#16
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
I came away thinking Sable=warm, woody and X20=not warm, not woody (more carbon sounding). What I came away from David's and my meeting yesterday: This doesn't say that they sounded the same, but instead that they were not as far apart as I expected, based on reading other folks' comments in this forum. Bear in mind that David and I both played fingerstyle with bare fingers (i.e. no thumb or finger picks) and we both played rather softly rather than loud and aggressively. I do realize that if you play a guitar with a pick, fingerstyle with thumb and possibly finger picks, softly, aggressively, anywhere in between, all these are variables that would yield a different sound. This, to me, is the problem with posting our impressions or even listening to a youtube video. Part of "try before you buy" is that you are playing the guitar in your own particular manner and getting the sound from it that you will have to live with if you buy the guitar. We will each sound like ourselves when we play a guitar, and David and I seem to achieve a similar sound, though we played different styles. He played solo fingerstyle material and I played a fingerstyle jazz chord melody style. I doubt that mattered as much as technique (i.e. the bare fingers and mellower approach that we seem to share). Tony |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Having seen some of your videos, I can tell you that your playing approach to the guitar is very different from mine. I suspect that your approach would bring these things out much more readily than my approach. So the same guitar in my hands will sound different than in your hands. We each sound like ourselves, whatever guitar we play. By the way, I have enjoyed your videos. Tony |
#18
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
-Ray
__________________
"It's just honest human stuff that hadn't been near a dang metronome in its life" - Benmont Tench |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
There was a time when this difference would have made all the difference in my purchasing choice (leaning toward the wider X20). However, there was a thread in the general discussion part of the form some time ago that changed this for me. Somebody posted saying that if I was having trouble keeping strings separate with a 1 3/4" nut guitar, then maybe I wasn't placing my fingers straight down on the strings and instead, angling them ever so slightly. Sure enough, when I really focused on that, I found that poster's advice to be spot on. After spending time working on that, I became quite comfortable playing fingerstyle on the typical Taylor string spacing, which is also what the McPherson has. I still enjoy my 00 12 fret guitars with their 1 7/8" nut and 2 5/16" saddle, but am not limited to those instruments for comfortable fingerstyle. Anyway, I do agree that one really must play a particular guitar to know whether it is a good fit for both playing comfortable and tone. If you play with a pick, I am certain my Sable will sound very different in your hands and that there will be a more noticeable difference in sound between the Sable and X20 simply because I believe that to be true for any two different guitars being compared. Tony Tony |
#20
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
-Ray
__________________
"It's just honest human stuff that hadn't been near a dang metronome in its life" - Benmont Tench |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Tony |
#22
|
|||
|
|||
"I came away thinking Sable=warm, woody and X20=not warm, not woody (more carbon sounding)."
A different DavidE here. I had both at the same time and I found them to be pretty different. The above kind of captures it. Also, the necks were night and day. I never felt comfortable with the Emerald neck. It's just a weird shape. The Sable neck feels great and has a more common shape. It didn't take me long to put the X20 up for sale after I got the Sable. |
#23
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Were the other factors in why the X20 just didn’t suit you? I ask because the Emerald and CF Journey necks are nearly identical from info I’ve gathered and I thought that you have/had an OF660 and liked it.
__________________
Don't chase tone. Make tone. |
#24
|
|||
|
|||
McPherson Sable vs Emerald X20
Quote:
Were there other factors in why the X20 just didn’t suit you? I ask because the Emerald and CF Journey necks are nearly identical from info I’ve gathered and I thought that you have/had an OF660 and liked it.
__________________
Don't chase tone. Make tone. |
#25
|
|||
|
|||
Maybe the title to this thread should be "McPherson Sable and Emerald X20 play together nicely and everyone has fun!"
__________________
Some CF, some wood. |
#26
|
|||
|
|||
I was really hoping for more of a thunderdome "two guitars enter, one guitar leaves" recitation.
|
#27
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Tony |
#28
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Tony |
#29
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Oh, other factors. The sound of the Emerald was very different. The ergonomics were great and the construction was very nice. But the sound and the neck were what prompted me to sell it. |
#30
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
|