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[hotroad]

What will I do with $3000.00 gifted me by a grateful fan. Yes, its quite the tip! I want to put it into a guitar for solo performance which is what I do. It has to be a guitar with few overtones, very high in clarity of strings when flatpicked and responsive to soft or harder picking. A Gibson J-45 comes to mind. What else? Oh, I play oldies, cover tunes and acoustic originals with vocals. I also play plugged in all the time so it has to be responsive to that. This will be a performance guitar.

[baw3]

I notice you dont have a Furch in your signature. Might want to check one of those out. The all solid ones start with the Blue series. Great guitars.

[Wade Hampton]

Quite the fun problem to have!

I’d suggest that you look for a Martin 000-28 or OM-28. Very versatile guitars, both of them.


whm

[Silly Moustache]

Originally Posted by hotroad

What will I do with $3000.00 gifted me by a grateful fan. Yes, its quite the tip! I want to put it into a guitar for solo performance which is what I do. It has to be a guitar with few overtones, very high in clarity of strings when flatpicked and responsive to soft or harder picking. A Gibson J-45 comes to mind. What else? Oh, I play oldies, cover tunes and acoustic originals with vocals. I also play plugged in all the time so it has to be responsive to that. This will be a performance guitar.

As you seem to have a fair number of acoustics, but you say you always play plugged in, might I suggest an Eastman AR series archtop but with a floating p/up.

I once had an AR805e which had a full some acoustic sound, but played very nicely with the floating Kent Armstrong.

I now have an AR805 without electrics , which is more my style, but the Eastman archtops are superb instruments, and the pickups are now "Lollar" on the AR905CE /AR910ce etc. They also make versions with screwed on pickups, but then they aren't really acoustics any more.

Just a thought.

[Deft Tungsman]

Martin 000-17 Whiskey Sunset or Black Smoke. I played one the other day and found it to be an excellent guitar for the kind of material you describe. Very lightweight, very dynamic, nice note separation for fingerstyle, with a timbre that is both woody and clear.

[rstaight]

You are looking for performance guitar. Check into Takamine. They have some very nice electronics. And you will probably have enough left over for some other goodies.

[Lkristians]

Taylor 314ce. Versatile, playable and you'll have $ left over to buy a nice amp.

[egordon99]

This thread has some good ideas:

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=618224

[jaymarsch]

Gibson or a used Collings.
Best,
Jayne

[hotroad]

OP here,,,thanks for all these ideas. I will be looking into them and pull the trigger on one. I should take a trip to Seattle and play guitars. Where I live there are no Gibsons, Martins, Taylors, etc.

[Shadowfox]

Originally Posted by baw3

I notice you dont have a Furch in your signature. Might want to check one of those out. The all solid ones start with the Blue series. Great guitars.

When you said this, I immediately thought of Furch as well. A nice sitka/hog would be a solid option.

Furch makes incredible RS Dreads.

Like this would be insanely good value: https://reverb.com/item/36629202-fur...orrified-sitka

[turfguy]

In my experience, it’s tough to beat a good J45!

[Br1ck]

Add some money and get a 40s-50s LG2.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by hotroad

OP here,,,thanks for all these ideas. I will be looking into them and pull the trigger on one. I should take a trip to Seattle and play guitars. Where I live there are no Gibsons, Martins, Taylors, etc.

Sounds like a great road trip. Guessing that if you try a J45 and like it that's the one you'll choose (since that's the one you mentioned).

[Mbroady]

I would assume your Cole Clark comes with their proprietary pick up. Does it not sound good to you.

For a solo performer a D-35 with an LR Baggs Anthem (SL) would be my choice.
This guitar Covers a lot of sonic real Estate without being overly overtone-ish.
In the states You can probably get a new one with the pick-up for close to $3000 if you shop around
Maybe in your neck of the woods a used one might be the ticket.

But if Overtones are a major concern then a D-18 would do nicely.
Some mentioned Furch. Great guitars but they tend to have some overtones goin on.

Good luck on the search.