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I actually rather like the sound of Martin's HPL guitars with solid tops. I suspect the dense surface of the HPL reflects sound much in the way that the old pressed arch back Guild design did.
The HPL topped guitars... These do not sound good to me.
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Since that time, I have come across an occasional GC that has one RainSong in stock - most that I have visited have had... none. Puzzling? Not my experience. And, I am not a Guitar Center hater... just found that when I was first looking, only one store I was in had one; and they didn't know much about it. Now, years later... not much has changed. |
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I'm pretty sure Guitar Center is still a Rainsong dealer, but not every store stocks everything the corporation deals. So it's not unusual to find a store with one, and it's not unusual to find a store without one. The GC website lists Rainsong guitars as inventory.
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Guitar Center sometimes has used RainSongs in their inventory. I picked up two of them that way.
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In my own limited experience, when I was shopping for a gig guitar, I played several all-HPLs and strongly disliked the acoustic sound. It may have made little difference as far as amplified sound in bars and the like, but I'd still have to listen to that much of the time while practicing. In my opinion HPLs are a decent value play, depending on how you plan to use them. Even a "merely good" composite sounds better IMO. |
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It's a self-fulfilling prophesy for many stores. They don't sell them often, so they don't stock them, so they don't sell them often.
I run into so many players that have never seen a CF guitar before one of mine, and they tend to be impressed when they get to try one. Just this weekend a guitar buddy came over. He has owned a nearly identical WS-1000 with the original neck for years, and left with a very favorable opinion of my X20 and X30. The last text from him was, "Had a great time, now working on the spousal unit for permission to get one". |
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Interesting to take the blind test linked by the OP.
I was annoyed that the recordings seemed to have a lot of reverb which seemed to mask the timbre differences. I preferred the wood guitar for the strum and finger-picking, but liked the CF best for the "riff" segment. I placed the all HPL bodied guitar a definitely last for finger-picking and also last for the riff, but especially in the strumming I thought it held up well (things that often are read as "great tone." like sustain and overtones often work against the needs of many strummed parts). I wish the Martin all HPL OOO and OO guitars were cheaper, as I'd really like one to keep out in my "Studio B" office for quick acoustic parts. In a mix, and particularly with strumming parts I'd think one of them would do well.
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My listening aligned with Frank's - I could tell which was which on each test, and preferred the Stonebridge on the first two, the RainSong on the 3rd. In reality, they all sounded like... guitars. All decent, none was a clunker.
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