What is your FAVORITE acoustic guitar that you own, and why?

[UncleJesse]

Right now it's this Iris DF. So good!

[UncleJesse]

Originally Posted by Mbroady

Noooooooo. Don’t make me choose...noooooooo
For Today it is my Boucher BG-52. It’s my First new Adi Topped guitar.
Spent 3 weeks on a tonerite (results for another tread) and it just does everything great.

Yesterday it was my Furch D32LM
The day before that it was my Stonebridge OM33 SR
Last week it was the MJ Franks OM
Tomorrow it will be ...TBD

I saw one of those for sale recently (Boucher BG52) and it looked great. I bet it's a hoss!

[Silly Moustache]

C'est une tâche impossible. Ce sont tous mes enfants

[Birchtop]

I must say, lots of nice guitars here!

My Martin D-35 is my favorite. Why? It’s just an amazing guitar. It feels, plays and sounds great, and I can’t really ever see myself being without it. Others may come and go, but this one will always be with me.

[jschmitz54]

A person could get relative deprivation looking at the guitars pictured on this thread.
Three of my four guitars are in Minnesota while we winter in Arizona. I only brought one guitar so I’ve been playing it exclusively since October. I’m looking forward to returning home in the spring and getting reacquainted with the others.
For now I have to go with the one I brought and that’s a Martin OM-15 Custom.

[Brucebubs]

I've said it before but I'll say it again, I wish this forum had a 'Like' button!

[brencat]

I'm blessed to own some really nice guitars. All are great, but gun to my head I choose my 2011 Santa Cruz 1934D.

Old growth Adi over Old Growth Mahogany, 1 3/4 nut, the best neck carve of all time, beautiful bell like trebles, and produces full, thick notes no matter if playing at 30% volume or 100% all out.

The best part is the size... it's a dread, but only 3.5" deep at the neck and 4.5" deep at the tail. That's 3/8" shallower than a typical Martin/Collings/H&D dread, making it super comfortable in the lap.

[jt1]

This one. I'm the second owner. The first owner was a young American soldier who bought the guitar in NYC in late 1943 and took the guitar to the European battlefront during WWII.

[hubcapsc]

Originally Posted by fingerstile

I own a SCGC Tony Rice and a Beard MA-6 reso. I think it’s fair to say that both models are pretty much universally respected. As good as they are (and they are great indeed), the best I own is my McIlroy A25c. It’s just a magical instrument. It has a unique sound, it feels great to hold, craftsmanship is terrific, and it looks beautiful. What more could you want?

It could print money ...

-Mike

[brencat]

Originally Posted by jt1

This one. I'm the second owner. The first owner was a young American soldier who bought the guitar in NYC in late 1943 and took the guitar to the European battlefront during WWII.

John, incredible guitar there and a wonderful story. Really nice video too. I have your book...Kalamazoo Gals. Thanks for everything.

[jt1]

Originally Posted by brencat

John, incredible guitar there and a wonderful story. Really nice video too. I have your book...Kalamazoo Gals. Thanks for everything.

Thank you. I'm humbled by every single purchase of my book.
I've loaned that guitar to Emily Saliers (of the Indigo Girls).
The folks at Guitar magazine did a great job in producing the video, didn't they? They recorded that one in London. A month or two earlier, the same production team recorded me interviewing the last surviving Gal (turning 99 in a couple of days!) in the original Gibson factory:

[Rudy4]

This is a super-fun thread... keep 'em coming!

[TiffanyGuitar]

May not be quite as beautiful as others in this post, but my main squeeze the Baxendale Sovereign. This old lady can hang with the best of them.

[FingahPickah]

My favorite is which ever one I'm playing... Each has it's own tone and character that suits my musical mood. The list below are the keepers collected over the past 45+ years. I've sold several (and gifted a few) other instruments that I didn't bond with.

Tonight it was my Guild D44M (my oldest soul-mate). Earlier today it was definitely my 12 Fret Larrivee 000-40 (one of my most recent acquisitions).
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1973 Guild D44M
1987 Guild JF65-12
2000 Martin D-40
2011 Breedlove OM-SReH
2013? La Patrie Etude Classical
2017 Taylor 324e
2019 Eastman AC108CE-LTD
2020 Eastman E2OM-CD
2019 Larrivee 000-40
2019 Yamaha FS800T (Converted to Mandocello)
1982 Madeira M-10 Mandolin
2013? Eastman MD305 Mandolin
2020 Eastman MD314 Mandolin
2011? Weber Aspen Celtic Mandolin
1980 Flatiron 2M Mandola
1995? Trinity College Octave Mandolin
19XX? Greek Bouzouki
2014? Deering 17 Fret Irish Tenor Banjo
2008 American Standard Telecaster – Ash Body/Rosewood Fretboard
2011? GFS Tele Thin-line w/P90s (Fender licensed maple neck)

[Brucebubs]

Originally Posted by TiffanyGuitar

May not be quite as beautiful as others in this post, but my main squeeze the Baxendale Sovereign. This old lady can hang with the best of them.

Looks fantastic to me, I'd love to try one out some day.