What do you look for in an acoustic guitar?

Pete_H · 03-25-2002, 08:27 PM

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Originally posted by BowoW
i need good electrics, that's why i love taylors.. not only cuz they're sweet guitars with great tone.. but those fisherman electrics they have on it.
And for that same reason.. is why i don't like the church's acoustic. It's a Martin DCME, not too shabby. pretty pricy, but it has the WORST (in my opinion) electrics i've seen in a while. It only has 3 sliders; bass, treble, volume. i think that's just terrible.
to me.. electrics.. can really change the sound of a guitar in a way.
-jamie

I've got all that in my Fender. Great tone, good electrics(it comes stock with Fisherman electrics :kgrin: ). All that without the hefty price of a Taylor.

Spydog1985 · 03-25-2002, 08:58 PM

LOL,
DID ANYONE NOTICE TAYLORS AREN"T UNDER $400 DOLLARS!?!
of course taylor is best, everyone knows that, but he asked for a value....
DON"T GET SQUIRE, EPIPHONE, ROGUE, JASMINE, and copy brands like those....
GO TAKAMINE(try 530 or 330(330's not solid top, but still good)), YAMAHA(laugh but they've got awesome tone, well, some if u get lucky), or mabye a Fender, but theyr'e not the best for undre $400....]]

P.S.-Yes, solid top is most important, but also, for $400, if it IS a solid top, other corners WILL be cut to bring the sound quality down to a good non-solid-top...

Happy playin!

Jeremiah · 03-25-2002, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by Spydog1985
...DON"T GET SQUIRE, EPIPHONE, ROGUE, JASMINE,...

Here I disagree. Epiphone makes some awesome guitars. Thats what most of the guys in Third Day play. My Jasmine plays and sounds better then a lot of the guitars I've played. And I'm not talkin' about cheap ones either.

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DID ANYONE NOTICE TAYLORS AREN"T UNDER $400 DOLLARS!?!

The baby Taylors and the Big Baby are.

GMartin2R · 03-25-2002, 11:46 PM

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Originally posted by MikeyStix
i always look for my pick. I keep losing it in the soundhole.

LOL:klol:

Aaron · 03-26-2002, 12:24 PM

Jsmith is right! On both accounts.

Aaron

03-26-2002, 12:49 PM

I totally agree with BowoW. Good electronics in even a Johnson guitar will make it sound like a more expensive quitar than what it is. Not just the preamp/Eq, but the pickup also.

I have an Ovation Custom Legend with the top-of-their-line electronics and can compare it to my friends older Ovation with a simple preamp and volume knob. Although his still sounds pretty good, the better electronics are most obvious.

I've even taken my old cheap Fender F-3 and added decent electronics from K & K Sound and it has a wonderful sweet tone through the sound system that it never dreamed of in it's long dull life as a non-electric dust collecting clothes hanger.

Neil
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