Chords for Comparison: Waterloo WL-14X and 1937 Gibson L-00

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_ [Bb] _ Hey everybody, it's Lindsey here from Maple Street Guitars, and today we have a really cool opportunity
to compare something from yesteryear with something that was made just this year.
And the guitar in my hands [B] is our good old friend a Gibson [Bb] L00 from roughly around 1937.
This particular guitar is on loan to us from a friend of the shop,
but it happens to be a very close comparison to the Collins Waterloo WL-14 that we're going to be [A] comparing.
Both in terms of looks and construction.
[Bb] One quick note, however, is this guitar is a [B] very rare example of an L00 in that it has maple sides,
though you wouldn't know that because it's painted this very cool cash man in black.
So, in any event, we're going to take a moment to compare them, and we hope you enjoy it.
So the guitar in my hands here is the very cool Collins Waterloo WL-14.
This is, [N] again, a 14 fret kind of L00 body.
Now, it should be noted that these guitars are actually imitating something else that Gibson made in the Depression,
which are Kalamazoo guitars.
That being said, the KG-14 Kalamazoo is very similar to the Gibson L00, so hence our comparison today.
But I'm always quick to mention to anyone who asks me about vintage guitars versus new ones
that there's a lot we can do today to kind of capture the essence of those guitars,
and yet there is no capturing the effect of many decades of play.
[B] So, that being said, this Collins, which I think you are going to hear, has a very different voice,
still has that kind of drier, percussive quality that we expect in a lot of older guitars.
So, it really does hit the mark very closely, and it's far more consistently produced than a lot of these old guitars,
so it's a much more reliable instrument in that regard.
But let's give it a quick [Gm] listen and see what you think.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] So, here again we have our Gibson L00.
It, of [N] course, has a certain played-in voice, which I think you'll hear is a lot warmer, but you be the [G] judge. _ _
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So, real quickly, we're going to try these both in a drop D tuning,
and this actually will, I hope, [A] underscore something that I really [Bb] find appealing about this guitar,
which, though it may not have quite the [N] lushness and body of the Gibson,
there's a real clarity, and actually, though you can't experience it virtually,
a resonance and a sustain in the instrument that is very direct.
This would lead me to believe, for instance, this would be an outstanding recording guitar.
But, anyway, let's give them a try in the drop D tuning.
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_ [Bb] _ [B] So, once again, this has been Lindsey from Maple Street Guitars,
and today we compared a 1937, maybe [N] 1938 Gibson L00 against this beautiful Collins WL-14 Waterloo guitar.
And if you have any other questions or comments, please don't hesitate to give us a call
[B] or look us up on the web at maplestreetguitars.com.
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