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SpiderSpider Frets: 130
edited August 2013 in Acoustics
Hey, a new Acoustic forum. GO

Do I win anything?
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143
    Spider said:
    Hey, a new Acoustic forum. GO

    Do I win anything?

    You win ....

     

     

    .... nothing :D

     

    (but you were very quick!!)

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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862

    woohoo

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • SpiderSpider Frets: 130
    So I win nothing (no surprise there).

    So, to start things off, Cutaway or no cutaway? Is it just how it looks.
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862

    My 1st teacher had a custom made acoustic with a cutaway and he was convinced it did make a difference. However, I don't think it's a good or bad thing, just makes it sound different.

    re aesthetics most cutaways look pretty good, except dreads, that look stupid with a cutaway. 

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • Spider said:
    So I win nothing (no surprise there).

    So, to start things off, Cutaway or no cutaway? Is it just how it looks.

    If its small bodied and made by Taylor, a cutaway is fine. If its a dreadnought made by anyone, a cutaway is punishable by firing squad.
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  • DiscoStuDiscoStu Frets: 5261
    I love a cutaway.
    My first acoustic was a full dreadnought and I struggled with the high notes on it.
    I've had two cutaways since and wouldn't go back.
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  • SpiderSpider Frets: 130
    I like the look of a cutaway although most seem to come with some sort of PU / electronics fitted, is it only people who plug in who need a cutaway?
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  • BranshenBranshen Frets: 1221
    It's probably because it's marketed as a "feature" nowadays, so if you spend more, you get electronics PLUS a cutaway.

    Of course there are still some sensible electro acoustic dreads with no cutaway.
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  • DiscoStuDiscoStu Frets: 5261
    Spider said:
    I like the look of a cutaway although most seem to come with some sort of PU / electronics fitted, is it only people who plug in who need a cutaway?
    Nope. My Stonebridge cutaway is a pure acoustic.

    I did however fit an LR Baggs soundhole pickup! ;)
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    Spider said:
    I like the look of a cutaway although most seem to come with some sort of PU / electronics fitted, is it only people who plug in who need a cutaway?
    Almost all do. I find this very annoying... I dislike most onboard electrics - I much prefer to add my own as necessary, as DiscoStu said.

    I once enquired about getting a 'custom' Taylor - a cutaway model exactly the same as one they do as standard but without the electrics - but was quoted more than the price for the 'normal' electric model. I thought this was taking the piss - I know about production lines and all that stuff, but all they had to do was *not* fit £200-worth of electronics...

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • ArchtopDaveArchtopDave Frets: 1230
    This could be good timing. I'm off to Mark Bailey's next week-end to start making an OM Acoustic. I'll start a Thread when I get home again on the build.
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    will look forwards to that Dave

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  • EvilmagsEvilmags Frets: 5158
    Cutaways are a matter of playing style really. Pretty essential for jazzers and people who like acoustic lead playing. Only my 12 string lacks one, and it is my least played guitar buy a mile. They do need a thin waist to look alright. And I doubt I'd choose a dreadnaught for up and down the neck stuff as they are too boomy
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