What is the single best sounding guitar you ever owned?

[dneal]

Originally Posted by ukejon

Could well be the Martin 0028VS that I sold recently because the 1 7/8" nut and shorter scale didn't work so well for me. Stunningly complex, rich sound with sustain that lasted forever. I would sit and strum chords and then just listen to the array of tones that followed. Happily, it is now owned by a fellow AGFer and my replacement Santa Cruz F is just fine.

Longtime browser, recent member and first-time poster - because I have one as well, and that describes it to a tee. An amazing guitar.

Running neck and neck with that Martin is a Larrivee OM-03R I bought 10 or 12 years ago. This particular Larry is one of those guitars that, for whatever reason, just has soul... I wish it had 10 level trim so it looked as good as it sounds.

[TDaddy]

D-28 Marquis, but very closely followed by a 1965 D-18 that I truly loved but no longer have.

[Brucebubs]

I had a period when I was looking for a certain 12-string sound. I bought a used Guild F-412 and thought it was great until I picked up my new Martin Grand J12-40E Special. I then went searching for a 6 string to compliment the Grand but not match it tonally, I didn`t want a 6-string that just sounded like the Grand with 6 strings taken off! So I ruled out Rosewood. I found exactly what I wanted in the Martin JDP2, Diane Ponzio signature. Alpine Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides, J body, slot-head, Waverly tuners, forward shifted scalloped bracing and a large sound-hole. Acoustically brilliant, nice to look at and beautiful to play. It just does everything.

[brad4d8]

Far and away my Pawless Mesquite Special. Still new enough to need some adjusting and not nearly played in, but tone and sustain are as good as or better than anything I remember playing in 50 years. Close second would be my F-512, although I prefer playing my old F-212 for a 12-string. I've had it so long it fits my hands and style without me having to think.
Brad

[brianmay]

Depends on my mood, can't choose. It's either my D-28 or my 000-28.

Suspect marginally, it'd have to be the D-28 my first Martin.

[SalFromChatham]

The two best guitars I have ever owned were the Martin M21 Steve Earle and the J45 TV from Gibson. But the J50 I still have keeps growing on me so my opinion may change! What did CSN say? Love the one you're with...

[Catan]

So many high dollar guitars...

For me, this question is easy to answer. My sig, my one and only LTD '11 414ce . Much like the 814 someone else posted about, this guitar does pretty much anything I demand of it.

[The Old Gaffer]

Martin HD-28V is my best sounding 6-string acoustics.
Martin D12-20 is my best sounding 12-string.
Gibson CS-336 is my best sounding electric.

[Michael-Robert]

Originally Posted by GregEL

For me the best sounding acoustic I've ever had (and still do) is my Taylor GC3. Simple and for my fingerstyle playing it really does it.

Best electric was an American Standard Tele I used for chord melody work. The neck pickup was to die for.

I know that's two but what the heck.

How about you?

Interesting. I played a GC3 for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It blew me away and, while I might have generally preferred some other guitar with an earthier tone, I found myself in the store, desperately calculating in my head just how aggressively I would need to save in order to purchase this guitar. The experience was my first ever with being completely swept away- I am absolutely positive that, if I had had enough money in my checking account on that day, I would have emptied my account just to walk out of the store with her on the spot. I have not forgotten her and I doubt I ever will. That GC3 was something very special.

[DCannon]

In 35+ years and owning MANY very fine acoustic guitars, the best sounding guitar I've owned was a '72 Gurian JR (jumbo rosewood). Stupidly, I sold it and have been looking for one ever since. But it's the proverbial needle in a haystack.