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I saw this and contacted this guy and discussed the possibility of selling his guitar without the pickup as I don't need it etc. Since then I've been contacted by and had a good long chat with a fellow Fretboarder who also has one of these guitars.Unfortunately he also lives too far away for me to go and check it out which would be a 240 mile round trip.What has emerged ,that I wasn't aware of ,is that the depth of these guitars is not the 4 1/8 in I expected them to be like the OOO-18.They are 3.5 ins.I've decided to find one closer to home and try it before committing to buy from anyone a long distance away.I am looking for as big a sound as I can find for the gentle fingerpicking style (nails only) that I play.I'm not looking to go over a OOO size or below a OO.I'm fairly certain one of these will emerge within a reasonable distance of Birmingham although I am now looking at alternatives with a greater body depth.
Yes they certainly are handsome guitars.I am prepared to travel to try one out but the two above examples are in Bishop's Stortford and Southend which is too much of a hike from Brum.
A good friend of mine bought an Atkin 000 Essential from GuitarGuitar Glasgow at the weekend, and I got to play it at length in store. What a superb guitar it is - great, mellow sound and very comfortable to hold and play. It does retail at almost twice the cost of the Martin though, but I'd thoroughly recommend it.
I just found it a bit too much and headed down the Gibson trail
My idea was to find an interim guitar while I waited for an Atkin Essential OOO to become available.I regularly scoured the dealers but they never had one in stock.Another contributor to this thread told us how his friend had just bought one in Glasgow from GG.I know it never appeared on their website so I called GG to see if they had another in stock.Yes they had and it wasn't on the website as it had only come in 4 days previously.They sent me photos and I bit the bullet and bought it.What a guitar.I can't believe the sound ,the quality, the playability it's got the lot.In the space of a week I've gone from zero to two amazing guitars.I'll probably find a new owner for the Martin in time as the Atkin is just incredible.Thanks to all who chipped in on this thread with your thoughts and suggestions.
Enjoy your new guitar