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gibsonjunkie · February 17th, 2009, 11:36 PM

This one

chet · February 18th, 2009, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary in NJ

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.

Do you mic it or have a pickup installed in it?

Tele295 · February 20th, 2009, 03:44 PM

I've been playing the heck out of my girlfriend's Cigano GJ15 (grande bouche gypsy jazz guitar) until I get my Gitane Jorgenson. These guitars FINALLY make sense to me.

When set up properly and played with the right pick (3.5 mm MINIMUM - these are thick!), you get that wonderful cross between a jazz archtop and a classical guitar. I am having an absolute blast with this, and have barely touched my Esquire, although I did noodle with it this morning.

Tele Fan · February 20th, 2009, 04:00 PM

Epiphone Masterbilt. It's the only acoustic I have right now.

4mal · February 20th, 2009, 06:05 PM

Larrivee L-03 RE and a Tele'coustic. Thje Larrivee is fresh from a setup and is playing better than ever. The Tele'coustic is just a fun thing to play. A great open mic beater... I'lll probably set it up for slide.

spacey · February 22nd, 2009, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capel

Guild GAD-50 hanging on the wall at work.... funny, no-one will buy these things 'coz they're Chinese made, despite how good they sound!

me too .... that little guild sounds great ( gad-30 ).

OhioJohn · February 22nd, 2009, 07:48 PM

This one! Dave Painter rosewood 12-fret slope dread, 24.75" scale. Yum!

drjordan · February 23rd, 2009, 01:04 AM

This...my Collings D2HG

unbridled · February 23rd, 2009, 02:57 AM

For some reason, I keep coming back to the cheapest, should be crappiest acoutic I've owned, an Ibanez AEL-20. I've played others of the same model that sucked but this one is awesome. I bought it barely used and the guy either got lucky or did some great set up work on it. It plays like butter and sounds great. I sold several other high-end guitars just because they were "OK" but the money I got from selling them meant more to me than the guitars did. The only pic I have of it is in the rack: (disregard the pink bass

)

But this is what it looks like:

Chris Clemens · February 23rd, 2009, 03:21 PM

Here it is! My ol' Levin.

Man this small-box guitR sounds so fat and dynamic!

Chris Clemens · February 23rd, 2009, 03:25 PM

Uh, 2nd attempt... (give me tubes and I'm fine. Give me chips and I...)

scrapyardblue · February 23rd, 2009, 05:33 PM

Got one of these Breedlove 35th Ann. C-25s at home and I like it a lot:

milospilo · February 27th, 2009, 11:50 AM

I tend to rotate them but the Yamaha is the gigging workhorse. I get a wee bit precious about the others.
The little thing on the end is a Tiple btw.

Esquire92 · February 27th, 2009, 04:03 PM

milospilo!
How old is that Yamaha? I learned playing on one like this, and I guess the one we have is about 30 years old. It doesn't have the inlays on the neck and on the headstock, but apart from that it's the same. Trying to find out the model for a long time, so I'd appreciate if you could help!

I play a German "Baton Rouge" acoustic, I like the sound of it, even though I wanna try on the strings a little bit. See Picture. It's sort of a simple design, not a lot on the neck, no pickguard. But I love that eagle on the 12th fret!! The finish is pretty, it's rosewood I think. Mahogany on the sides. Or the other way around. Solid body guitar, and it was at about 450$ (300 €uro). My first own guitar!

Chris S. · February 27th, 2009, 04:55 PM

I've been playing my Recording King Classic RD-227 (vintage Martin knock-off) and enjoying the heck out of it.

Related thread and review here. CS

Not mine, but the exact same model.

milospilo · February 28th, 2009, 09:34 AM

Hey Esquire92. That Yamaha used to belong to my dad. He got it new from the Yamaha importers here in the UK in about '79.
It's a CJ - 838S. I've seen a few over the years and they all play blindin'. Most don't seem to have the inlays so I'm not sure if it makes it a different model or not.
I had it refretted a few years back as it had been my dads and then my regular gigging guitar for so long.
Still the loudest acoustic I've ever played.

EJG1 · February 28th, 2009, 10:46 AM

Taylor 410es

Esquire92 · February 28th, 2009, 12:39 PM

Thanks milospilo,
I guess I have a real vintage guitar here ;-) And yes, agreed, they are very loud, and they are made for centuries!
Thanks a lot!

Ed McG · February 28th, 2009, 07:14 PM

OM21, too

6942 · March 1st, 2009, 02:58 PM

Washburn D10SDL

Steve

suave eddie · March 1st, 2009, 03:10 PM

My pre-Fender Guild D-55...........Sweet!

56telemike · March 1st, 2009, 03:17 PM

Collings D1HA ahhhhh!

Freight Twang · March 1st, 2009, 05:16 PM

Martin HD-40MS Marty Stuart

Brewdude · March 3rd, 2009, 10:37 PM

My main acoustic is a Tama I got in '73/74. Martin knockoff, but always sounded great to me and still does. Payed about $250 for it back in the day. Had a friend that had a D-45 and compared the sound and it was pretty close. The Martin was way more soft and subtle, where the Tama was big on the bass response and much louder overall. Still love this guitar.

