Show Us Your Acoustic(s)

[Tele295]

National Duolian:



Guild JF30:

[Brent Hutto]

Here's my all-mahogany 000 Miss Norma Desmond which is currently in the shop having a new bridge and bridge plate fitted. The fancy pickguard has been removed and stored safely away for the time being since I don't use a pick.



And here my Worland Prairie. A no-frills, handbuilt, OM style cedar and mahogany fingerstyle guitar that is an absolute joy to play. Lightly braced and voiced to be uber-responsive to even the lightest touch. The scale length is 24.9" which I'm sure contributes to its playability...it's the only acoustic I've ever seen that's as easy to play as my Telecaster.

[Vol. Knob]

1944 Epipiphone FT-45

[tuuur]

1970s red label Yamaha FG140, bought for the equivalent of 15 euros somewhere in the 1990s:


Yamaha FG420/12, made in Taiwan. Had it strung as a 6-string, nowadays it's back to 12 again. Just as good as the FG140.


Some gypsy guitar I got from my uncle:


And a Dean Dobro, can't find a pic of that, but it's a metal plated one.

[64Strat]

Left is my original first guitar, a '70 Guild D35; Middle is my Taylor all Koa K20 and rightis the Taylor 310CE I sold.




Here is the custom made 12string from Jim Chelsvig


Chelsvig headstock inlay....



Last, my 1917 Gibson F4

[65flh5326]

This 1923 Martin 2-17 is tiny but has a big voice for its size!
http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u...ecaster010.jpg

[Jeri]

My 71 Gibson Blueridge... Laminate rosewood square shouldered... everyone tells me it's gotta be rubbish....

I love everything about it...the looks, the sound ,the action is the perfect accoustic for me..




On the left my 89 Gibson J30....

[didato]

My 1982 K Yairi. Solid spruce top and mahogany back' n' sides. Beautiful to play.

[hushnel]

OK,
000-15S Martin, Pono Uke, 00-15 Martin



again the 00-15, its my favorite and the Guild B-50



1927 Martin Style 0 ukulele



An old no-name Gumby headed uke I got of eBay and restored. This uke is loud.

[ASC67]

Come on Mike don't be shy , lets see that Gourd Uke that you made .

[hushnel]

Hey, how you hear about that :o) Well I guess I could it is an acoustic after all even though it has aspects of being a banjo, though banjo players tell me God won’t hold that against me.



This project is getting close to finished. I have the bridge and saddle made but not installed, I have to polish the shellac a bit, file and dress the frets, install the tuners and do the final set up. Its a Chinese Bottle Gourd with a Western Redwood soundboard, purple heart fingerboard, EI rosewood overlay and bridge the inlay is a fossil of a nautilus type creature that has been slabbed and polished. It is a 14" scale ukulele.

[ASC67]

Mike, I have the same Handle over on the UMGF that's where I saw it.

[hushnel]

OK, I've had nothing but trouble since they changed there provider.
So slow and I've had trouble using the link console.

[ASC67]

Sorry to hear that Mike are you using the new URL
http://theunofficialmartinguitarforum.yuku.com/

Some say using Firefox will work better but I haven't had any problems using IE.7.

[hushnel]

Yes, that's the url. It just drags and takes forever to load. I'll check out the forum from time to time but posting is just too tedious.

[johnnykf]

From Left to Right:
Gibson J-60, 1993, This guitar really opened up over the years. Very D28'ish
Larrivee D03-12, from early 90's
Martin LX1. little martin with wood top
Martin JDP2, a loud one, check out the soundhole.
Martin Custom Shop Amberburst 0m18V, my personal favorite, a little cannon
Martin SWDGT-very sweet tone
Martin D16GT-my take out or guest guitar

[Strawfields]

[zombywoof]

1960 Gibson J-200
1930s Kay Kraft "Venetian"
1956 Gibson SJ

[Lathem]

Martin 0-28IA:



Martin CEO-5:



And these are acoustic, too (a one-off by Dave Ball and a 1922 Fairbanks/Vega Style S conversion):



--
Mark

[Yman]

Originally Posted by zombywoof

1960 Gibson J-200
1930s Kay Kraft "Venetian"
1956 Gibson SJ

One of the best collections ever. That Kay venetian is to die for, and i'm lovin the extra pickguard on the jumbo.

