Members u6crash Posted July 11, 2023 Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 Asking for inspiration. I've been looking for work since March, and one of my first celebratory purchases will be a nicer acoustic guitar than I've usually purchased. I've got a mahogany Carvin Cobalt that I kind of like and a Art & Lutherie parlor guitar. I don't have any brand allegiances, but I do kind of enjoy being a contrarian (I like less popular things, so probably not a Martin or Taylor). Kind of been eyeing Guild. Open to other things. What's your dream steel string acoustic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Djangler Posted July 11, 2023 Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 Dream acoustic? NK Forster Session King 6 string, first generation. But that's not gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeeLectro Posted July 11, 2023 Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) . Edited November 12, 2023 by BeeLectro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeeLectro Posted July 11, 2023 Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) . Edited November 12, 2023 by BeeLectro 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted July 12, 2023 Members Share Posted July 12, 2023 Larrivee, Godin, Breedlove. Don't overlook Takamine either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted July 12, 2023 Members Share Posted July 12, 2023 Go to a good music store - several if you can - and play as many guitars as you can within your budget. Pick the one that you like best irrespective of the name on the headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members u6crash Posted July 12, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) 22 hours ago, BeeLectro said: If you've got a parlor and a dread, get an OM. Having two OMs identical except for back and side woods was a gas for me. As soon as I switched from one to the other my ears thanked me. I'd go back forth all afternoon. I've never had an OO or an OM. My parlor guitar is an Art & Lutherie (of the Godin family) and I bought it sight unseen because it was a discounted model. Edited July 12, 2023 by u6crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members u6crash Posted July 12, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 12, 2023 6 hours ago, garthman said: Go to a good music store - several if you can - and play as many guitars as you can within your budget. Pick the one that you like best irrespective of the name on the headstock. I may do this when the time comes, but they are few and far between where I live. I'd have to make a day of it and go to the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted July 12, 2023 Members Share Posted July 12, 2023 Yamaha LL16 or YamahaAC3R/M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 13, 2023 Moderators Share Posted July 13, 2023 hmm...I have recently picked up a Cordoba [nylon string]....I have plenty of giggable acoustic steel strings, and I missed a good gig because I had given away my only classical about a decade ago..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted July 13, 2023 Members Share Posted July 13, 2023 I'm thinking of buying another set of Grover Sta Tites for my Martin D-16GT. I've been suffering through the Ping minis that came on it for the past 13 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted July 13, 2023 Members Share Posted July 13, 2023 2 hours ago, daddymack said: hmm...I have recently picked up a Cordoba [nylon string]....I have plenty of giggable acoustic steel strings, and I missed a good gig because I had given away my only classical about a decade ago..... I now have five classical guitars. Nylon rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 14, 2023 Moderators Share Posted July 14, 2023 3 hours ago, garthman said: I now have five classical guitars. Nylon rules. The tonal difference between steel and nylon is lost on many. I missed not having the classical [but it went to a good home]. It was a '77 Goya [the early Martin era]. The Cordoba is not a 'classical' in the classical sense. It is a/e, with a cutaway. They call it a 'Crossover', it is in their Fusion line. There is a definite difference playing a radiused neck vs a wide flat neck, and the Cordoba has a 1.88" [48mm] nut width, 25.6" scale, 16" radius, 'C'-shaped, 19 fret neck [joint at 12th fret]. Much closer to a steel string guitar as far as neck feel. The scale length is odd at first, and getting used to the 12th fret joint is a challenge when you are used to 14 frets clear. And I keep telling myself, 'that is the last guitar you are getting unless you sell of some others...' And I want to believe that that is true.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panhandler Posted July 14, 2023 Members Share Posted July 14, 2023 16 hours ago, daddymack said: The tonal difference between steel and nylon is lost on many. I missed not having the classical [but it went to a good home]. It was a '77 Goya [the early Martin era]. The Cordoba is not a 'classical' in the classical sense. It is a/e, with a cutaway. They call it a 'Crossover', it is in their Fusion line. There is a definite difference playing a radiused neck vs a wide flat neck, and the Cordoba has a 1.88" [48mm] nut width, 25.6" scale, 16" radius, 'C'-shaped, 19 fret neck [joint at 12th fret]. Much closer to a steel string guitar as far as neck feel. The scale length is odd at first, and getting used to the 12th fret joint is a challenge when you are used to 14 frets clear. And I keep telling myself, 'that is the last guitar you are getting unless you sell of some others...' And I want to believe that that is true.... Nylon is next on my wish list. Looking at the Cordoba C9 Crossover in particular. I mahogany! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted July 14, 2023 Members Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, daddymack said: The tonal difference between steel and nylon is lost on many. . . . The Cordoba is not a 'classical' in the classical sense. It is a/e, with a cutaway. They call it a 'Crossover', And I keep telling myself, 'that is the last guitar you are getting unless you sell of some others...'And I want to believe that that is true.... I play probably 85% nylon strings these days. It wasn't alweays so: although my first guitar was a classical I bought a steel string a couple of years later and played that (and other steel string guitars I accumulated) most of the time. I began the switch back to nylon about 6 or 7 years ago and have never regretted it. I did once own a Yamaha APX-6NA crossover but sold it on after a year or so - it just didn't have the tone of a true classical. And (LOL) I took the same decision last year about not buying another git without selling another - keeping to it so far. Edited July 14, 2023 by garthman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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