Author Topic: 9.10.11 wedding performance - boyce avenue "find me" w/ 414CE  (Read 2193 times)

zeebow

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9.10.11 wedding performance - boyce avenue "find me" w/ 414CE
« on: December 21, 2012, 05:15:14 PM »
long story short:
practiced for over a year to surprise my wife on our 9.10.11 wedding.
broke my middle finger and tore a ligament on my fret hand...

couldn't practice two months before wedding, was wearing splint, even the day of the wedding..played in pain and it threw me off. couldn't sound check b/c it was a surprise..

i'm still bitter that the performance wasn't my greatest, but my wife loved it :) played in front of about 330 guests, that's about the biggest "gig" i'll ever play at lol.

there are some details on the video, check it out in HD.

hope you guys enjoy...

http://youtu.be/DT3onadtDWY

as a reward for all my hardwork, i bought myself a 914ce w/ cedar top after this lol. :)
1995 912C - englemann/eir
2009 xxxv-p - sitka/madagascar
2010 414ce - sitka/ovangkol (made on my wedding day!)
2011 914ce - cedar/eir
2014 martin 000-28 custom - adi/cocobolo
2017 BTO GC 12 fret - lutz/cocobolo
2019 BTO GC 12 fret - cedar/cocobolo
2019 sheeran w03 - cedar/santos rosewood
2019 lowden s35 12 fret - driftwood cedar/cocobolo
2020 lowden s35 12 fret alpine spruce/madagascar
2023 lowden wee wl-35 12 fret - driftwood cedar/madagascar
2023 martin 00-28 modern deluxe - sitka/eir

Cindy

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Re: 9.10.11 wedding performance - boyce avenue "find me" w/ 414CE
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2012, 05:29:32 PM »
zeebow, you and your wife are a very cute couple! Congratulations even though it's been over a year since your wedding. Do you still have the guitar that you played in the video? How does it compare to your 914ce? I actually prefer the tone of ovangkol to rosewood--I think becase I prefer having more mids present.

Playing and singing for your wife was an incredible gift to share with her as well as with all your guests! Nice job, and thanks for sharing it with us! :)
Cindy

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Re: 9.10.11 wedding performance - boyce avenue "find me" w/ 414CE
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 11:39:39 PM »
zeebow, you and your wife are a very cute couple! Congratulations even though it's been over a year since your wedding. Do you still have the guitar that you played in the video? How does it compare to your 914ce? I actually prefer the tone of ovangkol to rosewood--I think becase I prefer having more mids present.

Playing and singing for your wife was an incredible gift to share with her as well as with all your guests! Nice job, and thanks for sharing it with us! :)

thanks cindy, i was reluctant to post it, b/c i'm a perfectionist. it bothers me that it wasn't the best.

i still have the 414ce, b/c it has so much sentimental value. it was made on 8.9.10, which is the day we got our marriage license. our wedding ceremony was held a year later (this video) on 9.10.11

lol so here are my number stories:
7.8.9 - proposed
8.9.10 - marriage lisc.
10.10.10 @ 10:10am - held traditional engagement ceremony
9.10.11 - wedding ceremony

i fell in love w/ the 414ce's sound as soon as i played it...seemed like it was "made" for me, since the build date matched such a significant date in our relationship.

to answer your question, the 414ce is louder than my 914ce. my 914ce does have a cedar top, so i'm not sure if that is why it seems less audible. however, the cedar really pulls in the warmth and mids into the mix...i got the idea after playing a 714ce (cedar top and rosewood sides), but i wanted more appointments than the 714ce offered.

today, i prefer the darker tones of the 914ce, i like the additional "body" that the tone brings. i get frustrated by the lack of lows in the 414ce now. i'd say the highs are similar, but the lack of low end makes my 414ce sound very bright in comparison.

depends on the song really...on upbeat, peppy songs, i find myself going for the 414ce...but slower, more intimate songs, i prefer the 914ce.

what i've been doing is keeping them in different alternate tunings, so i can learn/practice different songs in a single time frame. have to justify keeping two, ya know? :)
1995 912C - englemann/eir
2009 xxxv-p - sitka/madagascar
2010 414ce - sitka/ovangkol (made on my wedding day!)
2011 914ce - cedar/eir
2014 martin 000-28 custom - adi/cocobolo
2017 BTO GC 12 fret - lutz/cocobolo
2019 BTO GC 12 fret - cedar/cocobolo
2019 sheeran w03 - cedar/santos rosewood
2019 lowden s35 12 fret - driftwood cedar/cocobolo
2020 lowden s35 12 fret alpine spruce/madagascar
2023 lowden wee wl-35 12 fret - driftwood cedar/madagascar
2023 martin 00-28 modern deluxe - sitka/eir

Edward

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Re: 9.10.11 wedding performance - boyce avenue "find me" w/ 414CE
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2012, 12:00:04 AM »
Creating that special moment for your wife makes you da man!  You rock zeebow ...good for you!!!
...not that the 914 "reward" is a bad runner up ...lol :)

Edward

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Re: 9.10.11 wedding performance - boyce avenue "find me" w/ 414CE
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2012, 12:59:30 AM »
What an awesome story.  Thanks for sharing!

And I, too, am a BA fan, from the day they started posting covers on YT.  Good job on their cover man.
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Re: 9.10.11 wedding performance - boyce avenue "find me" w/ 414CE
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2012, 11:15:25 PM »
Hi Zeebow, I enjoyed your singing. Next time please post a video playing your 914ce
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