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Acoustic Guitars Thread
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Opinions please.
I know the FG series by Yamaha is very popular but what about their higher end handcrafted stuff?
Opinions please.
I know the FG series by Yamaha is very popular but what about their higher end handcrafted stuff?
Much love for Ibanez Artwoods here.
One question.
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THERE ARE SO MANY MODELS! WHICH ONE?
One question.
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THERE ARE SO MANY MODELS! WHICH ONE?
If it were me, I go Yamaha. The Artwood thing, I'd stick w/a Spuce top.
Martin and Taylor both have a model around $600, but they are cheap, your paying for the name. You'd get better quality for the money with Yamaha or Takamine. Have you looked up the Takamine's yet. Ther are very popular.
Martin and Taylor both have a model around $600, but they are cheap, your paying for the name. You'd get better quality for the money with Yamaha or Takamine. Have you looked up the Takamine's yet. Ther are very popular.
Decent guitars can be had cheaper than they used to be. But that's the same way as with basses. The budget stuff is occasionally much better than it use to be.
With budget guitars that would be brands like Seagull or Breedlove's Atlas series.
For Seagulls I prefer the Maritime Series Mini Jumbo. But for budget reasons you might look at the Entourage Series Rustic Mini Jumbo. These are both mid sized guitars, roughly equivalent to Taylor's Grand Auditorium series. They have a great even fingerpicking tone and are mice and responsive for flatpickers aswell.
For Breedlove, again I recommend the Atlas seies. These are MIK models using Breedloves designs, kind of the guitar version of a Skyline model. I prefer the AC25R. Everything about the type of play it responds to is the sae as the Seagull. That's why I recommend these two.
CHeck them out.
With budget guitars that would be brands like Seagull or Breedlove's Atlas series.
For Seagulls I prefer the Maritime Series Mini Jumbo. But for budget reasons you might look at the Entourage Series Rustic Mini Jumbo. These are both mid sized guitars, roughly equivalent to Taylor's Grand Auditorium series. They have a great even fingerpicking tone and are mice and responsive for flatpickers aswell.
For Breedlove, again I recommend the Atlas seies. These are MIK models using Breedloves designs, kind of the guitar version of a Skyline model. I prefer the AC25R. Everything about the type of play it responds to is the sae as the Seagull. That's why I recommend these two.
CHeck them out.
The piezo problem goes on. For a short time, acoustics (and ABG's) were appearing with piezos and condensor mics on a blend system, and they were much better sounding. I don't see them so much anymore. The problem with piezos is with them being right under the bridge, it makes for that harsh sound. There are a few manufacturers, K&K is one, that sells a kit - you mount two piezos on the bridge plate inside the guitar, and they say it makes quite a difference. They do the same with bass.
Last week I switched the steel strings for nylon on my ABG, and the amp'd tone is so dramatically better I could almost see putting nylon on my guitar as well.
As for good inexpensive acoustic guitars, they are easy to find. The one I picked recently is a Crafter.
Someone mentioned that Ovations were good for crossing over from electric to acoustic because of the neck. Not at all, the Ovation necks are sort of U-shaped, radically different from an electric neck. If you want a fast, flat neck on an acoustic guitar, the one I really like is the Guild 6-strings. I love those necks. Just a tad too much $$$ for me.
Last week I switched the steel strings for nylon on my ABG, and the amp'd tone is so dramatically better I could almost see putting nylon on my guitar as well.
As for good inexpensive acoustic guitars, they are easy to find. The one I picked recently is a Crafter.
Someone mentioned that Ovations were good for crossing over from electric to acoustic because of the neck. Not at all, the Ovation necks are sort of U-shaped, radically different from an electric neck. If you want a fast, flat neck on an acoustic guitar, the one I really like is the Guild 6-strings. I love those necks. Just a tad too much $$$ for me.
While the Seagulls may be a bit more difficult for someone just picking up a guitar because of the wider neck, I'd suggest this path over the Breedlove Atlas series. There have been some major problems with the Breedlove Bridge Truss system in the Atlas series. I haven't seen one in the past few months, but for the first two years or so, the guitars were coming from the factory with awful setups that could be fixed but only temporarily. It seems they just wanted to stay in an unplayable condition. Unfortunate, seeing as how much I've loved Breedlove's models and customs for the past 10 years or so.
Sorry, but Martin stopped using Brazilian Rosewood by the end of 1969.
That is unfortunate. The first few Atlases I've played have all been great. My local GC started carrying them recently and I can see some of the imconsistency you mention in theirs, but I blamed that on GC.
My main acoustic is a Taylor 12-string. My main opportunity to play with other people is at an outdoor folk music festival in the Texas hill country. So I got caliche dust in my sweat and rubbed a dull place in the finish of my guitars top. Because of that, I was casually shopping for a cheaper 12-string to be my 'camp guitar'. The first Atlas 12 I played was awesome. It sold before I could raise money. The one they replaced it with is only so-so. The Atlas sixes they've gotten have likewise been incosistent. But again, I blamed GC.
Try this one to save the hassle of navigating through the Kaman site.
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The K&K pickup is a set of two (for bass) or three (for guitar) transducers, not piezos. If you look at acoustic guitar discussion boards similar to talkbass on the internet you will find that they are universally loved and recommended by everyone who ever experiences them. The more knowledgable someone is about acoustics the more they love the K&K pickups.
To the OP: I absolutely adore my cedar top Seagull S6C, but they may be expensive in Singapore. The best thing you can do is go to a shop and play everything in your price range and just get what you like. There is a great deal of variety in acoustic guitars.
