Members Idunno Posted December 21, 2014 Members Share Posted December 21, 2014 http://www.bestcovery.com/best-acoustic-guitar?sem=grndpasgtrs&gclid=CIi7jN-I1sICFWsF7Aod9RMAug Now we can all get a well deserved rest. I think this link tells it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted December 21, 2014 Members Share Posted December 21, 2014 http://www.bestcovery.com/best-acoustic-guitar?sem=grndpasgtrs&gclid=CIi7jN-I1sICFWsF7Aod9RMAug Now we can all get a well deserved rest. I think this link tells it all. They missed Zager! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted December 21, 2014 Members Share Posted December 21, 2014 ...and Esteban! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted December 21, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2014 True on both counts. Obviously some people are uninitiated. I'd like to know how they became so confident in their selection of makes/models. Anyone ever read any Consumer Report articles on acoustic guitars? Supposedly, the ratings company buys everything it rates. Now I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted December 21, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2014 Not a ratings site or entity, which I can't seem to find in a straight-forward way, but kinda curious. http://www.bizrate.com/guitar-bass/acoustic-guitar/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Blanchard Posted December 21, 2014 Members Share Posted December 21, 2014 Well, as a Luna Guitar fanatic (I own 3 acoustics and 2 electrics), I'd have to say that agree with their choice of a Luna as one of the best budget guitars. They aren't in the Martin/Taylor/Guild range, but great for the price. There was no surprise that Gibsons, Martins, and Taylors made the lists. The one big surprise to me was including the Fender Newporter in the best high-end guitar list, even if it was a Custom Shop model. (I will confess that, in the past, I owned two Fender acoustics with the 6-in-line headstock design and liked them, but I don't see them get much respect for the most part.) It would be interesting to know more about the source of the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted December 21, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2014 Yep. I'm thinking a sales data report generates these things. There's another I found but it's a catalog. On another topic, anyone ever used one of these? http://www.amazon.com/APAG-AmPlug-Acoustic-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B002PHVAQY/ref=zg_tr_11971251_87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted December 21, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2014 Then we have - http://www.ifoyer.com/acoustic_guitar_options.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members baldbloke Posted December 21, 2014 Members Share Posted December 21, 2014 Best? So many to choose from. I can't decide. So I will buy 1 of each and every recommended guitar. Then, by golly, I shall be a real guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted December 22, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2014 Nothing I've ever had/have now made the list. Not a good sign. Hmmm...what to do... Don't want anything on that list but I am curious what place the stuff I have would be on it, if not in the top echelon. Also, if I don't want any of the guitars on the list how does that rate me as a player? I need to be categorized, dammit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted December 22, 2014 Members Share Posted December 22, 2014 Like "best of" anything, when you get to a certain point, it is simply a matter of taste. Like arguing over "most beautiful woman" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted December 22, 2014 Members Share Posted December 22, 2014 Who made these lists? Why would anybody do their own research, sample local dealers' inventory or read reviews or testimonials? Seriously, I've learned more through "word of mouth" than I have by these reviews. How about this? Barring these Johnny Come Lately single post one trick pony threads where they espouse some unrespected brand trying to rouse its own grass roots marketing campaign - or even those "traditionalists" who own 4 or 5 guitars from the same brand - how about we put a list of our own out there and crunch the numbers . Leave out brand loyalty, "boutique" guitars over $2500 or whatever. Just list out the guitars you always seem to gravitate to whether or not you own it. Here's my list of best guitars in no particular order (many of which are actually under $1000) then: - Martin HD-28- Martin D-18 (2012 to present)- Martin MMV (unless you're a cork sniffer, this is a great affordable alternative to a D-28)- Taylor 414ce (all gloss workhorse)- Larrivee OM-03R (I'm biased but this is actually one of Larrivee's best selling models)- Larrivee L-05MH- Epiphone Masterbilt EF-500R (spruce top discontinued but there is a cedar/cutaway variant - the EF-500RCCE - still in production)- Taylor 150e (probably the best affordable 12 string I've played)- Yamaha LL6 (discontinued but very polished for the price at the time I used to see them around and they had a great pickup system too)- Yamaha FG730S- Takamine GS330S (discontinued but a great affordable cedar top dreadnought. The new GD2-NS model appears to be very similar in specs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 22, 2014 Members Share Posted December 22, 2014 ...and Esteban! and Keller and Kwak.... Just list out the guitars you always seem to gravitate to whether or not you own it. If I had to have only one guitar it would be an OM-21 or 28, but that wouldn't cover the 12 string (Taylor 355 or LKSM) or the resonator (National style O or tricone). Throw a Les Paul in the mix and you would have the perfect quiver.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted December 22, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2014 Sorry for riddling the point of the thread, all. The point is - there can be no such list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 . . . Just list out the guitars you always seem to gravitate to whether or not you own it. . . . Okay. I tend to gravitate toward guitars I might actually afford. Lately, that has included the Martin D1GT and the discontinued all-mahogany Breedlove Passport D/MMe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thankyou Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 True on both counts. Obviously some people are uninitiated. I'd like to know how they became so confident in their selection of makes/models. Anyone ever read any Consumer Report articles on acoustic guitars? Supposedly' date=' the ratings company buys everything it rates. Now I'm curious.[/quote'] I've subscribed to Consumer Reports for a very long time, and they have never rated any kind of musical instrument. Don't think they are really set up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thankyou Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 What, no love for Guild? Every one I have played has had the magic. Now, I know they have been acquired by Fender/Megamusic company, so things could have changed. It's actually a relatively new brand, slightly older than Ovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 What' date=' no love for Guild? Every one I have played has had the magic. . . .[/quote'] Unfortunately, it's been a while since I've been in a shop that sold Guilds. David's Guitar Loft carries them, mostly the GAD line, but I haven't been there lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sorry for riddling the point of the thread' date=' all. The point is - there can be no such list.[/quote'] Exactly. It's an opinionated list put out by a source with no gravitas. That's why people should go to a store, try several models and if they can't decide THEN ask for somebody else's opinion between the models the OP has tried. These lists smack of advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Blanchard Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 What, no love for Guild? Every one I have played has had the magic. Now, I know they have been acquired by Fender/Megamusic company, so things could have changed. It's actually a relatively new brand, slightly older than Ovation. I used to really want a Guild. I tried two at Union Music in Worcester, MA a couple of years ago; one was $600, the other was $1600, and neither really impressed me. I don't think they are what they once were, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigald18 Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 My major questions would be who are "they" that are reviewing these guitars, what guitar knowledge do they have (construction), and what is the criteria for deciding which is "best?" You can grade construction quality as far as neatness of construction but there are so many different construction methods it is impossible to compare them. This is all so subjective. BigAl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdBega Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 What constitutes the "best acoustic guitar overall"??!! Should probably be best mid priced instead. This forum could come up with better recommendations I would think ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted December 24, 2014 Members Share Posted December 24, 2014 These lists smack of advertising. And you've been on the internet since.....? Of course it's advertising. No need to be offended by it. If you can't tell it's advertising, you just may wind up the happy owner of a 1600 dollar acoustic guitar with a Stratocaster headstock, and it'll serve you right. Just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted December 24, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2014 Not a fan of Fender's headstock. I'm sure they're worried about it, though, and are working on a new design to suit me. Probably pay my wife a handsome figure to carve the old one in my headstone. What's that shape supposed to be, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted December 24, 2014 Members Share Posted December 24, 2014 Not a fan of Fender's headstock. . . . What's that shape supposed to be' date=' anyway?[/quote'] I believe it's supposed to evoke a violin or upright bass: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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