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Here is an original Composite Acoustics Cargo that sold on eBay in recent days for $X,XXX: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT Another for $X,XXX: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT And one for $X,XXX with 16 bids: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...T#ht_650wt_922 Last edited by rlouie; 12-16-2010 at 07:17 PM. |
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Amen
Amen. I wouldn't say my CAs are the best sounding guitars I've ever played, but I would say they are the best sounding guitars ON STAGE and IN PERFORMANCE that I've ever played.
And the CA owners I know, and there are a lot of them, are positively rabid about them. They take sooooo much stress out of taking guitars on the road. And that is the simple truth that I think that has been lost in this discussion. I have friends actively looking for them now. I just found located a CA dealer with a few left in stock new: GXi, Satin Blue finish, full size, with the offset soundhole. $XXXX X, thin body, full size, with black satin finish & gig bag. $XXXX GX Player, full size, black gloss finish. (Hard case I think) $XXXX 8MCE, full size deluxe glossy black with pearl rosette, LR Baggs I Beam pickup (hard case I think) $XXXX Sorry, no Cargos. If you're already one of my personal friends, check your email for details. I'll be glad to facilitate your purchase and shipment if need be. No charge. I'd just like to keep these in the ohana* if I can. OpenD *"ohana" is Hawai'ian for "extended family" Last edited by rlouie; 12-16-2010 at 07:18 PM. Reason: no price discussion rule, please read the rules |
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I'd call that a success story, wouldn't you? Last edited by rlouie; 12-16-2010 at 07:17 PM. |
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Just around to reading this thread. OpenD...very good argument for the CA's. I bought a Cargo back in 2007 I believe and played it outside in the Austin Texas heat all summer and was never dissappointed. It did require medium strings in the heat for sure. I figured if that little beast sounded that good the big brother must be a monster. I ended up buying Jim Cannon's Tobacco Sunburst 7iM CE and have never looked back. It performs flawlessly on stage and is a joy to play and listen to acoustically. (Not to mention he had some great pictures of it)
I love and appreciate a lot of the beautiful wooden guitars being built today but for a gigging musician the consistency of the CA is hard to beat IMHO. Whatever Peavey does to theirs is of no consequence to me. It's a great technology that I'm glad someone is picking up the torch on. Good luck to them and if they do 1/2 the job CA did I think I'd be happy with their product. |
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I have to admit that I'm very curious to what Peavey does with the CA brand. However, as with many other people, it probably doesn't affect me much as I already have a Vintage Performer (Vintage Legacy), an Xi and a Cargo, not to mention a RainSong JM3000 12-string.
In other words, I kind of doubt I'll be buying any more CAs (never say never, though). |
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Oh no my Cargo SUCKS !!
Actually, it's really great. No problems at all, I have checked it though regular baggage with only the gig bag and it comes through without a whimper. Sounds good, plays great.
I am mulling selling mine because have a used Voyager Air on the way. The Voyager will be great for planes, but nothing can beat the Cargo for long, hot car rides when you want to eat your Big Mac inside and leave the guitar in the boiling hot car. |
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reason I sold my CA GX Performer and bought a Taylor 816CE. ONE NO truss rod. the action was too high and for me to lower the action without having string buzz on lower frets I needed to be able to add just a tad more releif. OR I could have gone medium gauge strings which DID add releif. Unfortunately even witht he lights it played stiff. My Taylor with mediums plays like butter and a dream compared to the GX I had w/lights and also just blows the GX away for tone and plugged in woith a band worked better. Not fighting feedback issues now like I did before. I will never buy a CA as long as there is no adjustment for neck relief or ANY guitar for that matter. I want to adjust for MY preference not ME adjust to guitar.
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With that said... I played one at Artisan when they used to carry the line and I was impressed. I liked the way the neck felt and the sound was unique in a good way. I just haven't seen them around town. I'll use whatever the session leader provides or asks for and it's just never been a CA Last edited by ErikH; 12-14-2010 at 05:20 PM. |
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Plenty of artists playing CA's, at least as many who play Rainsongs anyhow....obviously they never are gonna reach all star status in a town where Martin, Gibson and Fender rule the day. (I live in the Nashville area too)
http://compositeacoustics.blogspot.com/
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Kind of reminds me of the disagreement between two men, one noting a brand of shoes he loves that only comes in one size, which happens to be his size, is just fine the way it is..the other...who wears a different size...noting they could do with some changes.
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...yeah. It's really all pretty funny, if you ask me. I''m waiting for the graphic of the person with their fingers plugging their ears, walking around going "la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la".....
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i wouldn't say it's a version of the backpacker. it's got to be at least 4x as wide and twice as deep. it's more a version of the baby taylor/little martin, but oh, it sounds sooooo much better.
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I own a CA Ox RAW model, no electronics, purchased it from Tarpman as a used guitar. There are a lot of good points in these posts so I thought I would add some as well. Having owned this guitar for a few months now I still like the way it sounds, trebles are little subdued, bass is huge, Martin like, midrange is ok. Guitar really excels as a finger style guitar, more so than a strummer. Action seems to be on medium side, that is ok with me, but I will note that it is a stiff playing instrument, a lot of this comes from the way it was constructed/molded as a one piece instrument, CA could have done much better job with fretwork (something a good tech can take care of). I have switched to custom lights and seems that fixed most of the stiffness issues I was having. It stays in tune and it can handle open tunings without major issues, I usually go from EADGBE to DADGAD to CGCGCE and no issues with the neck relief changing etc. Overall it is a good instrument but it isn't what I am after and what I expected from the instrument in its price range. Hope Peavey will improve the product line and have a much better QA department, time will tell the tale.
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