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UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45
Help! Small-bodied / thinner acoustic that sounds good?
bluechargeboy
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in Acoustics
Help me out here! I am fairly small and I have got into a situation wherein I am playing dreadnoughts all the bloody time in my band. After 3 years of it I am suffering with "golfer's elbow" on the right arm, which I believe is caused by pressing the top of the dread against my torso so I can reach around the other side to where the strings are! I have dropped the strap a fair way, to see if it helps......but maybe I can throw money at the problem!
So what is smaller or thinner, has decent access to upper frets (so no 12-fret non-cutaway parlours)? Preferably sounds decent plugged in or is compatible with soundhole pickup.
I am hoping there something a bit nicer than a Stratacoustic.
Any ideas?
So what is smaller or thinner, has decent access to upper frets (so no 12-fret non-cutaway parlours)? Preferably sounds decent plugged in or is compatible with soundhole pickup.
I am hoping there something a bit nicer than a Stratacoustic.
Any ideas?
I'm just a Maserati in a world of Kias.
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The Tone Station have one in, maybe others.
Yamaha APXs are good if you avoid the entry-level models too, if you're on a tighter budget.
"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
The narrow body of the APX guitars (90mm) appeals, because when I look at photos of me playing, I am hunched forward to allow my arm to get over the edge of the guitar....
After a couple of weeks playing it, I'll not be buying any acoustic without a bevel in the future.
Should be standard, one day hopefully down the budget. Ergonomics, ergonomics, ergonomics.
Interesting that is, @barry2tone, I was eyeing up the edge of my guitar today with that thought in mind! Washburn do forearm-bevelled acoustics, no idea if they are any good.
They'll never have the thick tone of an old Martin or Gibson obviously, but that's not really what they're about...
"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
Cheers guys, I am going to try various ergonomic adjustments first, but I have some GAS research I can do now!
The Baby is good but to my ear sounds a bit plinky plonky.
The Big Baby sounds okay and feels good.
The GS Mini has its own look and its own sound. It is a really, really well executed design.
Now called the Stage Edition by the way. Nice.