What guitar brands have you tried to like/love but end up selling?

[M Sarad]

Better not to discuss it.

[guitar george]

Originally Posted by Pitar

I never bought a guitar sight unseen except a build I commissioned. The guitar brands I've owned are Martin, Larrivee, Norman, Walden, Taylor, Yamaha, Guild, Ovation, Harmony and some lesser names I can't remember now. With the exception of the Yamaha classical I have, all the steel strings by the preceding makers are gone. I have one boutique-built steel string. It wasn't a matter of buying guitars and then becoming disenchanted. It was a matter of replacing them with better sounding guitars as my ears developed and wallet size allowed me the luxury of getting them. All the guitars I bought were first played for an appreciable period before purchase. I broke my own rule by commissioning a build and learned from it why rules are good.

Are you saying that besides the Yamaha classical, the only other guitar you have is a custom built guitar that doesn't sound very good? Why not sell the custom built and buy a better sounding guitar?

[_zedagive]

Martin. Had a D-28 for many years and didn't realize (for my taste) I could do much better.

[Edgar Poe]

Oscar Schmidt.

Ed

[guitarxan]

For me it’s Gibson acoustics. I have tried many from older B models to Song writers Hummingbirds, J15 J45. I even had a friends J45 studio for a weekend and played it till my hands hurt. I just couldn’t warm up to the tone. There is something that just sounds restrained to me in most Gibson’s. It’s disappointing because they are beautifully made and aesthetically pretty guitars.

[silvereagle48]

All the Taylors I ever bought including 3 BTOs

[drawshot1975]

Dreads.

Every dread I've owned.

I just can't get into them, no matter how awesome they sound. I guess it's a 'feel and fit' thing.

Some were off-the-charts exceptional...but spent little time in my home. I think the GA/OM/000 size is my sweet spot.