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Just picked up a Guild Junior Jumbo that I like a lot. Have both the four and six string versions.
Both nice guitars.
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…the Santa Cruz F is another small jumbo….
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I’ve heard it often and played it a couple of times…that guitar is “killer”!
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Dowina's GA shape is basically a small jumbo and it should exist in their maple-backed top of the line Acero series. They make pretty dawn good instruments too.
EDIT: and I meant pretty d•••n good ) |
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https://guildguitars.com/g/f-55e-maple-in-natural/
As someone pointed out, also look for used Westerly made models, F50 blond or JF-30.
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John Walker Ruby River
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Check out an old Westerly-built (USA) Guild F-40 - their answer to the Gibson J-185, and highly underrated...
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Of the Taylor line, the 618e is probably what the OP is looking for. It's a Grand Orchestra Maple back and sides and at 16 and 3/4" across, it's a big guitar
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Yeah, I've got a Taylor 614, but it has a long scale length. It is a great neck, but I want a short scale, 1-3/4 Nut. My Collings SJ looks and sounds beautiful, but it's got a fatter, long scale neck with 1-11/16 nut. So far, the J-185 is the only guitar I've seen with European maple back and sides, short scale, 1.72 inch nut width. The new ones are pretty pricey for a factory made guitar, and I'm not wild about the aesthetics.
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I believe the Guilds come with a 1-11/16 nut width, long scale. I like that 1-3/4" nut, short scale. I tried an F-47 recently.
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Allow me to plug Dowina once more: they do custom builds, and you'll probably get European maple AND spruce (Dolomites). No idea about delays or the reality of ordering from the US but you could contact them (they're pretty [re]active on Instagram).
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Regarding the Iris AB, if you limit yourself to used ones, you may not be able to find one with the specs you are looking for. The standard scale length for Iris guitars is 25", with a nut width of 1-11/16". You can get a 1-3/4” nut width without an upcharge, and I believe you could get a shorter scale length, but there might be an upcharge for that. If you order one, you can get exactly what you want (and I highly recommend the Adi top upgrade and the “crackle-gloss” finish, which I don’t see on their website, but I know they offer). |
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Maple Jumbo
Larrivee L body, Flamed Maple/Sitka Spruce Great guitar ! 16” lower bout, 25.5” scale length.
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Scale length?
Great discussion. The discussion about lower-bout size is interesting, but perhaps more on scale length is in order?
Jumbo sj-200 scale length seems to be 25.5 inches and these smaller jumbo j-185 and others seem to be 24.75 inches. |
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