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Originally Posted by Jcamp
I heard a story years ago that Ray Charles went in to a music store An his buddy was handing him guitars to play and they got to one and he just went on an on how good it sounded and that he had to have it and his buddy told him he couldn't be seen with it cause it was a harmony. No clue if that was a true story but every now An then a cheap guitar will surprise u. Loudest guitar I ever played was a junk Austin guitar. It sounded like crap but had a huge volume for some reason. In the last few years the best tone guitar I've played in a shop was a Fender Paramount acoustics. I probably should have bought it but couldn't bring myself to pay that price for a fender acoustic but boy it had a beautiful sound
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...not a true story...Ray did not play guitar...and he had a specific reason why...read more here...
https://music.si.edu/essay/ray-charles-and-disability