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d18rc · January 3rd, 2009, 07:21 PM

Mostly my Rockbridge mahogany/red spruce.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaxhPFNShvk

RC

billd13 · January 3rd, 2009, 10:29 PM

My 2007 Gibson True Vintage J185.

Alex W · January 3rd, 2009, 10:54 PM

National M2

AmericanStd. · January 3rd, 2009, 11:11 PM

My Taylor Big Baby. And it's not my only Taylor, either.

WYfish · January 5th, 2009, 11:55 PM

Taylor 410

guit30 · January 6th, 2009, 07:13 PM

Alvarez RD20SB

bluetele54 · January 7th, 2009, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zombywoof

Hate to say it but my 1960 Gibson J-200 spends more time in the case than my 1956 Gibson SJ

...but to answer the thread,I mostly play my 1966 Gibson Country Western dreadnaught..but a recent purchase is a Blue Ridge BG-140 slope-shouldered dreadnaught...here's a link: http://www.sagamusic.com/catalog/det...oductID=BG-140

...I also love my Les Stansell nylon classical,and a '37 Kalamazoo...

...for a 12-String,I've a 1981 Ibanez that plays,sounds,and records like a dream...

KevinB · January 8th, 2009, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rocksteady Max

What's a neck reset ? is like changing the timing belt of an engine : you need to have that at a specific interval ?

Utlimately the fate of every steel string acoustic guitar (and some electrics) is that the tension of the strings will take its toll on the neck, pulling it upwards and increasing the action to the point of unplayability. You can adjust the bridge saddle, but only so much, and then the guitar needs major surgery to remove the typically glued in neck and to adjust and re-attach it at a more favourable angle.

There is no set interval; it's a function of time, the conditions the guitar has been exposed to, the characteristics of the wood the guitar was made from, etc, etc. It's unusual to see guitars less than 20 years old needing a neck reset, but not too unusual after that.

Jett · January 8th, 2009, 07:59 PM

Taylor 612C

DNestler · January 9th, 2009, 02:22 AM

These two Santa Cruz Guitar Company models. The one on the left is my friend, Kenny's, 000-NB Rising Fawn (NB = Norman Blake). The one on the right is my "1942 Bluegrass D". Just last night we played "Last Train From Poor Valley" from the first Blake & Rice CD.

Daniel

Mikey3 · January 9th, 2009, 11:05 PM

At the moment playing my guild D-35 the most....i really need to change the strings on my D-42.

rocksteady Max · January 9th, 2009, 11:45 PM

My Boucher Wild Goose : a canon

hal · January 9th, 2009, 11:54 PM

Taylor Grand Concert . It is the old 12 size. Mine is the 30th anniversary with shorter scale, open headstock, cedar and mahogany. My Dana B is for sale on the forum. It's a great guitar but it's not me.

zombywoof · January 10th, 2009, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinB

Utlimately the fate of every steel string acoustic guitar (and some electrics) is that the tension of the strings will take its toll on the neck, pulling it upwards and increasing the action to the point of unplayability.

String tension is not the most likely culprit.

The most common problem on an acoustic is the back flattening out which rotates the neck block causing the neck to tilt upwards.

But yeah, pretty much most acoustics will need a neck reset after some 25 years.

g6120 · January 10th, 2009, 04:16 PM

used to have two gibson j200 guitars now just the sunburst

superchicken_VI · January 12th, 2009, 09:43 AM

I think I'm deciding to pass on my Showdown to a friend's 10 yo son who really wants to learn (he keeps stealing his sister's pink acoustic--shows he's interested!). I pulled out my Martin D-18S last night. I don't think I'm putting it back up for a long time.

Sonny Meaux · January 12th, 2009, 06:12 PM

that's awesome

twangcaster1 · January 12th, 2009, 06:15 PM

I play acoustic onTakamines. I wish I had one of those new T-Series takamines! Very nice!

bglaze · January 15th, 2009, 07:41 AM

My Alvarez cedar-top MD60... I am rarely seen at home without it.

Mike Bruce · January 15th, 2009, 07:54 AM

Marc Beneteau (www.beneteauguitars.com), and Josh House (www.houseguitars.com). Usually whatever works for whatever song is what gets played.

