looks more attractive to me, and I'm a big guy, so the parlor makes me feel like a giant, but ultimately I don't care as long as it sounds and feels right.
3) Could the parlor still handle open tunings even though it's an especially short scale?
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I played a parlor 2ht once and was blown away, but haven't played any of the other models. I now live far from a Collings dealer and can't play these in hand. It was my first experience with a guitar that small that put out that much mojo. The trad specs work perfect for me, so I'm looking for either an 0 or a parlor.
1) Did you follow your typical tastes in tonewood or were you surprised by your choice? Wondering if the smaller build changed your choice of RW vs Mahogany. I'm often entranced by rosewood guitars at first, but then it wears off and I always find I end up back with Mahogany guitars. However, I could see rosewood giving some dimension to the potential "boxiness" of a smaller guitar and, as I said above, the RW Parlor T I played was out of this world.
2) Has your choice in a parlor or an 0 stood the test of time? Did the parlor size ever mess with your shoulder or ergonomics and/or did you tire of its sound over time? On a purely aesthetic level, the 0 model looks more attractive to me, and I'm a big guy, so the parlor makes me feel like a giant, but ultimately I don't care as long as it sounds and feels right.
3) Could the parlor still handle open tunings even though it's an especially short scale?
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