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03-03-2009, 09:40 PM
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Hello from Atlanta
Hello hello! I've just signed up for this forum and I'm so glad to have found it. There is so much information here. I am looking forward to delving deeper. I've been playing the classical guitar for about a 1 1/2 years and am excited to try a different type of guitar. But, I am a total newbie to the acoustic. In fact, I have just ordered my first one, a Yamaha FG720S. And to be quite honest I just purchased it based on positive reviews. I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't know what kind of guitar it is. Some people are telling me that it's a dreadnought. Other than size, is that the difference between a dreadnought and a "regular" guitar?
 Furthermore, if anyone has any experience with this guitar, would you please make a recommendation as the the tension and type of strings you like? Thanks! 
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03-03-2009, 10:01 PM
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Welcome from another newbee. Just to let you know, if you've been playing a "classical", then you've been playing an acoustic. If it makes a sound from the wood and the strings with no aid from any electronics, then it's acoustic (yet some do incorporate electronic pickups). The "dreadnought" you mentioned is a reference to both size and shape (the "D" in Martin's D-28 for example). They are large bodied with a "drop-shouldered" shape. There are "jumbos" (large, with a more "hourglass" shape), "concert size", "parlors", "triple oughts" (all smaller with an "hourglass" shape), all kinds of designations mainly refering to size and shape, which also relates to the sounds they will produce. Those more knowledgeable will educate you further.
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03-03-2009, 10:15 PM
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Welcome to the group. Hopefully your new guitar will bring you years of joy.
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03-03-2009, 10:26 PM
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Welcome!
Welcome D!
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03-03-2009, 11:48 PM
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Take a look at this site for description of Martin models and sizes (click on pictures for more info): http://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/choosing/size.html
Other companies have comparisons in their catalogs. Look and you shall find.
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#7
03-03-2009, 11:50 PM
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Hi Dewalt...
Welcome to the group! Georgia - seems like a nice area to grow peaches, onions, and musicians! We are glad you joined...
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03-04-2009, 12:19 AM
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Glad you've joined us, dewalt99! Always good to have another Atlantan among us. We have a pretty good number already, especially if you include all the area that the fabled Outer Perimeter is supposed to eventually impact! I lived in Atlanta for a long time, until moving about 90 miles South a year or so ago. Loved it there. Love it here! I'm close enough to enjoy the good things of the city, but not close enough to have to fight the I-75/85, I-285, I-20 madness very often.
We keep talking about an AGF Atlanta area get together, but haven't found the right spark plug of a person to make it happen just yet. One of these days we will... Hang out here with us for very long, and you'll find yourself using a new vocabulary, like forward shifted bracing, New Old Stock, Polys and Nannos, scooped mids and Pure Westerns. Don't worry. Ain't none of it cussin'!  Don't be shy about joining in the conversation. You don't have to be an expert here to be respected, though we do happen to have quite a few true experts in every facet of guitardom, from building them to wringing the good notes out of them. We just enjoy getting together to talk, and you're invited to pull up a chair and join right in! cotten
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03-04-2009, 08:35 AM
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Let me add my "welcome" to the list! I'm also in Atlanta, or Alpharetta, more accurately.
We should definitely have a get-together soon. The only person I've met from this board is Jim Tozier, who's not too far from me. Adam
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03-04-2009, 08:45 AM
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Ah, there are some WONDERFUL luthiers down in the Atlanta area!!
Just wait til you get GAS. Generally caught from hanging around these forums...  You see, it starts with the photos... then the discussions... then the discovery of luthiers near you (some even teach courses on guitar construction, etc)... then the trade shows... There is an old joke, how do you make a million dollars in horses? Start with several million... Same can be said of those who catch the deadly virus GAS...  Welcome and enjoy yourself before you get infected 
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03-04-2009, 09:58 AM
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(Would love to hear more about your writing sometime, Dianna.) cotten
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03-04-2009, 10:26 AM
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Welcome to the group Dewalt99. From Kennesaw here. It would be great to have an Atlanta get together. You'll love the forum. Such great info abounds here.
Mark
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#14
03-04-2009, 11:10 AM
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Welcome to the forum.
A dreadnought is a type/size of guitar. There are many types/sizes of guitars. A "regular" guitar can be any type/size of guitar - it depends on how a person defines "regular". Enjoy your new Yamaha.
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03-04-2009, 11:11 AM
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Welcome to the forum. There is a wealth of info and a great deal of knowledge here. Lots to read and learn. Just don't get so caught up you forget to play you're new guitar. Seriously, I've found the forum to be a tremendous resource. I also agree that an Atlanta area get together would be great.
Dale
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