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But, with guitars as in much of life, my policy is "to each their own". |
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Trends come and go.
We have millions of choices. Play what you like, and heck with the rest. |
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I have a healthy dislike for Cutaway guitars. Does anyone actually use the feature ?
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I know people who feel that a guitar should only have 5 frets as they never venture up more than that. Same perspective as you've suggested here. |
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Agreed. I find it invaluable for what I play and the way I play. Not having a cutaway is a negative to me - not that it would eliminate a guitar from purchase, but it would make me have to want it more. Additionally I haven't really noticed the trend mentioned by OP, but I have been told I am fairly non-trendy. However, this was by my teen-aged daughters so I'm not sure it's a valid observation.
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I bought my 000C-16GTE when cutaways were all the rage back in 2000 or so. I was playing electric in a church band but I was also doing a bunch of solo acoustic stuff so a good acoustic was in order. The Martin fit my hand and played well, and had the electrics I needed. The fact that it was a cutaway was secondary, but since everyone was doing it, it seemed the thing to do.
Looking back, I would've been better long term with a straight up 000-16, and I'm thinking of trading mine for one, but being a lead electric player, I do go up the neck far enough to take advantage of the cutaway. They're just not cool anymore.. |
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There is a lot of music that I've played that suggested a capo at various frets. Without a cutaway much of it would be difficult to play.
There's no rule that you have to use a capo in the position noted in the notation, but most of the time the tune sounded best that way.
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They're just not cool anymore..[/QUOTE]
That's what I was thinking.
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Not to mention almost every Taylor guitar.
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I do sometimes
Solo in Bohemian Rhapsody up to 19 fret
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I agree. I'm not a fan of cutaways although I definitely see the need for those who play up the neck. I really don't see them going away...
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I've become very attracted to the Bourgeois Soloist model. The minimal cutaway on that is beautiful, to me.
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Like most things, supply and demand.
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For what it’s worth - Just for fun, I did a quick search on Guitar Center acoustics and only looked at the first 60 guitars displayed in the following ranges. For $2000 - $3000 price range, 63% (38 of the first 60) guitars displayed were cutaways.For $1500 - $2000, 60% (36 of the first 60) displayed were cutaways. Then $1000 - $1500 and 45% (27 of the first 60) displayed were cutaways. Then $750 - $1000 and it was 53% (32 of first 60) displayed as cutaways.
Not sure if cutaways are fading away, but in terms of big-box marketing it would seem Guitar Center is still marketing cutaways at least equally with non-cutaways and maybe a little heavier in the upper price range. |