Why I can't find my guitar?

[baraka]

Hi folks, I hope you help me.
I just want a 14 fret Nylon string Crossover, Cedar top and cutway. That's all.
Almost every crossover are spruce top, or don't have cutaway.
I bought a chinesse Breedlove, it looks beautiful, but it doesn't sound, it doesn't project the sound at all.
I'm looking for something under 1500 Usd.

Thanks

[Villamarzia]

Takamine P3FCN or Takamine Thinline TSP148NC NS ?

[lar]

this may help:

http://cordobamusicgroup.com/datasha...nsert_2017.pdf

[Ceabeceabe]

The Alvarez AC65HC

[Turp]

Originally Posted by baraka

Almost every crossover are spruce top.....

I was curious about this a little because Takamine offers a crossover, TC135SC, that seems to be a variation of a classical they build, the TC132SC. The crossover has 14 frets and a spruce top. It is does not sound like a traditional classical. I think the use of spruce is to give the guitar more headroom if strummed.

I wanted a cedar top as well, but am very much okay with the spruce since it likely offers a little brighter tone.

[Howard Emerson]

Originally Posted by baraka

Hi folks, I hope you help me.
I just want a 14 fret Nylon string Crossover, Cedar top and cutway. That's all.
Almost every crossover are spruce top, or don't have cutaway.
I bought a chinesse Breedlove, it looks beautiful, but it doesn't sound, it doesn't project the sound at all.
I'm looking for something under 1500 Usd.

Thanks

Go to Reverb and search Takamine NP-65. Less than half of what you’re willing to spend.

HE

[baraka]

Originally Posted by Villamarzia

Takamine P3FCN or Takamine Thinline TSP148NC NS ?

P3FCN!!! thanks. I knew some Takamine were missing. The thin line has a lacks bass for me I don't get use to it.

[baraka]

Originally Posted by Turp

I was curious about this a little because Takamine offers a crossover, TC135SC, that seems to be a variation of a classical they build, the TC132SC. The crossover has 14 frets and a spruce top. It is does not sound like a traditional classical. I think the use of spruce is to give the guitar more headroom if strummed.

I wanted a cedar top as well, but am very much okay with the spruce since it likely offers a little brighter tone.

How I wish the TC132 comes with cedar top. I have the idea -maybe wrong- that the spruce, and its brightness, doesn't help to get rid of the quacky sound of the piezos in nylon string guitar.

[DownUpDave]

Originally Posted by baraka

How I wish the TC132 comes with cedar top. I have the idea -maybe wrong- that the spruce, and its brightness, doesn't help to get rid of the quacky sound of the piezos in nylon string guitar.

A spruce top does not add to the quacky sound of a piezo pick up. That is the nature of a piezo pick up regardless of the instrument. If you are playing plugged in you can EQ how you want the instrument to sound. A warm spruce and a bright cedar are easily achieved. Amplification is the great equalizer when it comes to tone.

[baraka]

Originally Posted by DownUpDave

A spruce top does not add to the quacky sound of a piezo pick up. That is the nature of a piezo pick up regardless of the instrument. If you are playing plugged in you can EQ how you want the instrument to sound. A warm spruce and a bright cedar are easily achieved. Amplification is the great equalizer when it comes to tone.

Thanks, maybe its a prejudice, I never own a spruce one. (to say the truth I can't stand some yellow colors of some spruce
And, I can't survive without my EQ!!!!

[Turp]

Originally Posted by baraka

How I wish the TC132 comes with cedar top. I have the idea -maybe wrong- that the spruce, and its brightness, doesn't help to get rid of the quacky sound of the piezos in nylon string guitar.

The TC132SC is a classical based build with a cedar top; it but has 2" neck.

The TC135SC is the crossover version with a spruce top and 1 7/8" neck.

I agree with Dave about top wood and piezo. The tone of the piezo has little to do with pickup tone. A microphone is more likely to reproduce top wood nuances.

The preamp and transducer type and placement will have more affect on plugged tone than tonewoods.

I guess a way to see this is like food seasonings. With acoustic tone - the tonewoods and build characteristics are the seasoning that affects perceived tone. Plugged in tone- the transducer type, placement, body construction, preamp, signal chain, and PA all "season" the perceived plugged in tone.

[ScottKilpatrick]

Yamaha NTX900 or 1200??

[Dr O’Fluf]

Cort CEC-1 has a cedar top