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10-28-2003, 10:57 AM
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garrison guitars..Discovery video
I have read about these guitars. Mostly people say they are sound pretty good (not great), but that Chris's innovations (the unified bracing/bridge) are well respected among guitar builders..
I saw this interesting video linked over at acousticguitar.com's gear forum: http://www.exn.ca/video/?video=exn20...tarscience.asx has anyone played a garrison? Chris [edit]I gotta start proof reading.. Last edited by CDT; 10-28-2003 at 08:42 PM. 
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10-28-2003, 02:11 PM
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The local store has some in the $500+ selling price range. Didn't have much of a discount on them.
Seemed like a decent guitar made in Canada like Seagull, etc. Looks wise, it is more traditional than the Seagull (headstock). The plastic braces did throw me.
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10-30-2003, 01:21 AM
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I was just guitar shopping and did play a new Garrison. I'm still a fairly novice guitar player, but I have to admit the sound was pretty powerful, especially the bass, I found. The dealer was trying to tell me how because of the bracing system I'd feel the vibration of the guitar right through to my belly. He was indeed right, but I'm pretty sure I've felt that with most guitars I've played.
I have nothing bad to say about the Garrison at all, but in the end I went with a new Taylor instead (it's my first one - thank you Taylor for making a guitar in my price range). The main reason, other than the fact that the Taylor sounded at least as good if not better than the Garrison, was simply the proven track record of Taylor. Not to say that Garrison wouldn't be a great company to deal with (after all, I am Canadian so perhaps I should be biased toward the home-grown company), but being my first real guitar purchase I had to go with the Taylor name. If I had the ability to do so, I'd have liked to go with both - there was something about the Garrison that did feel nice.
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10-30-2003, 03:23 AM
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I've played a few Garrison's and thought they were pretty nice but.. I dunno. The whole gut of the thing is plastic.
 (fiberglass actually)I think I'll stick with wood. 
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