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01-16-2018, 01:10 PM
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After I sold my Charis dread, I got a note from a guy I'd sold an Eastman E10D to about 10 months previous. I'd remembered it being pretty darn nice. I'd put a small oval Todd-port in the upper bout and did some minor brace sanding.
When I got it back, I decided to see where I could take it. I'd been doing a lot of dual ports on guitars since I'd had that and was always very, very happy with the results. Since I couldn't reproduce the oval on the lower bout via the same method, I did a similar size and shape with three small holes. Then, over a period of a couple months and 4-5 string changes, I slowly took down the lower part of the X and the closest tone bar to the bridge. I also slowly took a lot of material off the bridge itself - stock they are very thick. The result is the best sounding factory guitar I've owned by a long shot, and a LOT better than many one off instruments I've owned. I dropped a K&K in it and every time I pick it up it makes me smile very big. Happiness is having 700 into a guitar with great electronics that sent a 2014 D18 and 2016 D18GE down the road  .....wasn't even close!
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01-16-2018, 09:00 PM
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About a year ago, I bought a Martin D-15 for $550, including case. It had some fancy sound hole pickup system in it I didn't care about, so I uninstalled it and sold it on ebay for $175. All in, I have $375 invested in the guitar. It's been played hard enough to wear the decal off around part of the sound hole, but it doesn't bother me.
I called Martin to ask about the serial number and an odd Celtic knot on the back. The knot was apparently where a previous owner had a sticker and must have taken it off after it left a stain there, but it's actually pretty cool. The guy at Martin did tell me it's a 2000 model and according to his records, it was the first D-15 to come off the line in the new millennium. I figure that and $5 gets me a cup of coffee...
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01-16-2018, 11:16 PM
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Not an acoustic guitar but last year I got a squier bullet strat for a c note brand new and it’s actually pretty darn good. Other than the tuners and needed a little neck relief and basic setup it’s a heck of a beater strat to have around. Please don’t chase me round with torches and pitchforks I know squier bullets get bashed a lot on the web.
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01-16-2018, 11:17 PM
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The Fender PM-3 000 Deluxe Natural I picked up a couple of weeks ago. It was an open-box guitar with all case candy and hard case for 1/3 of Amazon price. A wonderfully-made guitar with excellent tone and the playability of a Strat. Great woods, great build, great finish, excellent inlays...... great tone and sustain that rings for days. However, I did not need to have it. I just wanted to give it a try and I'm glad I did.
write up here: http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=495104 fender.jpgfender1.jpgfender2.jpgfender3.jpg Last edited by DenverSteve; 01-17-2018 at 09:47 AM.
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01-17-2018, 09:12 AM
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An Epiphone AJ-100, new for $79. An all laminated guitar, but it sounds great nontheless.
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01-17-2018, 09:46 AM
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an RK RP-06 from a recent SDOTD. either it's opening up or I am getting used to its idiosyncrasies. needs a setup for string height and buzzing at a couple of spots. tuners need adjusting every day; one day too sharp, next too flat. I might put some $ into it or I might not.
a seagull maritime CE SWS SDOTD. I have not really bonded with this guitar and I prefer the tone on an S6 that I've had quite a few years except that the S6 E1 really rings out and is overwhelming to my ear whereas the maritime is much more even. also I have not adjusted to the cutaway being not much wider than the waist... I have to think about keeping the guitar in place on my knee. an alvarez AF615 which cost a little over $100 after previous purchases 'points'. a very even temperament and not much different in size to a parlor. an impulse purchase that has worked out well. it's nicely built and finished and I expect it to improve with age.
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01-17-2018, 11:52 AM
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My best cheap guitar deal...
... was an amp!
Just yesterday, I dropped off a box of Christmas ornaments at a thrift store. I dropped them off at the back door and asked to enter through the shop, to save a walk around the building. I almost tripped over a big brown amp in the shop- a Beheringer Ultracoustic ACX 1800. They hadn't priced it yet, so I made what seemed like a decent offer. Now it's mine, for $40, about a dollar a pound. They still sell 'em new for $349. This brand doesn't get much respect online, but mine, the flagship model from the early 2000s, worked flawlessly for several hours last night as I worked thorough the dials and combinations. It sounded at least as good as I played, which is all I hoped for. Now I need to find a good deal on a mike, since it includes a vocal channel. This isn't the first time I've experienced Thrift Shop Mojo, in which I find my best deals on days I'm just there to drop off some unwanted stuff.
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01-17-2018, 01:36 PM
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01-17-2018, 01:55 PM
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01-17-2018, 03:12 PM
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