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NGD: Rainsong Vintage Series Dreadnought
After some debate, I decided to pull the trigger on a Carbon Fiber guitar. I opted for the Rainsong Vintage Series Dreadnought since (1) I'm a fan of Dreads and (2) I tend to like a more vintage tone and look. I have never played a CF guitar before, but was looking for something I could keep downstairs, take outside, etc. without worrying about Humidity.
At first strum I was surprised at how much bass and sustain the guitar had. Perhaps my expectations were too low, but I'm impressed. It doesn't sound as good as my wood guitars, but it's much closer than I thought. The response is very even and the sustain is excellent. My only complaint is that I find the top end to be a bit harsh and metallic sounding. From a playability perspective the setup is excellent. Low, even, action with no buzzing. The nut slots are the perfect depth, which I have rarely encountered on a new guitar. The much-maligned N2 neck doesn't seem to be a problem for me. It's think-ish but still feels reasonably fast. It reminds me of the neck on a Les Paul that I have had since I was a kid (50's neck). So far I'm a happy camper.
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Congrats on your new Rainsong Vintage. If I had to reduce to a single guitar, my V-DR1100N2 would be the last guitar standing...
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I like the guitar. Also like the floor. Nice taste.
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Congrats on your RS ! Looks like it's being compared to some pretty top end guitars in your signature, so that says a lot for it. Enjoy!
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Congrats! They are just a different animal these carbon fiber guitars. I've yet to play a RainSong dread but I've played a parlor, a jumbo and owned an OM. I agree about the top end but that is kind of inherent with CF, at least in my opinion. FWIW, Martin Retros really seemed to mellow out the RainSong I had. A cheap experiment anyway.
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I love my Rainsong. I never thought I’d be a CF guitar guy. But it has brought me much joy.
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Congrats Boozehound! You picked an excellent instrument to begin your CF journey - I’ve got the big brother to this one, the Nashville jumbo and I love it.
For my flesh only fingerstyle that I play 99% of the time, CF guitars to my ear are less likely to have a metallic sounding high end than any 14 fret wood guitar I’ve ever played. Al Petteway used his signature OM RainSong on some tracks of one of his fingerstyle albums and no one has nailed which tracks were the RainSong versus his other high end wood guitars. I’ve strummed my RainSong once and I did think it was a brighter sounding guitar for that purpose.
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Congrats! I had considered one of these but really wanted a cutaway. Enjoy!!
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Thanks! It's the 50 year old original floors in my house, still with plenty of life left.
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Nice Rainsong! Congrats!
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Agree on trying retros. I felt my Shorty was a little too high-end-focused until I put on a set of retros. Immediately I noticed that the tone was more balanced across the range, although perhaps a bit more subdued. A side benefit is that I've had the strings on it for six months with little or no perceptible change - something I can't usually duplicate even with much more expensive coated strings.
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Nice guitar!!!!
I agree with the Retros. Here's a video I did comparing my favorite wood guitar with 2 virtually identical Rainsongs...one with Elixir PB, the other with Retros that were about a week old. Never thought I'd switch from Elixirs, but to me there was no contest. https://youtu.be/d623sSdJqFU Enjoy the new guitar!!! Rick |
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+1 on the Retro’s for Rainsong. I used them on both my Shorty(OM) and WS1000 after reading about them here. Was the perfect string for them.
Congrats on the new guitar, looks great.
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One more +1 for Retros on my Rainsong CH-OM
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