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All but one, not counting my metal body resonators and a few cheap ukes.
I’m primarily a bass player and replaced my pair of Tacoma Thunderchief 5s with one of the first Emerald Balor 5s made. All I have left in wood is something that really doesn’t have a good CF replacement, my Taylor GS Mini Bass. If someone came up with a five string CF equivalent, I’d be interested.
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Ken Emerald Balor 5 string, Taylor GS-Mini Bass, RainSong SGA-FLE, WS1000 Classic N1 and WS3000 N1, Republic Resolian Style 804, Royall Teardrop Tenor Reso A few electrics, a bunch of basses Wandering the continent - CA > IL > NH > TX (for good, hopefully) |
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I am trying to consolidate for similar reasons - travel via (smaller) vehicle to Baja for winters.
I fret (no pun intended) over bringing a wood guitar along, humidity swings can be huge. I am thinking a CF OM would replace my Emerald X20, Taylor GC, Taylor GS Mini, and Martin dread. And be the right call for my needs, at least for a few years. The Gibson dread is almost new to me, but has great sentimental value, so it will stay but likely never travel. Two guitars? Perfect - at least for a traveller who needs to pack light!
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2016 Blackbird Lucky 13 2015 Gibson J-15 Have had a few Martins, Taylors, and other wood guitars. They all sounded better when played by others... |
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I'm adding one carbon fiber guitar to my stable. I would like to have a worry free guitar for festivals, outdoor, and traveling. My wooden guitars are all terrific sounding. Not sure how the used RainSong I ordered will hold up tonally. It seems that carbon fiber is still variable in terms of tone. But, it's hard to find any RainSong dreadnoughts locally to try before I buy. I ordered a H-DR1100N2 with K&K pre installed.
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I did not sell my wood guitars but they have not left their cases for many years.
Edit: Hang on, does my resonator count as wood? I play it quite often but it has more brass than wood.
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Emerald X30 Emerald X20 Nylon Emerald X7 Nylon Rainsong Smokey SMH Outdoor Guitalele Taylor 522e 12-fret ✝ Gitane DG-560 nylon ✝ Alhambra 3C CW Eastman AR910CE Recording King RM-991 tricone resonator Recording King RK-G25 6-string banjo Thomann Irish Bouzouki M1089 |
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I could see doing so with my X20 as my main guitar.
It is the first CF guitar I've had where I could say that. |
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The facts that it looks and sounds great, and is a joy to play just add to the pleasure of owning it. The only other acoustic I’ve considered since is another X20. I’ve owned my Martin for nearly 40 years now, and it’s going nowhere, but, sad to say, it very rarely gets played these days. My electrics are all wood - but if I could justify the eye-popping cost of an Emerald Kestrel, I’d strongly consider going CF for that side of the collection as well.
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Martin 0-16NY Emerald Amicus Emerald X20 Cordoba Stage Some of my tunes: https://youtube.com/user/eatswodo |
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It all started with a Cargo, which took the place of a GS Mini. The 00-15M, which I did like a lot, was safely in the case all of the time, so off she went and an X7 came in. I still look kinda longingly at the Taylor 12-frets but just can't quite get over the ease of owning carbon (and hanging them guiltlessly on the wall).
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Can you offer a sound comparison of the CF guitar to the 40+ year old Martin?
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Carbon only
I just sold my last wood guitar and I am going carbon only. I agree with those saying they enjoy the ease of maintenance and leaving the guitars out of the case or hanging them on the wall. I found here in Colorado my wood guitars always stayed in their cases with humidifiers. I rarely played them. My carbon guitar stays out and it gets played every day.
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First, the Emerald: And then, the Martin: Different guitars, different sounds, different feels. Neither is ‘better’ - if I had to leave the house in a hurry, I’d grab the Martin, because it’s pretty much irreplaceable, but the Emerald gets all the playing time.
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The Blonde and I were talking about guitars today, and she asked, "When was the last time you had your 814 out of the case?" I couldn't say for sure.
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She actually knows what it’s called? What a cool wife! [emoji23]
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The other would grab my 2001 Rickenbacker 650D, equally irreplaceable.
Just trying to keep it acoustic - Emerald can easily make me another X20
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Martin 0-16NY Emerald Amicus Emerald X20 Cordoba Stage Some of my tunes: https://youtube.com/user/eatswodo |
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A couple of the guitars in our house are technically hers. When I have felt I couldn't cost justify a particular purchase, she has said, "That one will be mine... but, you can play it." No, she doesn't play.
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