[g6120]

my favorite accoustic
gibson j200

[Rombel]

Here's my main acoustic squeeze. It's a 2001 Larrivée L-05.

[zombywoof]

Originally Posted by electricfactory

Gibson 1959 J200

Been meaning to ask you. That ain't a 1959 J-200 Bro. The white label and pickguard with the white border indicate the guitar was made before 1955

[wangdangdoodle]

Late 30's Oscar Schmidt P'MICO Collegiate parlor guitar:

[bradpdx]

My 1997 Martin HD-28 is still my workhorse acoustic; I've owned several old Martins and Gibsons from the 1930s to the 1960s but this one just works. The setup is fantastic, the tone is huge and the Baggs pickup system works like a charm on stage.

The girl in the picture has gotten bigger in the last 4 years but the sentiment is just the same

[Stuco]

Originally Posted by Rombel

Here's my main acoustic squeeze. It's a 2001 Larrivée L-05.

I think you win the award for having hang tags on the longest.

[Rombel]

Actually, I should win the award for the guy who found a picture of a L-05 on the internet instead of taking a picture of his own...

Mine lost her tags immediately, and has since lost the finish on the back of her neck.

[adifferentbreed]

I have a Hohner HW03, a Fender Tkik Drummer acoustic/electric, an old Epiphone (butchered by my soon to be ex-father in law, an old harmony (same deal), and my First Act MG403. No where near in the same field as the rest of you guys, but I enjoy them. Also the old Guyatone in the group pic is a great guitar. Believe it or not, the First Act gets the most use. It goes on the sailboat, to the beach and on my back porch alot. I don't have to worry about damaging it and so I think I just play it more. Well anyway, my little contribution.

[Sollophonic]

OK heres mine.

1st is a Simon and Patrick dreadnought from 2000. Someone I know was getting rid of his guitars and for a very small sum I got this. Now I have to say that a dreadhought would not be my guitar of choice, I normally like playing parlours, or OOs. But he brought this guitar to me, and even with dud old strings, and a high action this guitar just seemed to be alive. I guess its the thinly finished top and its construction but this guitar not only has volume, but huge amounts of tone as well. For the price he was asking I just had to get it. Its had a tough life, with the thin finish it has dents, wear, and nicks in it. But I love that in an acoustic, it has had a hard life, and I will work it just as hard too. I have done a bit of work on it, added a bone nut, and new strings, and it may still get my Fishman soundhole pickup permanently added too, but I also love owning a good guitar that for once, doesnt come from the far East or the P.R.China. Not that I don't dig their output, its just that this S & P makes a bit of a change.

2nd is an Eko Ranger. But this one is a mix of two guitars, which is the beauty of Ekos with their bolt on necks. I first got this guitar as a gift. It was a 12 string, with a block marker neck. Trouble is that the neck had split at the headtock end, and even with the repair I did, could not cope with 12 strings, and even struggled with standard tuned strings. So I played it with light strings in open G for a while, until I found an older EKO for sale, which was an EKO Laredo. This guitar had a great neck, but had a lousy damaged body. So I just did a swap. So this has a 12 string body and a 6 string neck. Like all EKOs it has a sound of its own, brash, bolshie and full. I love them, they are sort of the Telecaster of acoustic guitars, no nonsense and bolt together, real buskers guitars. Its funny an Eko Rio Grande was my first real acoustic a long time ago, and they really are tough as old boots. Mine survived falling out of a moving van!! Foolishly I sold this in a fit of starvation, and I always hankered after another EKO. This one I am keeping, mainly because who wants to buy such a mongrel as this, anyway? Like all EKOs it has a fingerboard you can land a plane on, with a radius you need crampons to get over, but as a no frills thrasher I love her.

Now I really must get me a Parlour size, someday....!

One day.

[kdnate]

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Here are a few pics of my new Martin D-35.
Looks GREAT but sounds even BETTER.

[Mark N]

here's my new to me Takamine EF341C...not the new solid topped EF341SC but it sure is beautiful looker and even better player!

[J. Hayes]

The first in an Epiphone "Evis Tribute" acoustic/electric which is one fine guitar both acoustically and plugged in. I bought it some years ago to do some work with an Elvis impersonator and it always provokes interest and comments..........

