Brindleleaf

Ouch...that stings! 😛

Then that stain will be gone! (The inlays looks like something out of The Lord of the Rings ffs...magic {censored} indeed!). I haven't watched the video yet...Will have a look when my new guitar gets tired...

Blood stain....Yep, exactly!

Oh..I forgot to mention...I was like a kid at Christmas!! 😝

Anyone who has glanced at the other threads I started recently will know that I was tempted by a no-name Les,Paul copy for $150. In the end, I found someone who had a hollow-body Ibanez AK-95 that he was looking to swap, and I had a folk guitar too many (if that concept really exists 😯)...so we swapped then today! I have just spent far too much time on Youtube figuring out how to adjust intonation once the "floating" saddle fell off when I removed the strings! (dumbass the concept is right there in the name! 😕). It's a very interesting second electric guitar. In the second photo you can see a small rust-spot on one of the frets (i can see it, but can't feel it when I touch it)...should I bother trying to get that off?

hey guys, thanks for the feedback! now to answer a few questions: 1) I am not new to the world of acoustic, I've always been an acoustic and electric player. 2) My main acoustic guitars are a 1996 Taylor 815c and a 1990s Alvarez DY-52. IN BOTH CASES I feel like the bass notes are too dull or not crisp enough. This is why I was questioning whether or not I should just get a nut replacement, or if that would even change anything. I use size .13 strings on them, of any particular brand, so there is certainly room for experimentation there, and I would love to hear what has worked for you guys. thanks again!! Firstly....I agree with virtually everything that's come up in this thread ( !). Second, DO play around with your strings! I mentioned in another thread a while back, that I've FINALLY got the type of sound I was hoping for out of my Lakewood. I'd put on some slightly heavier strings (to try to get more out of the guitar)...and HATED them, everything sounded dull...so I went the opposite way and put some Silk and Phosphor stings on.....(lowest tension strings I've ever played I think). The sound is fantastic! Everything responds much better, the basses boom out....I was shocked! (I don't really like the rubbery feel of the strings, but I'm watching a lot of Manouche jazz stuff and that helps! ). I'd suggest going down from 0.13 (never had strings that heavy on any of my guitars)....take a risk, try silk and phosphor, or try PB 0.11 just to see....let us know how it goes.

Just accept that there will always be other guitars out there that "sound better." Then get back to work on your writing, playing and your technique. No one cares nearly as much about tone as guitarists do. For normal people, it's all about the song. I half agree with THIS^^^^ BUT the other half of the story is that we play guitars that we enjoy more than guitars we don't, and tone is important. For the OP......FIRST...tell us what kind of guitar you have now, what others you've tried and maybe we'll have some ideas for you