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Recommendations for acoustics
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Hello to you.
Please could you recommend me some acoustic guitars to look at? I am mostly an electric player , with a little bit of classical, but need a steel string acoustic, with some type of pickup, for a run of gigs I’ve got coming up .
My primary concerns are playability, cost and availability.
I’m thinking, sort of, second hand Taylor 214 type of money, around £700ish? Lower would be better.
I don’t care if it’s got a cutaway or not.
All the Taylor’s I’ve ever played have been pretty slick. Had a go on a students gs mini today and that was fine ( although at 6’2” it might look a little small on me).
I have no idea what’s good, other than the Taylor’s . Thanks in advance.
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Mainly plays electric
plays in a band
wants it for gigging
widely available
- Id disagree
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
You can always buy one without their pickup system and install an other brand etc etc
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
You will undoubtedly get a better acoustic instrument from the likes of Furch for the same money - the 2-series Taylors are competent but uninspiring, and (if new) are overpriced to buggery. Way too much for what is after all just a laminated back and sides guitar not in the same class as any half-decent all-solid instrument.
On the other hand, you are not looking for a great acoustic instrument, you simply want something that will do those gigs for you competently and reliably, and perhaps something which will be easy to adjust to as an electric player. Taylor makes very good sense from this point of view.
Taylor pickups are not very well regarded, but make your own mind up about that. Look also at Furch, Yamaha, Takamine, and anything else that crops up in the price range,.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
And I like the aforementioned Yamaha recommendations.
For electronics specifically, I think Takamine is known for that specialty
Loads of them around, Reliable gigging guitars. Try a few to find the keeper.
Some guitars (inc. Yamaha LL/LS) have pickups but no onboard controls.. so you might want to get one you can adjust live or you will need some pedals/floor box.
strapped round yer neck, for "half a dozen" songs in a bands setlist
or
sat down, doing a proper acoustic thing (genre of choice)
for me, that's two separate criteria to meet, and two different type of acoustic
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Sapele is great and vastly underrated imo.
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Sapele is often considered a ‘mahogany substitute’ because it looks similar, but is in no way inferior. There’s far too much snobbery about only using the traditional mahogany and rosewood.
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