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Nov 12 2008, 09:55 PM
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Hi guys. I was wondering what everyone's take on acoustic-electric guitars, such as Ovations, or any of the models that the major brands put out (takamine, martin, gibson, taylor). It seems hard to find a fully acoustic guitar for a reasonable price these days, but maybe that's not a bad thing. I'm quite interested in these guitars, and I'm interested in purchasing one... but there are many considerations!
I have a taylor 'baby taylor mahogany' guitar that was actually my very first guitar which I received over 9 years ago. Its great, the small scale makes it easily transportable and easy to pull out at any situation (especially great for pulling out around the campfire, which I did last weekend  ), but I'm looking to upgrade. That said, I really like Taylor guitars, but I'm not adverse to other companies. My father plays Collings guitars, which are very nice, but also very expensive. What I'm looking for: -Preferably something costing no more than ~$1200 or so dollars. There seems to be a good market for acoustics in that range. -With that price range, obviously I'm looking for the best quality.. and though I don't mind guitars made in other countries, I do tend to be wary of them... Guild has some nice looking but chinese built models, for example. Kind of wary of that, but if I get some strong reccomendations I'll check them out. American or maybe Japanese built, or equivalent to, preferred. -A nice amplification system. I plan to run it through a fender deluxe reverb when I get that amp. I'm not necessarily looking for the most pristine acoustic amplification, as I would want to be able to run effects through it, overdrive it, and generally do bad things to it's sound signal  However, the option for a nice acoustic sound is of course welcome and wanted. A lot of these acoustic-electrics seem to have built in tuning electronics as well, which is a nice feature as most acoustics don't seem to have locking tuners (but I don't really know how well they stay in tune).-Preferably a single cutaway, grand concert (thinner, more comfortable for me) style body. I'm really not looking for a big dreadnought, as acoustically if my baby taylor can cut it volume wise around a campfire, I'm sure I'll have no problems with acoustic volume whatever I get. Last on the list is looks, though all of the above is not necessarily in order of importance. I think looks is self explanitory. Some guitars I'm looking at: Some Parkers, I like the looks well enough, have good experience with Parker guitars, and they seem to be pretty fully-featured. Gibson Songmaker Takamine Koa Let me know what you guys think. --------------------  Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals. |
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Nov 12 2008, 10:06 PM
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I always advertise this guitar in acoustic-electric guitar threads
But the reason is I really love it. It is really comfortable to play. Thin neck, cutaway. Sounds great both plugged and unplugged. I play it unplugged on the church and it is just enough loud and bright. It is easy to carry ( actually I carry it on my bike every week) Washburn EA20 SDL http://www.music123.com/Washburn-EA20SDL-A...r:referralID=NA I tried a few other more expensive models and this was the one I liked the most. This post has been edited by Gus: Nov 12 2008, 10:07 PM -------------------- my "Thank you GMC!" video
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Nov 12 2008, 10:11 PM
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Would that Takamine be japanese made? Just curious
QUOTE (Gus @ Nov 12 2008, 04:06 PM)  I always advertise this guitar in acoustic-electric guitar threads But the reason is I really love it. It is really comfortable to play. Thin neck, cutaway. Sounds great both plugged and unplugged. I play it unplugged on the church and it is just enough loud and bright. It is easy to carry ( actually I carry it on my bike every week) Washburn EA20 SDL http://www.music123.com/Washburn-EA20SDL-A...r:referralID=NA I tried a few other more expensive models and this was the one I liked the most. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out if they have it at my store 
-------------------- Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals. |
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Nov 12 2008, 10:24 PM
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Yeah, that should be a Japanese made (Takamine is Japanese after all..)
The Japanese sure make some of the best guitars there is (Fender Japan, Takamine, Esp etc.)
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Nov 12 2008, 10:31 PM
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2 audiopaal: and also Caparisons are Japanese I guess... and they are made of pure win
 Btw. +1 (i know its forbidden:) ) on that Washburn electroacoustic - our bandmember has it and it has really beautiful sound and is easy to play (the cutaway for higher frets access) -------------------- my youtube account with riffs and ideas: https://www.youtube.com/user/Phoenygzus
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Nov 14 2008, 09:17 PM
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Hmmm... this Alvarez is really nice looking. My dad had an alvarez grand concert before he started playing collings, and i always wished he hadn't sold the alvarez because I loved it
I wonder where this is made? It's interesting for sure.[edit] then again, this yairi is almost perfect for me.. very similar to my dad's as well, except his wasn't a yairi. I'm tempted to spend more
This post has been edited by JVM: Nov 14 2008, 09:32 PM -------------------- Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals. |
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