YOUR Acoustis...

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YOUR Acoustics...

...this is a thread where we will talk about what acoustics we have/prefer/hate, and anything else we associate with the acoustic guitar...such as: strings, straps, picks, capos, soundhole pups, string grease, cutaways, onboard electronics, amplification...

...my main acoustic isnt anything special, but I love it...Its an Epiphone DR-100 in Vintage Sunburst...Lennonesque...I didnt buy it, two friends of mine bought it for me for my birthday...I like the sound of it, and it plays great...and looks great to boot...Ive tried a number of different string manufacurers, and I keep coming back to D'Addario...I recently made the jumps to 12's as well...and I love them (although my fingers were a bit sore for the first week)...I have a Dean Markley sound hole pickup that has a strip of electrical tape down the middle (holding it together, cause its cracked)...I got it for free from a fella I used to gig for...I may have given him $5 for it actually, he was one of those fellas who was always trying to sell something for cheap...I pick all sorts of what have yous...flat pick, thumb pick, finger pick, travis pick (although my travis picking technique is only thumb and first finger)...

...so, that said, what is your acoustic set up?...

...I also have an old Guild Maderia from the 70's that my grandfather bought...its action is horrible, its been dropped, and is separating, the truss rod is shot, and it wont stay in tune at all...but it is a bit sentimental...

 

[Kerouac]

Here's a partial shot:

Godin 5th Avenue

Dean Dao:

'69 Fender:

'67 Kay Nylon:

'50s Buckeye Parlor:

80's Yamaha:

Emerald:

Ohana Uke:

Not pictured: Hondo mandolin, SX 1/2 size acoustic, McNally Strumstick, Fender Concord, Chris Adjustomatic and Simon & Patrick Cedar/Mahogany

 

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...I always wanted to learn how to play the Uke...I'd also love a small bodied acoustic, or a nylon stringer or something with a different timbre...

 

[Kerouac]

...I always wanted to learn how to play the Uke...I'd also love a small bodied acoustic, or a nylon stringer or something with a different timbre...

My acoustic GAS has subsided a lot since I got the Emerald and the Godin this year. I'd still like a better nylon string and I really need to get a baritone acoustic, but I'm really happy with the acoustic collection.

 

[telecaster911]

I have an old gibson J40 from '78 or '79. Sounds huge. Also, an old '70s Yamaha that has been at my brothers house for 10 or 15 years. And a mandolin.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

i have a Taylor 414ce and a La Patrie Etude. neither is Flamencology approved. i prefer Martin SP 12-54 phosphor bronze on the Taylor. on the La Patrie, i'll use whatever high tension nylon strings we have in stock. i haven't been able to tell much of a difference between brands. i mostly use Kyser capos. i have a Dunlop which is ok and a coupla G7 Nashvilles that i don't like. picks are usually Clayton .63 but i really dig the Dunlop Ultex .73 and i'm moving towards them recently.

 

[Denverdave]

I have two acoustics right now.

My stage guitar which is a Takamine EF341SC, which I have had for about three years now. I have done well over 100 live shows with it and it is slowly getting worn in with dings and scratches. It is not the best sound guitar acoustically, but it has all the requirement of a great stage guitar. It sounds good plugged in, has a built in tuner and very rarely goes out of tune. Takamine makes really good acoustic pickups. It plays pretty well too. It is a keeper.

My second acoustic is a Larrivee OM-5 I bought just a few months ago. It is a mid to late 90's model that has some time in the past gotten dropped on the bottom and was repaired fairly well, but it has some cosmetic issues. New OM-5's run about two grand. I picked this up used for less than $400.00. It plays very nicely and has become my recording guitar. There is no pickup installed right now, but if the acoustic trio starts up I may install one and keep this guitar n stage for dropped 'D' or DADGAD songs. it is a great sounding guitar!

Right now I have D'Addario strings on both acoustics - and always 12s.

 

[Flamencology]

i have a Taylor 414ce and a La Patrie Etude. neither is Flamencology approved. i prefer Martin SP 12-54 phosphor bronze on the Taylor. on the La Patrie, i'll use whatever high tension nylon strings we have in stock. i haven't been able to tell much of a difference between brands. i mostly use Kyser capos. i have a Dunlop which is ok and a coupla G7 Nashvilles that i don't like. picks are usually Clayton .63 but i really dig the Dunlop Ultex .73 and i'm moving towards them recently.

