[PHJim]

Originally Posted by Athens

You can only get one basic sound out of a particular style acoustic guitar. Yes, there is some variation based on strings, how you strike the strings, etc, etc, but the basic sound of the guitar is pretty much all you're going to get out of it.

Listen to a CD called Tone Poems by David Grisman and Tony Rice. They pay a different guitar and mandolin for each cut, ranging from pre-war Martins and Gibsons, modern Boutique instruments to cheap entry levelguitars with painted finishes (Vintage Gintage Blues) Each cut sounds like Tony and Dave, leading me to feel that the player has more to do with the sound than the instrument.