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Irish Acoustics - Suitable for blues/rock or a one trick pony?

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  • SmellyfingersSmellyfingers Frets: 842
    Also generally I think you are going to get a better value per £ with British acoustics than American, because of customs, currency differences, transportation etc.

    Also with some builders like Avalon you can go direct- cutting 34% retail mark up.
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11438
    also worth looking at woods
    standard recommendation for flatpick/strumming used to be rosewood and spruce
    stiffer spruces can really make a lot of sound when driven with a plectrum - adirondack was the most popular in the past, it is harder to drive this with fingerstyle playing
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  • jaymenonjaymenon Frets: 761
    Raise the action at the saddle and increase the arc relief - and most acoustics will them tolerate heavy strumming. It’s when the strings crash into the frets that you get loss of ‘head room’ so to speak.

    going up to 13s helps too
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11438
    cedar tops are not recommended for strumming hard
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  • TheOtherDennisTheOtherDennis Frets: 2010
    Check out some of Richard Thompson's acoustic work. He's played a Lowden for decades. I saw him live at an outdoor venue with him on his own playing his Lowden and he did everything with it - picking, delicate, giving it welly, his usual works, for over 90 minutes in all.

    It sounded fabulous.

    Granted it's Richard Thompson, so we're not talking just anyone here, but I genuinely believe that if he can give it some hammer and the guitar still sounds fine, I see no reason why other people can't.

    I have an Avalon L2-20 that sounds great when I strum it, so it's not just Richard Thompson, or a Lowden.

    All I can suggest is you get some in your hands, see how they sound to you and ignore everyone else - they're your fingers and your ears, only you can satisfy them.
    If you must have sex with a frog, wear a condom. If you want the frog to have fun, rib it.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    I’ve always loved Richard Thompson’s playing but never liked his sound, either acoustic or electric. I find his Strat tone actually hard to listen to.

    "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

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  • rogdrogd Frets: 1430
    Surely it depends on who is playing any instrument.
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