I don't disapprove of the La Patrie, it's not a perfect instrument, but it doesn't get much better at that price range. I don't necessarily disapprove of the Taylor, either, as yours might be exceptional, but my experience with Taylors suggests that you probably could have done significantly better at that price range.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I don't disapprove of the La Patrie, it's not a perfect instrument, but it doesn't get much better at that price range. I don't necessarily disapprove of the Taylor, either, as yours might be exceptional, but my experience with Taylors suggests that you probably could have done significantly better at that price range.

of all the acoustics i've played in the $1200 range, it's still the best. i'll let you know when i find something better.

the La Patrie has side dots.

 

[Flamencology]

of all the acoustics i've played in the $1200 range, it's still the best. i'll let you know when i find something better.

the La Patrie has side dots.

Ok.

Yeah, Yamahas have side-dots, too. Like I said, price range. And I've got no issue with side-dots for other people, just not for would-be Musical Jedi. I always ask myself "would I still be able to play this as well if the Duke of Cornwall plucked out my eyes?". Inspired by George Van Eps, who, in Harmonic Mechanisms for Guitar, stated that "well-trained hands don't need eyes to guide them". Also practical advice for the bedroom.

 

[Flamencology]

My best guitar:

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Ok.

Yeah, Yamahas have side-dots, too. Like I said, price range. And I've got no issue with side-dots for other people, just not for would-be Musical Jedi. I always ask myself "would I still be able to play this as well if the Duke of Cornwall plucked out my eyes?". Inspired by George Van Eps, who, in Harmonic Mechanisms for Guitar, stated that "well-trained hands don't need eyes to guide them". Also practical advice for the bedroom.

i just don't think they're all that big of a deal. i'm more worried by guitarists looking at the fretboard than the side dots. besides, it shouldn't matter if the guitar has them or not. you're supposed to be reading the music in front of you, right?

 

[Flamencology]

i just don't think they're all that big of a deal. i'm more worried by guitarists looking at the fretboard than the side dots. besides, it shouldn't matter if the guitar has them or not. you're supposed to be reading the music in front of you, right?

No, I totally agree. It's a purely aesthetic thing, I don't condescend to those who find side-dots useful. I just prefer guitars that don't have fingerboard inlays, first because I think it's a great look, and second because it is a kind of badge, I think. And it's fun when someone asks to play your guitar and then they quickly get flustered.

And again, no... I consider it professional, where possible, to commit pieces to memory.

 

[Denverdave]

No, I totally agree. It's a purely aesthetic thing, I don't condescend to those who find side-dots useful. I just prefer guitars that don't have fingerboard inlays, first because I think it's a great look, and second because it is a kind of badge, I think. And it's fun when someone asks to play your guitar and then they quickly get flustered.

And again, no... I consider it professional, where possible, to commit pieces to memory.

I like bare fingerboards as well, or just a single inlay at the 12th fret. Both of my custom acoustics were built that way (12th fret inlays).

 

[Mark Wein]

My Guild DV52. Not the greatest dreadnaught in the world but better than quite a few under $2000. I also have a Yamaha APX acoustic and a Takamine nylon string that I don't have pictures of.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

My main guitar is my Yamaha 12-string. I love my Luna Muse Burst 6-string but hardly play it anymore. I hope eventually to get a Guild 12-string. My aesthetic sense rebels against acoutic electrics with visible controls and any acoustic with a cutaway. I don't really play plugged in anyway, and never go that far up the neck. We folk singers rarely go above the third fret, for God's sake.

 

[Tralfaz]

I've got a decent Martin D-28 usually strung with a set of Bluegrass gauge that's my main guitar, and fairly indecent Epiphone that gets used mostly for slide and weird tunings.

Also have a Bushman "Jenny" concert ukulele.

 

[paulskirocks]

I have a 1978 Guild D-50 that I like quite a bit, an old classical from around 1970 that I don't know how to play correctly, but is quite nice, and a beater Honer for the beach (wishful thanking these days being 5 hours from the ocean)...

 

[Tiltsta]

This Takamine EF440SCGN is my current acoustic. I really love the neck shape/feel. It is very much in the realm of an electric guitar, and it reminds me most of my les paul. Guitar sounds really great too, with a nice round tone from a cedar top and mahogany body/neck. The pickguard logo is just protective plastic that has since been removed.

 

[Lerxst]

My only current acoustic is the seagull:

It's a 2001 model that I picked up used, mint w/ a hardshell case for 200 and change a few years ago. Very balanced tone, good volume and sounds fantastic with the right set of strings. Over the years I've had a Sigma dread, Alverez 12 string & an Ovation.

Sometimes I think I'd like a nice fancy acoustic but considering I just play acoustic around the house & occasionally with friends, this little guy hangs tough.