Mike Bruce

Fool, Esq. · January 15th, 2009, 10:08 AM

Recording King RO-227. Made in China, yes, but a lovely design (based on the Martin OOO) and well-built guitar that plays like a dream. Lovely on fingerstyle blues, but it'll take a flatpick well, too. Check them out here: http://www.recordingking.com/guitars_ro227.html

porkadon · January 15th, 2009, 10:20 AM

The only one I own, my 2000 Martin D-16!

Rizo · January 15th, 2009, 11:19 AM

Guild D-25, same age as me.

Or...

Enoch Tradesman Banjo.

adifferentbreed · January 23rd, 2009, 07:41 PM

Fender Tiki Drummer......just alot of fun to play.

Douglas Ingram · January 24th, 2009, 10:11 PM

Classical guitars that I build myself. My go-to guitar right now is a white cedar/lacewood Torres SE type.

tlecky · January 25th, 2009, 09:48 PM

1961 Gibson J-45 or a 2002 Nashville Guitar Company D-18.

Barz · January 25th, 2009, 10:59 PM

Fender DG-100! Absolute killer deal for the price. I love it. I will admit I haven't played it much until today(I've been stuck on my tele). But every time I play it, I smile. Fun guitar with great action and tone.

cwcowell · January 26th, 2009, 01:31 PM

Learning on a Guild GAD-50

mojito · January 27th, 2009, 09:49 AM

I play my Taylor 614CE at 2 church services each week as well as 1 rehearsal but around the house and jamming with friends I usually drag my Guild GAD50.

Sollophonic · February 5th, 2009, 07:08 PM

Mine looks like this now.

I had a spare morning and a tin of paint stripper. Its a Busker MM Blues (www.buskerguitars.co.uk)

Sounds even more amazing to me now!

FraKo · February 6th, 2009, 05:11 AM

Cheapo EKO ranger 6-C in black. Got as a beater guitar to keep at my office to play something after lunch, paied just € 65 (gig bag included) and fell in love with it after a little fret dressing and setting up. Now it stays home, almost pampered... the neck is SO sweet, expecially for an acoustic dreanought. It's my acoustic blues machine now. The sound isn't THAT deep (I guess is basswood, with a tinted maple fingerboard that look nicely like rosewood), but it works well indeed.

I've got an old (1981), almost historical EKO Ranger 6(EL(ectrified), but it's got too a big & wide neck, it's a big beast really uneasy to tame. Anyway, after 28 years it's still perfect, like brand new.

Gary in NJ · February 6th, 2009, 10:40 AM

In my band I play an acoustic in about 1/2 the songs. My gig ax is a Blueridge BG-160. I love the feel, playability, look, and most importantly the tone, from this instrument.

Dmann · February 6th, 2009, 01:29 PM

Larrivée L-03wl, walnut sides and back, Sitka Spruce Soundboard. The action was set at the factory and it plays like an electric. I put in bone bridge an pins.

David Barnett · February 6th, 2009, 01:39 PM

Gibson J45

gitano718 · February 6th, 2009, 09:36 PM

I use my Guild GAD Jf-48 for fingerpicking and an Epi-MAsterbilt AJ-500MNA for strumming. But I picked up a Taylor the other day and she's been hogging all my time.

OhioJohn · February 15th, 2009, 07:39 PM

Either my Martin CEO-5 or my Dave Painter handbuilt, both 12-fret slotheads.

Manolian · February 15th, 2009, 07:46 PM

1991 Ovation custom balladeer collector's series.

JLOPEZ · February 17th, 2009, 09:25 PM

Taylor 614 w/Expresion direct and miced with a Sure SM94.

Steve McGinnis · February 17th, 2009, 11:08 PM

Advanced Jumbo. I don't do it justice but it does sound great...

pickinpete · February 17th, 2009, 11:27 PM

this is the only acoustic I really play.

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guit30 Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Abington Age: 56 Posts: 753	Alvarez RD20SB __________________ Wampler Ego Compressor Edan Analog Nashville Hot Boost Jim's Country Reviews www.geocities.com/guit30

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Jett Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Marietta, GA Age: 45 Posts: 395	Mid 90's Taylor 612C Taylor 612C

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hal Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 871	Taylor Grand Concert . It is the old 12 size. Mine is the 30th anniversary with shorter scale, open headstock, cedar and mahogany. My Dana B is for sale on the forum. It's a great guitar but it's not me. __________________ Wherever you go, there you are.

