Query failed: connection to localhost:9312 failed (errno=111, msg=Connection refused).
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
Local dealer says there are some new interesting ones coming in but some are hitting the £3200 mark which is high for a Larrivee, considering resale. Good for them, though - I do rate them. But that price level makes me think twice - for any guitar. The Bhilwara tonewood I just got is stunningly good & different.
Other interesting ones I tried were Auden's, which seemed good value. Breedlove were nice but felt more "electro acoustic" to me - dunno, maybe needed more time.
Acoustic GAS is deeper and more intimate than electric gas. As @ICBM said once, each acoustic really is different. Learned loads from folk on here and still doing so.
One stepdaughter moved out with boyfriend so her room had been gutted and painted. There's a single chair in it now and that's my guitar zen room. Still considering selling the electrics (was a different time in my life) to find a super acoustic.
Anyway, OT... I know I mention Larrivee a lot lol. There's a few guitars I'd really like to try but have had hit & miss with buy before try of late (some just not suited me.. and I got hit with a heavy restocking fee recently for a guitar return). Other Larrivee's, Martin, some Brooks I've never been able to try. I still rate Avalon but the neck on mine was too chunky.
Anyway. You want to try a Larrivee, feel free to pop in - I'll put the kettle on
My YouTube Channel
Lowden used to be another but I tried some when I bought my OM. Not bad but not for me. And Atkin I didn't like - didn't feel right.
I've spent so long playing American acoustics that they are what I call home.
See when I read things like "pre war" and "aged tone pack" etc though... My eyes just roll lol. What is this, a power up in some computer game?
My YouTube Channel
Their better quality instruments (3 series and above) are indeed quality instruments, beautifully finished with the best quality control of any of the US majors (possibly barring Guild), and innovative in ways that the likes of Gibson and Martin can only dream of.
Do I like the Taylor house sound? Not especially. Of the US majors I like the Guild sound best, the Gibson sound least, and put Taylor and Martin somewhere in the middle. But that's just personal taste.
Are Taylor guitars reasonably priced? (I'm talking their good stuff here, 3 series and up.) Well by international standards, no. They are dear compared to instruments of equal quality made in other high-cost, high-wage places such as Europe, Australia, South Korea, and Japan. On the other hand, by American standards, they are quite reasonable. Martin, Guild and Gibson charge way, way more comparing like for like.
And Taylor have by far the best environmental policies of any major US maker. They are a world leader in sustainability and ethical use of resources.
All in all, you have to give them a pass mark. In fact if I'm marking their end-of-term paper I'll be giving them a solid B+.
Ive played a couple of Larry's best one was a satin finish in the then Ivor's - with @Jalapeno about 101 years ago (must have been 2006 TBH) was really loud and responsive...............................
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Feedback
also remember we popped into Hobgoblin ? tried a Blueridge OM with coated strings, coated in the sweat and dead skin of 1000 previous shoppers
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder
My trading feedback - I'm a good egg
My YouTube Channel
My YouTube Channel
My YouTube Channel
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
My YouTube Channel
I don't mind the low bass on my mahogany P-03 (which sounds AMAZING btw, the compression when hit hard sounds great - blues box) as it sort of goes with that kind of guitar (though naturally I now wonder about sapele / Bhilwara parlour!).
I would love to try one of their 12 fret rosewood options. The Tommy Emmanuel model looks cool but I'm not into big bodies.
I wonder what other kinds of mahogany there are. I heard Cuban is good... @Tannin I will have to find your post re wood stiffness, weight etc comparisons as would really love to see that for the different kinds of mahogany guitar. Sapele, for me, really is a stunning tonewood.
As an aside, I'm undecided on Adirondack tops. That custom Martin sounded great with it but it was also like a pneumatic drill. The lightest touch set it off - very loud and resonant. Sitka I think (maybe wrongly, unsure) is more dynamic (quiet, loud).
My YouTube Channel
Adirondack/Red Spruce guitars take a long time to break in, and I think they are better for bluegrass style instruments. I have a number of different guitars with different spruce soundboards but it's the one I seem to reach for the least.
--> so you reckon Cuban is slightly better than sapele (both harder than mahogany) but not worth the extra. Got it.
I wonder if the om05 were satin, I'd have thought differently. Btw I should add that I feel sapele has the wider tonal frequency range (without the mahogany hump - and I like no hump as it makes it even MORE balanced) and suits fingerstyle better, but mahogany strummed had a nicer syrupy/meldy sound, with less bass definition. Those "cheap OM02s" imo are some of Larrivee's best guitars.
That's interesting re the Adirondack of yours @earwighoney ... What guitars do you have and what do you reach for the most?
I'm learning a lot about what I prefer in an acoustic.. but ultimately it still always comes down to trying the magic one in person.
Btw again re sapele, I remember trying all the GS Mini guitars some years ago and the wood combo I liked best? Sitka + sapele.
Per above I do think mahogany has a tad less bass than sapele but the effect is amplified due to the humped mid range which imo masks it further. Still fine guitars!! The oo40 with mahogany B&S and scalloped bracing actually sounds good (have never tried one.. might like it.. it may just have been that particular scalloped OM40 I didn't get on with).
Both OM-05s I've now played have sounded richer in the mid range than the OM02. I'm not sure if that's down to a difference in sound due to the gloss (not keen on gloss feel) or the higher grade tonewoods. I suspect both.
My YouTube Channel
My Guild 12 has Sapele back and sides. It sounds glorious.
I've played a few luthier guitars with Sapele back and sides, one was a Redwood/Quilted Sapele (Propsom Guitars? It was in TAMCO). Glorious instrument.
I have an Eastman E10-00, early model with 25 year old Adirondack soundboard from Old Standard, who is the supplier to Collings.
My no.1 guitar is a Stanford PS-OM10. I don't know much about this brand, but I think it's a MIC version of an old Furch model the OM-32. Sitka Spruce over some kind of Mahogany (maybe African?). It's the only one I write music on. Even though it was the least I spent on a guitar and spent thousands on instruments with a lot more complex deeper richer sound, the Stanford is the one that suits my way of playing the most.