Would you pay £850 for a Sigma acoustic

rlw · March 2021

And to all the people here slagging off far eastern producers and saying the products are too expensive, just take a look at that mobile phone in your pocket.............a classic case of being ripped off if ever there was one but no-one seems to care.

Jalapeno · March 2021

benjyt123 said:
Long story short, I personally wouldn't drop 850 quid on a sigma, there's better options out there for that budget, imo.

This.

I had one in the Martin era and the neck warped (yes you read that right, not bowed, warped !)

Andy79 · March 2021

Jalapeno said:

benjyt123 said:
Long story short, I personally wouldn't drop 850 quid on a sigma, there's better options out there for that budget, imo.
This.

I had one in the Martin era and the neck warped (yes you read that right, not bowed, warped !)

Oh come on, that’s hardly a fair comparison. Martin era? 1970s?!

earwighoney · March 2021

Jalapeno said:

benjyt123 said:
Long story short, I personally wouldn't drop 850 quid on a sigma, there's better options out there for that budget, imo.
This.

I had one in the Martin era and the neck warped (yes you read that right, not bowed, warped !)

Totally different factories and countries.

The name is the same but everything else is different.

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I own an all solid Recording King 0 sized 12 fret guitar, which I bought on sale at Thomann, the full price would have been £350 I think, and I think my guitar is good guitar for that kind of money. My RK is a bit of an odd guitar in some ways, where there are some excellent things about it; the nut is really well cut, the neck profile is superb, but some of the finishing seems rushed as is the bracework which doesn't look very tidy in places.

From what I have gathered, I think the Recording Kings are built in the same factory as the new Sigmas.

Sigma have a few very interesting custom guitars, that are on the pricier sound of things, including long scale 12 fret 00-18's, 000-18's, a OM-28V and more (all with Adirondack spruce soundboards).

The latter in particular is quite an interesting guitar, I don't know any other true OM-28V currently made with a V neck and Adirondack soundboard sold around the £1k mark.

This is another interesting model, a 14 Fret 00, even though it has laminate back and sides, 14 fret spruce/RW guitars are incredibly thin on the ground.

Image: https://www.sigma-customguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/00R-40-f.jpg

I've blind bought acoustic guitars before but having held a number of acoustic guitars from the Sigma/RK factory in my hands before I'd be reluctant to buy one without having a look at it before so, especially considering there is an all solid RK with Adirondack/Rosewood for over £600, which is the most I'd pay for such a guitar, as I think any more and it's going into Furch territory which'd be my preferred choice.

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