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Yeah I know what you mean. In this case the Tazzy Blackwood was utterly featureless, so much so that I thought I was dealing with an all-Mahogany guitar to begin with, until I realised I was hearing something else in the mix... I guess they have a finite amount of pics to put on each review.
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Yes, a lot has changed in 5 years! My first decent steel string was a Martin D15 (one of the first in the country) that cost me about £600 back in 1998. That seemed like a monstrous investment at the time...
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I've been to high-end classical guitar brokers and shops with loads of high-end acoustics from £3k to £15k
What I've found is that at least 50% of expensive guitars are completely unsuitable for me, and sound poor to my ears
If you pay more than £2.5k you should be guaranteed a great guitar, but you won't know if it works for you until you've tried it. I say should because there are still some duff ones above £3k
EDIT: but I've seen people flat pick on palour guitars and it sounds great, and I've seen people doing delicate fingerpicking on dreads and super jumbos and it sounds great.
I do agree that it's possible to buy a duff'n even if you pay a lot (cough gibson, cough) but you should never buy an acoustic blind.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
In your budget, it is just as likely that you could end up with a disappointing choice (not necessarily a bad guitar but just not suiting you) as at the lower end of the market. Therefore, if you can, you should try as many as you can before taking the plunge - although the suggestions here should certainly help in focussing on what and where to try.
Being left-handed, it has been virtually impossible for me to go to any one place to try a lot since I returned to playing two years ago. Therefore I have taken a few chances in purchasing blind - and thus ended up with some expensive disappointments and some surprising delights. The journey continues and it has been educational and fun, albeit expensive!
Being right-handed should make it a bit easier.
A guitar can often be transformed by a proper set-up and appropriate string choice.
But you have to find the ones that appeal to you, you have to try them, and you have to be patient.
You can’t go around being impressed by a name or a price ticket (I can remember feeling quite disappointed by a £4K+ Bourgeois). Good looks are only a tiny part of the deal. But if you play it and it feels alive in your hands, and your ears and brain are going ‘OMFG!!!’, then maybe, just maybe, it’s the one for you.
Sometimes small workshops having a bad day, or experiments that didn't work out
They're made out of wood, a perfect outcome cannot be guaranteed
Gibson, but that's another story...
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
He never said acoustics /pedantry.
Where as you did twice!
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
and is titled 'acoustic...'
I'd go 00 shape, maybe even 12-fret but that's probably because I already have an HD28, so would edge further from that than if buying an "only guitar".
The Gibson Dove I used to have was also a really good fingerpicker actually. Really bright compared to a mahogany Martin, but a fantastic guitar in its own right. Conversely, I've never found a J45 I really liked.
I'm sure I'll get over it!
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to