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Sonny Meaux NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Louisiana Age: 28 Posts: 9	that's awesome __________________ Fish are fish and demons are bad.

January 12th, 2009, 06:15 PM	#98 (permalink)
twangcaster1 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 2,201 15 Photos	I play acoustic onTakamines. I wish I had one of those new T-Series takamines! Very nice! __________________ Louisiana Twangmaker

January 3rd, 2009, 07:21 PM	#81 (permalink)
d18rc TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 20	Mostly my Rockbridge mahogany/red spruce. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaxhPFNShvk RC

January 3rd, 2009, 10:29 PM	#82 (permalink)
billd13 TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ashton, IL Posts: 83	My 2007 Gibson True Vintage J185.

January 3rd, 2009, 10:54 PM	#83 (permalink)
Alex W Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 41 Posts: 287	National M2

January 3rd, 2009, 11:11 PM	#84 (permalink)
AmericanStd. Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charlotte Posts: 305	My Taylor Big Baby. And it's not my only Taylor, either.

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WYfish TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jackson, WY Posts: 76	Taylor 410

January 9th, 2009, 11:05 PM	#91 (permalink)
Mikey3 TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Age: 28 Posts: 64 16 Photos	At the moment playing my guild D-35 the most....i really need to change the strings on my D-42.

January 12th, 2009, 09:43 AM	#96 (permalink)
superchicken_VI Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Monroe, NC Age: 37 Posts: 2,269	I think I'm deciding to pass on my Showdown to a friend's 10 yo son who really wants to learn (he keeps stealing his sister's pink acoustic--shows he's interested!). I pulled out my Martin D-18S last night. I don't think I'm putting it back up for a long time.

January 15th, 2009, 07:41 AM	#99 (permalink)
bglaze Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Indiana Age: 26 Posts: 519	My Alvarez cedar-top MD60... I am rarely seen at home without it. __________________ "Play it like it was the last guitar God was ever gonna let ya touch, and love it." - Ron Kirn

January 15th, 2009, 07:54 AM	#100 (permalink)
Mike Bruce Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 898	Marc Beneteau (www.beneteauguitars.com), and Josh House (www.houseguitars.com). Usually whatever works for whatever song is what gets played. Mike Bruce

January 15th, 2009, 10:08 AM	#101 (permalink)
Fool, Esq. TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Age: 38 Posts: 26 1 Photos	Recording King RO-227. Made in China, yes, but a lovely design (based on the Martin OOO) and well-built guitar that plays like a dream. Lovely on fingerstyle blues, but it'll take a flatpick well, too. Check them out here: http://www.recordingking.com/guitars_ro227.html

January 15th, 2009, 10:20 AM	#102 (permalink)
porkadon Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Willimantic, CT U.S.A. Age: 56 Posts: 221	The only one I own, my 2000 Martin D-16!

January 15th, 2009, 11:19 AM	#103 (permalink)
Rizo Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Athens, OH Posts: 1,150	Guild D-25, same age as me. Or... Enoch Tradesman Banjo. __________________ "You say you want to play country, but you're in a punk rock band."

January 23rd, 2009, 07:41 PM	#104 (permalink)
adifferentbreed Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Holmes Beach, Florida Age: 44 Posts: 683	Fender Tiki Drummer......just alot of fun to play. __________________ Dig the Blues? Check out the Blues Republic! http://www.bluesrepublic.org "Life is just a tire swing"

January 24th, 2009, 10:11 PM	#105 (permalink)
Douglas Ingram Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lorette, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 139	Classical guitars that I build myself. My go-to guitar right now is a white cedar/lacewood Torres SE type. __________________ Happily analog. http://www.redrivercanoe.ca/ http://woodbecreative.blogspot.com/

January 25th, 2009, 09:48 PM	#106 (permalink)
tlecky Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Westchester County NY Age: 37 Posts: 137	1961 Gibson J-45 or a 2002 Nashville Guitar Company D-18.

