you could be right there nickf:)
Emsz..I'd say if it didnt feel right, then it isn't. The one I played, much as it was obviously a great guitar, it just didn't really come together for me....
Can't recommend Simon & Patrick enough. I bought a Woodland Cedar a few months ago and I just love it. So easy to play and sounds beautiful.
Ive got a Takamine EG 541SC, I do like it but find it a very bright sounding guitar, and the neck is very narrow, Kind of wish I had gone for a full dreadnaught and wider neck for my 1st guitar.
Its like this one, and am considering trading it in for something else. And that's not my fence before you start!!
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Cat, if you played C&W or American folk, it would be perfect. Just wasn't quite the right shape or size. Gives me an excuse to try some more 😀
Oldgit I'm sorry I don't know enough about leccy technical stuff to give you an answer. Someone on here will though I'm sure.
I just bought my first "real" guitar this week. It's a Morgan (no not the Canadian ones, it's Norwegian! and I can't find out much about them but it sounds good to me) I like it and it was cheap for a hand made guitar
My first experience of going into a music shop on my own to look at guitars scared me off rather a lot. I thought bike shops could be bad, but this was dreadful.
I am just learning to play and realised that I wanted/needed a steel stringed guitar and not some cheap old nylon stinged classical guitar that someone gave me. I was just completely intimidated and ended up leaving with a set of strings for the guitar I was hoping to replace 😳
The problem now is that I don't think I'll be allowed to consider getting anything else until I am at concert standard 🙂
Never been into Fenders much. They just have an air of cheapness
Telecasters though - planks with strings - that's the whole point
moving along - i've had a strange urge to try a mandolin. the epiphone mm-30 is around £100 and i probably woundn't want to go more than £150 with the amount of musical talent i have - any thoughts, experiences from the hive mind?
Not knowing anything I don't know if its a good idea.
Good pickups are a worthwhile upgrade to a good guitar (if it sounds good unplugged then some decent pickups will complement the acoustic tone) BUT I think that a decent amp/speaker is more important and will affect the overall sound more than a set of pickups. Speakers are probably the most important thing as they're what your sound is actually coming out of. Go for something with Celestion G12H30s or V30s, can't go wrong 🙂 Of course amps are well expensive compared to pickups.
Bigbutslimmerbloke Oh yes go on. Mandolins sound amazing!
Did someone mention telecasters? I'll give you telecaster!:
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I had a mandolin for a while and got a bit bored after mastering losing my religion and a couple of irish pickng tunes i got bored Tbh
Tom
I think that the pickups/electrics are at least as important as the amp tbh
I got this for £150
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Its a £120 peavey with fender electrics bridge and seymour duncan coiltapped pickups
I use it with a vox valve amp i got fir £50
It sounds much better, and has more range than a fender tele i looked at for £650...
resurecting a thread 'cos I can't find a new guitar one.
Anyone use all fourths tuning (EADGCF) there's some octave stuff I want to try
any other interesting tunings?
I'm using Admiral tuning at the mo...it's quite low, so you need at least 12's, really like it though.
http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/tuning/alternate-guitar-tuning-chart/
quite partial, though i couldn't see it in your list, to
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(used for never going back again fleetwood mac) similar to Admiral and quite low though usually played with a capo so not a problem.
Takamine were very popular about 10-15 years back.....less so nowadays as I see it. I'm not really an 'acoustic' player as such-but I'm a fan of Martins myself. Takamine's always seem a little 'cold' when I've heard them.
Oldgit: its a toughie imo. I've not played that guitar, but Jackson's are well made and the ones that I've played all play very nicely. At that sort of pricepoint its just starting to become worthwhile upgrading the pickups if he really likes the guitar in general. It is gonna cost over £100 to do a worthwhile upgrade though. Is he just into playing metal? Does he study the instrument properly and want to progress in the future? If so, I'd just leave as is and get a different style guitar-he will almost certainly be needing one if he wants to look at other styles/sit down with the guitar!
EDIT: Just seen that this is 10 months old 😳
