Hi all,
New to the forum.
Here are some pics of my new Mini. I bought 2 of them: The rosewood for me and a sapele for my daughter in law who's just learning to play. I couldn't find a rosewood anywhere around where I live, so after viewing the YouTube videos from Fazio's I went to their website and they had 3 in stock. I placed the order and got an email from Bryan thanking me. He offered to send me photos from all three so I could pick the one I wanted. I told him it wasn't necessary, that I trusted his judgement. My 714 doesn't look that much different than most others I've seen (I figured Indian rosewood was Indian rosewood, right?). Needless to say, I was shocked when I opened the case. I would swear it was Brazilian by the looks of it. I wish my 714 had the variegation this one has.
It's also fun to have both the sapele and rosewood side by side to play for comparison. I got to compare the sapele and the hog side by side in the music store and found the hog sounded a little more balanced (kind of like the 714 w/cedar) where as the sapele was a little more powerful with more on the top and bottom ends. The rosewood to the sapele is like the difference between the hog and sapele only that the rosewood has more top and bottom than the sapele and the mids are also quite "bright". To sum it up, the rosewood Mini is "Powerful". Truely a flatpicker's dream travel guitar.
I must say, I haven't had this much fun on a guitar in a long time.
BTW, I have never had a more pleasurable experience buying ANYTHING online than I did with Fazio's. The concern for my satisfaction from Bryan Rankins was an unexpected courtesy that I thought was lost in today's online shopping world.
Brett
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