January 25th, 2009, 10:59 PM	#107 (permalink)
Barz Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spring Hill, FL Age: 25 Posts: 288	Fender DG-100! Absolute killer deal for the price. I love it. I will admit I haven't played it much until today(I've been stuck on my tele). But every time I play it, I smile. Fun guitar with great action and tone.

January 26th, 2009, 01:31 PM	#108 (permalink)
cwcowell Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oregon Age: 39 Posts: 127	Learning on a Guild GAD-50

January 27th, 2009, 09:49 AM	#109 (permalink)
mojito Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: "Land of Pleasant Living" Maryland Posts: 375	I play my Taylor 614CE at 2 church services each week as well as 1 rehearsal but around the house and jamming with friends I usually drag my Guild GAD50. __________________ "So many guitars, so little time."

February 5th, 2009, 07:08 PM	#110 (permalink)
Sollophonic Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Skipton, N. Yorkshire, England Age: 45 Posts: 726	Mine looks like this now. I had a spare morning and a tin of paint stripper. Its a Busker MM Blues (www.buskerguitars.co.uk) Sounds even more amazing to me now!

February 6th, 2009, 05:11 AM	#111 (permalink)
FraKo Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Milan, Italy Posts: 1,356	Cheapo EKO ranger 6-C in black. Got as a beater guitar to keep at my office to play something after lunch, paied just € 65 (gig bag included) and fell in love with it after a little fret dressing and setting up. Now it stays home, almost pampered... the neck is SO sweet, expecially for an acoustic dreanought. It's my acoustic blues machine now. The sound isn't THAT deep (I guess is basswood, with a tinted maple fingerboard that look nicely like rosewood), but it works well indeed. I've got an old (1981), almost historical EKO Ranger 6(EL(ectrified), but it's got too a big & wide neck, it's a big beast really uneasy to tame. Anyway, after 28 years it's still perfect, like brand new. __________________ FraKo-the-gnome 1/2 Member of the Double Bound Telecaster Owners Club

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February 6th, 2009, 10:40 AM	#112 (permalink)
Gary in NJ Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 148	In my band I play an acoustic in about 1/2 the songs. My gig ax is a Blueridge BG-160. I love the feel, playability, look, and most importantly the tone, from this instrument. __________________ Electrics - '01 MiM Tele (4-Way Switch, SD APTL-3JD & APTR-1 PUPS), Faux Paul, '98 Fender Jazz Deluxe Acoustics - Blueridge BG-160, Martin DXMe, Guild Madeira A30R My Band -> sweeterunknown

February 6th, 2009, 01:29 PM	#113 (permalink)
Dmann TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NYC Age: 47 Posts: 97	Larrivée L-03wl, walnut sides and back, Sitka Spruce Soundboard. The action was set at the factory and it plays like an electric. I put in bone bridge an pins.

February 6th, 2009, 01:39 PM	#114 (permalink)
David Barnett Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Far-Flung Isles of Langerhans Age: 53 Posts: 6,061	Gibson J45 __________________ "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." -- H. Simpson

February 6th, 2009, 09:36 PM	#115 (permalink)
gitano718 TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New York Posts: 14	I use my Guild GAD Jf-48 for fingerpicking and an Epi-MAsterbilt AJ-500MNA for strumming. But I picked up a Taylor the other day and she's been hogging all my time.

February 15th, 2009, 07:39 PM	#116 (permalink)
OhioJohn TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Germantown, OH Age: 69 Posts: 32	Either my Martin CEO-5 or my Dave Painter handbuilt, both 12-fret slotheads.

February 15th, 2009, 07:46 PM	#117 (permalink)
Manolian Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Miami,FL Age: 56 Posts: 286	1991 Ovation custom balladeer collector's series.

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JLOPEZ NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Grapevine, TX Age: 51 Posts: 1	Taylor 614 w/Expresion direct and miced with a Sure SM94.

February 17th, 2009, 11:08 PM	#119 (permalink)
Steve McGinnis Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 966	Gibson Advanced Jumbo. I don't do it justice but it does sound great...

February 17th, 2009, 11:27 PM	#120 (permalink)
pickinpete Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lawrenceburg, TN Age: 43 Posts: 244 4 Photos	this is the only acoustic I really play. __________________ Pickin Pete www.myspace.com/pickinpete www.billsbluegrass.com "But the first and the flatted fifth...... THATS THE DEVILS INTERVAL!"