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My 2018 Sable has a white nut and saddle. My 2019 Sable has black. Different labels and serial number schemes. Saddle shape is different too.
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The reason I recently bought a new Sable (then shortly after bought another used one to leave at my place in Florida) is because I played one of the Kevin Michael versions when Sam Ash was blowing them out some years ago and the sound haunted me. It was just SO much better than my Rainsong.
Got a great deal on the brand new 2018 and an even better deal on the 2019 used one (thanks Dave!). Sold my X20 after I got both and no regrets here. |
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Just curious are there any noteworthy tonal differences between your two Sables?
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Nope. One is honeycomb and one is the regular weave.
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I had two X7 models, the pre-summer of 2018 version with the really small body and forward facing soundhole, and a late 2018 version with the offset soundhole and larger body. I thought they both sounded great, both warmer to my ears than the X20 I’d had, but the later/larger one notably louder and more resonant to the player - less different out front... My ears, at this point in my life, clearly like warmer fuller sounding guitars and dislike brightness and what I perceive as fizziness or tinny sounds. I don’t mean to be overly pejorative, others will hear the same things I hear that way and consider them “shimmery” and beautiful. I suspect I might love an X30, but I’m very happy just having one guitar that works for everything for me right now (which happens to be wood), was a little scared off by the sheer size of the X30 despite all the reports of how comfortable it was to play. So for the foreseeable future, I’m not shopping for an acoustic. I don’t deny that some people would play the X20 I had and love it - the guy I sold it to let me know more than a year later that he really likes it, and he’s a guy with an amazing collection of high end instruments. But I also don’t deny how it sounded TO ME, which was initially impressive but then it wore on me pretty quickly. I never tired of my later model X-7, just had an issue with how it physically fit me as I spent more time fingerpicking. -Ray
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I know very well that much of what we all say about the characteristics of our various instruments is subjective and personal.
But, no-one likes having their babies called less than attractive, and, I think there’s sometimes a line crossed in the language used, either unwittingly, or in a way designed to get a rise. There are way too many things these days that folks get overly twitchy about, and I apologize for being over-sensitive and contributing to exactly that. Let’s move on.
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I haven't actually read much of that other thread - I just kept seeing how long it had gotten and how long it's been going and I'd check in and read a couple of posts and then decide that since I wasn't in the market for either, that I couldn't get interested enough to keep reading the level of detail I was seeing. But it's become an quite the epic thread so I've been sort of aware of it. -Ray
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I tried two CEO-7s. I really wanted to like them. Compared them to my Lucky13. The 13 sounded more 'alive'. One of the CEO-7s was noticeably quieter than the other. I figured it was the strings. Maybe true for both. I just couldn't justify it, so they stayed there though I am still thinking about getting one someday.
Just because I keep going back to the carbon fiber guitars I already have doesn't mean I haven't stopped looking whenever I have an opportunity. I find the Kestrel is growing on me more and more each day, and I end up sneaking in about two hours a day on guitars even though I am working a 60+ hour work week at the moment. The Kestrel has a weak bottom, but that's not meant to be it's strong point. It's a sonic cannon with an extremely strong directional mid range when played acoustically and shines in other ways on or off the amp. I am just looking at all this work as saving up for the next GAS and have been eyeing Emerald's summer sale. I am still considering getting an X30 and letting my X20 go, but I am not convinced it's worth the change. If I were to lose them all today and had to start over, I'd probably get the Kestrel first and then maybe an X30 or a Sable. Maybe I would get the X30 first because I've tried it and know it's a great strummer. Don't know what I would do after that, but with path dependence it's all somewhat of a moot point at the moment.
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Tried my first Sable today
Just tried the McPherson Sable this afternoon (along with the entire McPherson line) at their Sparta, WI plant and showroom. There are a few guitar benefits from living in Wisconsin!
I must say, I was more impressed than expected with the Sable. Good tone, impressive projection (just from a few minutes of play, unplugged). Will be assessing more closely, and appreciate this thread's debate as part of that. |
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