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Old 02-21-2009, 07:02 PM
Glennwillow Glennwillow is offline
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I have played many, many D-28's and have owned a 1968 D-35 (Braz. RW & Sitka top) since I got it new in 1969. From my viewpoint, my D-35 has both more bass AND more treble than a D-28. I have found the D-35 a very good all-around guitar for both strumming and for finger picking. This was my ONLY 6-string guitar while I played professionally, ending about 20 years ago. These days I play mostly fingerstyle and still find it to be one of the best sounding guitars I've ever played.

However, my D-35 is unusually good and my luthier who has refretted it twice agrees. I have played brand new D-35's in my favorite local store and I thought they sounded thin in comparison. Of the more current variety, I prefer the HD-35, as it sounds closer to my old D-35.

Maybe I was just incredibly lucky... However, I heard Eric Johnson perform an all-acoustic show at the University of Washington a few years ago, and he used on old D-35 like mine, and it also sounded amazing.

Regards, Glenn
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