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Originally posted by cjaffe

This probably sounds stupid but I love my epiphone acoustic that I bought for only $99. It has a great sound and since I'm not that experienced of a player I cant find any flaws in it. Its even made out of mahogany not some crap wood.

 

 

hey man that is totally cool. I have an acoustic I bought for $150 and even though I'll be picking up my Big Baby Taylor here around spring, I still won't sell it. It's just too good, and I've done so much with it. She's a workhorse.

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Right now it's still my Washburn EA-20. It hasn't been set up in about a dozen years, the pickup is useless and not even secured properly at the moment, it's been abused with many plane rides - and yet, it always feels right. With it's sharp cutaway and laminate quilt top it's probably not the style I would choose today (I'm looking for an OM guitar), but what can I say? Having a guitar that always works for you is a treat.

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About 20 years ago in a recording studio in Atlanta, I played on an early 1960's vintage Gibson J-45 (I think it was the J-45). It was the brown, sloped shouldered Gibson.

 

The neck was pure Gibson. A dream compared to my

Guild D-25 that I was playing at the time.

 

The sound of that old Gibson was something I will never forget.

 

The studio owner didn't even play guitar.

he told me he bought it for $5.00

 

To this day, that is the paradigm acoustic guitar sound to me.

I've looked a long time trying to find one that sounded like it.

Never have.

 

It was a soft, subdued kind of sound. But very rich.

The softness of the sound gave chords a color and

a sort of depth I've never encountered again.

I was just swept away by the beauty of that sound.

 

Old strings on it too. It was the best-sounding

steel-string acoustic I've ever played. And the strings

were nearly rotten. But I don't think new strings would have improved it much.

 

After that - I like old Guilds.

And I like recent cutaway Taylors.

 

But I play an 1988 Ovation Elite.

Can't beat it for functionality or versatility.

Great neck. And it is beautiful to look at.

Sounds good unplugged too.

 

I also have an old Guild D-25.

I use it mainly as a high-string guitar.

 

When I buy strings, I buy D'Addario

Phosphor Bronze extra-lights for 12 strings.

The high strings I put on my Guild.

The regular strings I put on my Ovation.

 

Next guitar - maybe my playing partner's Taylor.

I love how it plays - not necessarily the sound.

But it feels right.

 

Or maybe one of those Ovation LX guitars.

I want to see if the design changes have really

resulted in a brighter & more resonant tone.

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