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My advice is to be patient.
Shop around. Enjoy the experience. Will the store where you have credit let you take a guitar home to try it? In my opinion home is the best place to see if we bond. My amps. My chair. Good luck in your search! __________________________ By the way, I hear music! |
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Check out the Larrivee brand. Most excellent guitars, I have owned alot of guitars but have discovered Larrivee and they are it for me.
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I have mainly been playing my favorite songs on both and seeing which feels better/is more comfortable. I'm fairly confident I prefer the Taylor 322ce 12 fret sound over the Takamine P3NC, for most things at least. I'm having trouble figuring out if things are potentially harder to play on the 12 fret. I've set them both with the same strings, + similar relief and string height, but still cannot figure it out. I know everyone says the 322 is easier to fret, but they feel pretty similar in that department. The 322 is definitely more forgiving, where as the takamine require a bit more precision to have everything ring cleanly. I think I am willing to sacrifice some real estate in exchange for the tone that occurs from moving the bridge back. My questions really are these, do current 12 fretters feel that more complex chords (Jazz etc.) are easier or harder when compared to a non-12 fret (especially beyond the 5th fret)? Also, I tend to put a lot of strain on my wrist by playing for long periods, especially when recording, how do 12 fretters feel about this issue? I will say the Takamine is incredibly easy to play for extended periods. |
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Welcome, KXF, hope you enjoy it here at AGF. I'm a new member, too, and these folks have been terrific. Although I have never owned a Takamine, I do like them, in general. What I CAN talk about is the 322ce 12-fretter. I love mine. Plays easy and sounds great. It's not my only guitar, but it could be. Another close option would be the 322 14 fret , which does not have the slot head design. Let us know what you decide on!
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The 324 is also a nice guitar. Andy P. did well to pair the mahogany and the Tasmanian blackwood together, for both looks and sound. As to your question of why the style isn't more popular, IMHO this little beauty flies under the radar because of the GC size. It puts out more sound than one would expect. It's kinda stealthy, and almost sneaked by me, too! I was ready for a new addition and went to AGF-sponsor Acoustic Vibes in Tempe to take a look around. Jeff has a fantastic selection of guitars to choose from. I played everything in the shop up to about $4K (a man's got to know his limitations...) but I kept on coming back to the 322ce. It was just so friendly and comfortable to play and warm sounding. I could have gotten a bigger guitar, but this one was so unique and fit into my collection so well that I could not resist it. You're right, it also strums well, and finger style is great. It records very nicely, and has the ES2, which I find to be superior to the older ES in my 714ce. My skill level is average, maybe, but I find this to be a very easy to play guitar. Good luck with your quest, and remember what we always say around here about NGD's; "send us pics, or it didn't happen!"
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214ce, 322ce, p3nc, takamine, taylor |
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