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Duppy03 · March 2015

Here's another one that's caught my eye, right at the cheapo end of the spectrum, the Epiphone Caballiro.

The body size looks bang on, it's made of mahogany, got built in electronics and it's short scale. Shame it's not a solid top and the electronics look nasty. I'd still be keen to check it out, at that price you can't grumble... too much.

Anybody played one. My suspicions are that it's not only cheap, but it's nasty too.

Wazmeister · March 2015

IME, compare any Taylor to any Martin, and the Taylor will always win.

Best generalisation I could come up with on a Sunday morning !!

xwoozor · March 2015

I think you need to not to look for the perfect one as Its not really gonna exist in that price range. What can you really expect from a £200 acoustic, its gonna produce a sound and would be a good beater guitar for outdoors. What are your plans with it is it just the odd strum? playing live? what style of music? The more you pay on a acosutic makes a much bigger difference than it does on an electric.

thermionic · March 2015

LH-200, no electronics in mine though, I think that may be a new thing.

Duppy03 · March 2015

@woozor your absolutely right, the perfect guitar doesn't exist, especially on a Scrooge budget like mine. I think if I can something that's 75% of the way there I should consider it a success. I think top of my criterea is playability and comfort. I'll use mainly for knock around the house, learning songs, working out ideas and the occasional gig and jam night. Maybe the Epi will do the job beautifully. But I can't imagine it will play or sound half as nice as some of the others I've had my hands on already like the Faith, Taylor and Sigma.

Duppy03 · March 2015

@thermionic nice!

xwoozor · March 2015

You want a lot out of this acoustic then :P It seems you've tried them all. Why not go for ure favourite of the bunch. If nothing is wowing you you might have to increase your budget then start your search again lol I must try a gs mini out sometime I think they look great.

crunchman · March 2015

Wazmeister said:

IME, compare any Taylor to any Martin, and the Taylor will always win.

Best generalisation I could come up with on a Sunday morning !!

At what?

If you want thin and tinny with a horrible neck shape (and unreliable electronics) then this might be true, but as a generalisation it's definitely not true.

usedtobe · March 2015

The only Taylor I ever played left me pretty cold.

Duppy03 · March 2015

So I got my hands on the Guild M120 today and although it was a really nice little guitar, it didn't do enough to make me reach for my wallet. It's a great size, fantastic neck, lovely finish and spec, great discreet electronics, cool hard case etc etc but it didn't have anything more to offer tonally or from a playability perspective than anything else i've tried so far. I'd happily own one, but wouldn't happily shell out the cash that's on the price tag. Although I will say for an all solid acoustic with onboard electronics and a hard case, it's fair price.

But here's the thing that kept my wallet firmly in my pocket. There was a Recording King RO16 in there, picked it up, looks nice, lovely finish etc, gave it a strum and... man what a sound!

The body and neck are a little bigger than i felt completely comfortable with. But as we've already established i'm not going to get everything I want bang on fro the money i've got to spend. But now I see what all the fuss is about. I didn't walk out with it but I may well be going back. Very impressed.

I still love the look of the Epi Caballero, but being a laminated top with nasty onboard electronic I feel three much better guitars in a similar price range, like the Recording Kings and Sigmas.

usedtobe · March 2015

This'll be me, soon.. Just want to scrape a few more quid together, then I'll be doing the rounds.

Duppy03 · March 2015

Way out of budget but I tried a Guild F30 this morning. It was absolutely awesome, perfect in every way. I've seen a couple of the GAD versions second hand on eBay etc but haven't had chance to play one. Could be a contender. But I need to make a decision fast, got a gig in less than two weeks.

maw4neu · March 2015

So ( yesterday really ) I tried a secondhand Seagull S6 with a Cedar Gloss Top & Quantum Electronics and was blown away . . . Just had to buy it ! ! . . . . Its a cracking guitar for really sensible money . . . It now joins my beautiful Taylor 414CE and will be my house go to everyday guitar . . . Im really chuffed with it :-)

Duppy03 · March 2015

@maw4eu They are beautiful guitars, I can't remember which model it was I tried, but it had a cedar top and was 'folk' size, damn good for the money.

Gru · March 2015

Congrats on the new guitar. It sounds great and you did its the correct way, waiting for one to jump out at you.

Seagull is one brand I keep looking at and have listened/watched on YouTube quite a lot. They seem very reasonably priced and I believe most have 45mm nuts.

Duppy03 · March 2015

I finally made a purchase!

A Recording King RO 10. And guess what, I'm sending it back.

I should have stuck to my guns and only bought a guitar I had held in my hands and had seen with my very own eyes.

It's not a bad guitar by any means, I'm just not feeling it. I've since put a deposit on a Sigma 000m 15. This time I went in and played the actual one I'm buying, like I promised myself I would.

Should be picking it up tomorrow.

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