I'm pretty new to carbon fiber, buying an X20 early in September, a used X7 (previous model) early in October, and a new model woody X7 that I got around the end of November. I intended the X20 as my main guitar and the older X7 to be a distant #2 companion to it. But I loved that little X7 so much I had to check out the new X7 and it fell purely into the sweet spot.
That new woody X7 is by far my favorite acoustic and the only acoustic I've ever owned I think I love as much as the 1968 Brazilian RW D-28 that was my only acoustic for about 25 years. It's without a doubt a lifetime guitar and a #1. I hope I have another 25 years left to enjoy it!
I'm gonna keep the older X7 to keep at my daughter's place so I'll have something to play when we go for extended visits (and maybe her partner would play it - he's into learning, seems to have an aptitude for it, and that X7 would facilitate that). At the moment, the new X7 is the only acoustic I have with me until mid-March. When I get home and have both the X7 and X20 available, I'm gonna have to see whether I end up playing the X20 enough to keep it. I don't have any need to sell it, but I sell stuff I don't use, so we'll see if it earns it's longer term place on the wall. But the woody X7 is my lifetime guitar. It just plays so easy and sounds so good. Really the only time I clearly prefer the X20 is if I'm playing with a capo above about the 3rd fret, at which point the X7 starts feeling pretty crowded and cramped and the longer scale of the X20 is more workable, but it's not like that's something that happens often enough to keep a guitar around just for that. So we'll see.
-Ray
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