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Marcel
07-22-2006, 02:14 PM
...in the new September issue of Vintage Guitar magazine?

WOW!!! :drool
Down and Out in NYC
07-22-2006, 04:15 PM
I'm pretty sure that xact guitar is available thru Wilcutts.
Don L
07-22-2006, 07:15 PM
My favorite guitar these days...

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dhl67/orca2.jpg
JingleJungle
07-23-2006, 12:51 AM
Didn't see the VG article yet, but I know that Tonequest published (july edition?) an interview w/ Nik...

That Gary Moore / Peter Green thing is way badass :drool BTW...

Ayyyy mama...!


JJ
jfalcs
07-23-2006, 11:44 AM
Somewhat off topic, but does anyone know what the dimensions (thicknesses) of the top and back are on an Orca?
dave mansel
07-23-2006, 01:22 PM
Nice top!
VegasGreg
07-23-2006, 01:33 PM
Somewhat off topic, but does anyone know what the dimensions (thicknesses) of the top and back are on an Orca?

the stock Orca is a thin body (relative to a Les Paul)

My Orca was made with a thick body- 1 3/4 inch body thickness and 1/2 inch maple top.
jfalcs
07-23-2006, 08:12 PM
My Orca was made with a thick body- 1 3/4 inch body thickness and 1/2 inch maple top.

Wow, I was reading the VG article and thought "no way, he cant get that deep a carve out of 1/2":messedup " I was thinking it was at least 5/8" if not 3/4". Very cool:RoCkIn
AaeCee
07-23-2006, 08:37 PM
My favorite guitar these days...

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dhl67/orca2.jpgVery sweet axe Don. Is that an Orca?
JingleJungle
07-23-2006, 11:05 PM
Very sweet axe Don. Is that an Orca?
Yup... what gives it away is the "natural" / fake / "stripped" binding between the top and the body and the contoured "lip" on the edge of the top.
If you could see a 360 view of the guit you would also notice the neck heel carve (this pic refers to a Dolphin, but the neck heel is practically the same):
http://static.flickr.com/53/185502730_352e8c50bc_o.jpg

JJ
Don L
07-24-2006, 08:12 AM
AC,
Yes, it is as JJ says. It is the best built guitar I've ever played in 25 years of playing including all the vintage ones from the '50s and '60s. There is absolutely no flaw that I can detect on this guitar, and it plays and sounds better than it looks. Could sound like a bunch of honeymoon BS to a lot of people, and yes, I do not know how long I will love it as much as I do now, but... I actually prefer this one over my '50s les paul Standard right now...

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dhl67/orca9.jpg