Recommend (or sell) me a small bodied mahogany acoustic

Fishboy7Fishboy7 Frets: 2178

What I would really love is one of these:  https://www.soundpure.com/p/santa-cruz-1929-00-mahogany-sunurst-acoustic-guitar/3918

 

(Santa Cruz 1929 00)

 

But I can’t really justify this in terms of either cost or my Acoustic skills.

 

So I’m looking for something along similar lines, say up to about £1k on the used market.  All mahogany, 12 fret, slot headstock.

 

So far Martin 000-15s looks like a good contender, but I’m not that up to speed with Acoustic stuff.  Can anyone recommend anything else that fits the bill?

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  • prowlaprowla Frets: 4896
    Perhaps a bit left-field, but when I was there a couple of weeks ago, Street Level in Southsea (Portsmouth) had a vintage Gibson acoustic which had been painted over in the 60s.
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  • HattigolHattigol Frets: 8176
    These are nice - had one a while back (serial number 11):

    https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/custom-signature-editions/00-db-jeff-tweedy/

    Not sure what they go for used but probably not too far off your budget.
    "Anybody can play. The note is only 20%. The attitude of the motherf*cker who plays it is  80%" - Miles Davis
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  • SparkySparky Frets: 90
    edited April 2018
    Sigma?
    https://www.sigma-guitars.com/guitars/15-series/000m-15/

    I have the cutaway electric version of this and it's excellent.
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  • Fishboy7Fishboy7 Frets: 2178
    Thanks for the suggestions.  

    The Gibson is a bit far.  The Martin (tweedy) looks lovely but pretty close to the santa Cruz in price I think..... ?

    Sigma are a good call and potentially well under budget.   I'll have a trawl through Reverb / eBay.

    I don't want to spend too much.  I have had nice acoustics in the past (Lowden, Collings, martin hd28vs) but they were wasted on me really  :)




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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6378
    Breedlove Passport OM/Mme - I love mine !
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • StrangefanStrangefan Frets: 5845
    Guild m20, vintage one for around a grand, mm mm lovely 
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  • Martin OO15sm 12 fret great guitar in your price.Also Sigma is very good.(I own both).
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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3489
    edited April 2018
    I have an Eastman E10-00 which I like a lot.  They make an all Mahogany version which I played and liked a lot. 
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  • SparkySparky Frets: 90
    You can get a brand spanking Sigma for half your budget and treat the Mrs to a holiday with the rest! (or buy another guitar and keep it quiet) A Sigma is not even close to half the price of a Martin but not necessarily only half as good :)
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  • Fishboy7Fishboy7 Frets: 2178
    Hmm, there's a used sigma for 250 at coda, ..... https://www.coda-music.com/secondhand/sigma-000m15s.html


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  • WolfetoneWolfetone Frets: 1479
    Tanglewood TW47. Great guitar with a nice small body. 
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