[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by mefoolonhill

I can recommend the Loar 600. It's all-carved, and is basically a copy of a 1920's L-5. Great guitar for the money, you can find them for $600-700.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9W1...0s&app=desktop

Based on his responses (see below) the OP appears to be looking for a hollowbody with built-in pickups, rather than a carved-top acoustic - nice guitar though, and if the neck wasn't '20s period-authentic I'd likely own one right now...

Originally Posted by CASD57

Thanks!! I'm moving closer to pulling trigger on a new 5420, I just don't want to deal with older stuff with problems,

Let's up the drool factor just a bit :



https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...vintage-orange

Near dead-ringer for the Japanese-made Professional Series version at one-third the price, sounds/plays like a Gretsch should (install a set of .011 flatwounds and you're in rockabilly heaven) - and well worth waiting and saving up the extra bucks for the level of quality you're getting (BTW Sweetwater will deal - so don't hesitate to ask for a better price)...