|
|
#31
12-21-2014, 12:49 PM
|
|||
|
|||
I think my "thing" is all-mahogany guitars (or mahogany-sapelle). My first guitar, a Gibson LGO, was all-mahogany and my favorite guitars right now are my Taylor 528e, 322 and GS Mini-M. My sister's 324 is also a super guitar.
I just love the tone.
__________________
Phil Playing guitar badly since 1964. Some Taylor guitars. Three Kala ukuleles (one on tour with the Box Tops). A 1937 A-style mandolin. 
|
|
#32
12-21-2014, 12:54 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Guitars that can take low action and work well in dropped, open and other alt. tunings. I find that many lose their luster when they are taken too far out of 440. I gotta have 1 3/4 nut with decent spacing at the saddle to to along with it. Looks don't matter that much. I hate pick guards. I'm taking the one off my SWD because I'm keeping that guitar, but leaving the one on my J-45 because I'm not sure yet if I'm keeping it.
|
|
#34
12-21-2014, 02:35 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I'm drawn to jumbo bodied guitars. The warm thump against your chest is all in your hands. There's a depth that small body guitars just can't match.
__________________
Brucebubs 1972 - Takamine D-70 2014 - Alvarez ABT60 Baritone 2015 - Kittis RBJ-195 Jumbo 2012 - Dan Dubowski#61 2018 - Rickenbacker 4003 Fireglo 2020 - Gibson Custom Shop Historic 1957 SJ-200 2021 - Epiphone 'IBG' Hummingbird
|
|
#38
12-21-2014, 04:51 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I bought one of those Dirty Thirties 0 size last year because I was in a guitarless situation and Amazon would get it to me in 2 days. I liked the size so much I bought another better Recording King 0, which turned out to be BIGGER somewhat..oh well, I still like it.
Anyway, THAT is my thing now: SMALL. Oh, and pretty darn FLAT fingerboards.
|
|
#40
12-21-2014, 04:53 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Hey All,
I think I'm in the 12 fret slot 1.75 in at nut camp too. Spruce over ?. I really like small 000 and 00 but would love to try a 12 fret slot 0000 with or without a cut away. I'd also love trying a 12 fret slot 000 with a cut. I think Martin makes or made one but I've never heard of a 12 fret slot 0000 with or without. -Ed-
__________________
...Spent all I had to buy this Martin An I been richer since I did Even though I can't afford to change the strings... from Blaine Larsen's Song "If Merle Would Sing My Song"
|
|
#41
12-21-2014, 04:58 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
My thing is traditional folk/roots/americana/county shapes, tones, and woods with a strong preference for fundamental tones and mahogany. I love smaller bodies, om's specifically, and simple ornamentation. If I am seeking something jangly, I'll play mando or banjo. I like my guitar to fill out the middle and bottom, and give high marks for playing rhythm.
__________________
My Therapy: Martin 000-18GE 1937 Sunburst MFG Martin 000-15 Kevin Enoch Tradesman Open Back Banjo Collings MT2-O Honey Amber Royce Burt #560 5-String Fiddle
|
|
#44
12-21-2014, 08:40 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Smaller bodied older/vintage guitars. Their size is so comfortable to play, and their age provides a tone with a unique richness--a soulfulness if you will--that IMO, simply doesn't exist on newer/modern guitars...regardless of how traditionally built they are. Not a sound for everyone maybe, but definitely my "thing".
__________________
Martin 000-28EC '71 Harmony Buck Owens American Epiphone Inspired by Gibson J-45 Gold Tone PBR-D Paul Beard Signature Model resonator "Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart." -Andrés Segovia
|
|
#45
12-21-2014, 09:31 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
..........
Last edited by Green Craig; 02-19-2017 at 11:40 AM.
|
