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  • malcolmkindnessmalcolmkindness Frets: 151
    thomasross20 said:
    Would love to try a McIlroy. 
    Lowden neck less chunky so easier to play than Avalon but Avalon sounds better imo. McIlroy in videos sounds great - wonder if they also have big C-shaped necks like Avalon?
    I have found McIlroy necks to be slimmer than Lowden, but as both brands are hand carved they vary. Both are too slim and narrow for me.
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    I should have said my preference is for both non-chunky (not C-shaped baseball neck) and wide (for fingerstyle). Love to try one. One day..
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  • TheOtherDennisTheOtherDennis Frets: 2010
    The two Avalons I've owned have had pretty slim necks, to me at least, especially the A200 I bought in 2005. I still have it, and all I do is strum it. (I used to use it exclusively for fingerpicking, but I've lost that ability through lack of use.) It sounds really quite bright.

    The L2-20 I had was a lovely, warm sounding guitar, but I sold that due to cashflow issues. It was a thing of true beauty, and it had a pretty slim neck, too.
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    edited September 2022
    Maybe I've got puny hands lol
    @TheOtherDennis what all acoustics do you have?
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  • TheOtherDennisTheOtherDennis Frets: 2010
    thomasross20 said:
    Maybe I've got puny hands lol
    @TheOtherDennis what all acoustics do you have?
    I have two I made myself (which really do have baseball bat necks, because I'm too scared to shave them any thinner in case they break on me), my old Avalon A-200CE and a L'Arrivee OM-02 that I was trying to sell because I needed the money, and I didn't really play it much. But I've been playing it more recently, on the basis that I may as well, as it looks like I'm keeping it after all.
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    Wow amazing!! 
    Those OM-O2s are great tbh
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  • TheOtherDennisTheOtherDennis Frets: 2010
    I saw from your thread the other week you have an OM-03 Anniversary, but you also say you have an Avalon - which one? 
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    edited September 2022
    L2-320
    Just got back from hols, strummed it and NO WAY will I sell it. Think it's the best guitar I've got. Might just need to shave a little off the saddle - neck rounder than the Larrivee but has a real deep bass to it. Sublime.
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  • TheOtherDennisTheOtherDennis Frets: 2010
    Very nice, I remember your thread now, it's a lovely guitar, that
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    I've fallen into the trap of obsessing more about the guitars than the music. Need to get out of that mindset. Thanks - it's a cracker :)
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  • TheOtherDennisTheOtherDennis Frets: 2010
    In which case you'll need to renounce your membership here, then! :D 
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  • wesker123wesker123 Frets: 477
    mgaw said:
    Always nice to come across a great acoustic, my latest flame is a Collings OM1 A JL which is quite an OM imo. Never tried a Mcilroy but played a Lowden which was great,   Best acoustic I have had was a Preston Thompson D18 style fwtw
    You've had some unbelievable guitars Mark 
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