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First, sorry about your mom, but glad she lived a good life! I have a couple of electric guitars with a Piezo, and while I like them for when I am doing a gig with my band to be able to fill in parts that more acoustic in nature, when I am playing purely an acoustic gig, I prefer to have an acoustic. I had a PRS Hollow Body II with a Piezo, and it was lovely, so I'm sure you'll enjoy having yours. Enjoy!
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As for the length of your post, it was just fine because all of it provided important and insightful details for anyone considering these instruments, which are a sizable investment. Tony
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I played the McPherson Kevan Michael (predecessor to the Sable) and a Touring a few years ago and thought the K.M. was the nicest sounding amongst the five carbon fibre guitars I'd played. I like the H-DR/T I got two months ago a lot and it stopped my speculation about an X30. . Last edited by casualmusic; 07-04-2020 at 08:24 AM. |
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I sent my X30 back to Emerald for the exact same reason, with the issue exactly at the same frequencies. Emerald slighly modified the relief, changed the saddle for a bone one and told me everything was fine... but of course same problem when I got the guitar back. I thought I was the problem or I was too picky, but I couldn’t bond with the X30 and sold it. I now have a Sable which is more to my taste. The only negative is its weight... and a bad smell 😄 |
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Regarding the smell I believe he might be referring to smell from the case that of course gets into the guitar. The smell will go away if you keep the guitar out of the case (which I do). Call me crazy though cause whatever smell that was I actually liked it and miss it. |
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Godin Metropolis Cedar Top (D'addario Nickel Bronze Bluegrass Gauge): 73 dB Emerald X30 (Santa Cruz parabolic medium tension phosphor bronze): 72 dB Emerald X20 (Ernie Ball aluminum bronze medium): 71 dB McPherson Sable (Santa Cruz parabolic medium tension phosphor bronze): 72 dB Gibson Songwriter Deluxe (Santa Cruz parabolic medium tension phosphor bronze): 74 dB Yamaha LL-TA transacoustic (John Pearse pure nickel mediums): 75 dB Take all that with a grain of salt. If anyone asked me what my loudest guitar is I would answer the Gibson Songwriter and it probably would be if it had the same nickel strings as the Yamaha. I generally find any nickel acoustic guitar string to produce a little more volume than phosphor bronze. Saddle material is another factor that would add some differences as well and I never mentioned which guitar has which type of saddle. All of these guitars have plenty of volume and I personally don't buy a guitar based on the volume it produces. |
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This is getting interesting. You folks are discussing stuff that I never even considered when I bought my Sable. It plays nicely, sounds good, looks good, and doesn't have to be pampered, and it was here available locally. That was it for me.
Of course, the sales people at my local Guitar Center were willing to deal, so I got a nice price which didn't hurt either. I don't know how the COVID-19 world looks in that regard, especially since there don't seem to be any Sables around here for sale lately. Tony
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Regarding the Sable smell, it’s not coming from the case but from the guitar itself. Probably due to the type of glue McPherson is using. But it was more of a recurring joke to say that it’s difficult to find negatives with this guitar
The guitar is heavy, it feels dense, but we’re only talking about a few hundred grams extra. |
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My Sable was my first CF acoustic and I played it a bunch, but I got tired of the thin unplugged sound. The X30, to me, blows the Sable away on sound, and I'm always puzzled when people sing the Sable's acoustic praises. It's fine, but it sounds like the thin/small-bodied guitar it is.
The X30 is bulky though, despite how well it fits, and you'll end up using a nimbler guitar for having around the house. The X30 is my go-to tank for performing. I have a funky Cole Clark I play around the house. My Sable lives in the closet.
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It's really about your style of play. For what I play (with fingers, short nails and an occasional thumbpick), smaller bodied guitars with 12 frets sound about as sweet as I can get- specially with the right strings. I played a RainSong Jumbo once and it was about what I expected- loud but lacking in sweetness and balance. I would love to try an X30 but more out of curiosity. I know I could never live with a guitar that large, and I'm not a small guy. |
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