The next is my Epiphone Masterbuilt dreadnaught. I love this guitar, the action is low for an acoustic and very easy to play leads "up the neck" unlike a Martin. I also have a Martin Thinline pickup in this guitar.........

The next is my Ovation, I'm not sure of the model but it's got a nice carved bridge and truss rod cover as well as an ebony fretboard so it must be one of their high end guitars. I traded a $299 Ibanez Artcore for this guitar with the Ovation case included.........

The next is my very old Guild classical guitar. It's from around 1960 or so and sounds great. I haven't played it in years but I'm keeping it for sentimental reasons as I had it when I was in the Army........

The next one is my Yamaha nylon string acoustic/electric. This is my "Willie" guitar as I like to do Willie Nelson style leads in a group when we do one of his songs. This guitar covers that sound very well. The neck is much thinner than a normal classical guitar do it's easy to play. I replaced the standard tuners with Schaller Ebony Knob pegs..........

Next is my Fender resonator guitar with MacIntyre "Feather" pickup installed. It has it's own stand so I can set it up at a gig and just walk up to it and play it without having to put my Tele down.

The last is my Flinthill resonator with a Barcus/Berry pickup mounted on top. It's a round neck with a raised nut. I have this one tuned to G6th and have Keith/Scruggs tuners on strings 1 & 3 so I can flip the tuners and have an E7th tuning available........Here are the shots....JH in Va.

[J. Hayes]

wouldn't fit on the last post..............JH in Va.

[FraKo]

Originally Posted by RomanS

My old beater Eko Ranger:

Roman, I've got an Eko like yours, the Ranger 6/EL model (electrified, with a pup in the hole) bought in 1981.

Two days ago I bought ANOTHER Ranger 6, but the new MIC model, as a beater axe/blues machine. It's got NOTHING to do with the historical bolt on necked "war guitar", it's light as a feather - and set neck. I made some fret dressing, appilied one liter lemon oil on the fingerboard & bridge, lowered the bridge barrell (that's not adjustable like on the old model) and, I've got to admit, it turned out to be a nice and rather resonant dreadnought: if you consider that I paied just € 60, icluded a nice strap and a decent Rock Bag gig bag...

I got a black one, and though not indeed perfect, the aged-cream binding is a pleasant one. And so is the neck, chunky but not large like on the oold EKOs

The weird thing is to read on the label "EKO - Recanati - Made in China"... the older instruments were actually made in Recanati, a place well know for being the capital of the accordion craftmanship.

I got a couple of photos, I'll post them in a couple of days

[msteurbaut]

An Ibanez R-640S for fingerstyle, a Yamaha LL16 for flatpicking, a Vintage Tricone for slide

http://img339.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ousticseo5.jpg

[gibsonjunkie]

I guess this is an acoustic, too...

Needs some TLC, but bought it off a guy who found it in a dumpster for $25. If I sunk around $800 into it I'd have an instrument worth about $750...

[superchicken_VI]

This is not a complete accounting, because there are a few missing. This would include a Martin Backpacker, a Santa Rosa Riverboat Banjo, a nylon-stringed Framus folk guitar from the 60's, a late 80s nylon Takamine Jasmine e/a/c, a plastic Maccaferi Islander uke, a cheap Rover mando, my mother's old bent-necked Sears archtop, a student violin, and a plucked psaltry.

First, my new (to me) '73 Martin D-18S

My wife's late godmother's '81 Washburn Woodstock

My '72 Yamaha FG-75

My recent Alvarez AJ60S12N

[RickG501]

Ok, I finally got the digital camera working again...by replacing it.
My newest member of the herd, acquired in June.
Olympia OD-30SWR, solid spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides. Herring bone rosette, and an ugly pickguard and funky position markers (slabs of abalone). Inlaid abalone logo on head stock. Fully bound body and neck. Looks aside, it's a cannon!

[drjordan]

The first 2 guitars are my pride and joys...a Collings D2HG (rosewood b/s and German spruce top) and a Beard Vintage R resonator. I've also included pictures of my first "real" acoustic...my Martin 000-1, not a bad guitar by any means. All of these have K&K pickups installed.

The Collings



A close-up of the Collings top



The Beard



The trusty Martin

[Sollophonic]

My latest acquistion. A Busker MM Blues. Getting a lot of play time at the moment.
Getting complaints as well.
"Cant you turn that down?"

In a word, no!