Have it set up with heavy phosophor-bronze D'Addarios, tuned down 1 step. Neck is straight as a laser beam. Installed a fishman on it a while back but can't say I'm pleased with the sound through an amp.

Also bought an '03 Hummingbird recently, since the neck is almost identical and it doesn't have the bass response of the Tama which helps in certain selections. Seems the highs are better represented which is cool when I do fingerpicking.

This is also tuned down 1 step, but I use med phosphor-bronze on this since the action is a bit higher. Makes me bite in a little more. Not a bad thing.

Don't do the digital thing or I'd post pics.

jimdkc · March 16th, 2009, 11:59 PM

'73 Guild F50-R Jumbo with rosewood back and sides. I inherited this and it got me back into guitar after many years!

Jim

Warm Gums · March 30th, 2009, 02:04 AM

Don't play much acoustic, but I have a old (mid '60s) Framus flat top parlor with a arched BACK, a bolt on neck & a trapese tailpiece..It had mile high action when I got it, but I shimmed the neck like a Fender & now it's fine..sounds like a reso when you strum back behind the soundhole, & has a nice (if small) sound up by the neck.
I also have a' 70s Yamaha classical, that I should play more....

eggman · March 30th, 2009, 02:35 AM

Howdy,

D-28. Had it since '97 and she sounds huge. The action is stock and a bit high, of course. Still, she rings like a bell and I love this guitar. I'll never sell it.

Eggman

brandt · April 7th, 2009, 02:24 PM

I've been spending quality time with my latest acquisition. The one on the right is a 1933 National El Trovador (left - 2007 National El Trovador Mike Dowling signature model)

Colt W. Knight · April 7th, 2009, 02:42 PM

My beat-up Martin D-16H.

Colt W. Knight · April 7th, 2009, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandt

I've been spending quality time with my latest acquisition. The one on the right is a 1933 National El Trovador (left - 2007 National El Trovador Mike Dowling signature model)

Those are drop dead sexy.

cqmurphy · April 7th, 2009, 03:36 PM

My only acoustic. Martin 000-15.

Chris Clemens · April 7th, 2009, 03:42 PM

'51 Levin Diplomat...

Sweet!

Chris Clemens · April 7th, 2009, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Clemens

'51 Levin Diplomat...

Sweet!

Oh my, I cheated... (well actualy my Delirium kicked in again)

I already posted this thread! Twice!

Well cause it's a beaut she can stay on there...

brandt · April 7th, 2009, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colt W. Knight

Those are drop dead sexy.

thanks Colt! I feel so lucky to have found the 1933. This model has a lot of history - It was only made for about 1 year and there were around 500 made total. It is estimated that there are only about 100 or so that survived the past 75 years.

mudbean · April 7th, 2009, 06:21 PM

The latest addition to the mudbean arsenal: 1997 Taylor 410CE

I think a Taylor is the perfect match for a Martin to round out an acoustic guitar collection: The boom of the Martin complements the tight midrange tone of the Taylor.

mud

Dr.TeleD · April 13th, 2009, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by giginthesky

ovation balladeer deepbowl from the 70's. it's my fave.

Nice neck, great sound. I wish I would have never sold mine.

tomfarnan · April 18th, 2009, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mudshark

Gibson J-45...play it about as much as Tele.

what year J-45, mudshark?

tomfarnan · April 18th, 2009, 04:06 AM

I bought my first Martin about three weeks ago - a 000-42 Marquis that was on sale at about 60% off. It's a real shame having to wear that one in ...

I still pick up my Maton (oz brand) CW80 too but mostly for slide. Matons are kind of between Seagull and Taylor for a US reference.

P Thought · May 2nd, 2009, 12:38 AM

My main squeeze is my Takamine EF 340SBG all-solid dreadnought, but I rotate through the rest of my Tak acoustics: an old F-400S 12 string, a sweet C-140SH classical, and a beat-up F-340S I keep at school. I have an F-349 I let my students play. I gave my old F-360 to a friend who wants to learn the guitar, a C-132S to one of my daughters, and a C-128 to my other daughter.

My only electric right now is a Takamine, too, a GX-200T (my avatar, until my Tele is ready.)

I guess that's enough Takamines now, much as I love them, and enough acoustics. My next guitar is a mahogany Tele project. My son is going to make the body, and I'm ordering the neck tomorrow.

Someday I hope to learn to play.

Darrell · May 5th, 2009, 10:26 PM

My beater is a Yamaha FG-401...it goes everywhere with me...it takes a beating and keeps on ticking. I have gone through two of them in 25 years.

But when I want get my tone...the J-45 is it.

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February 20th, 2009, 03:44 PM	#123 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Latchodrom, CA Posts: 4,028 14 Photos	I've been playing the heck out of my girlfriend's Cigano GJ15 (grande bouche gypsy jazz guitar) until I get my Gitane Jorgenson. These guitars FINALLY make sense to me. When set up properly and played with the right pick (3.5 mm MINIMUM - these are thick!), you get that wonderful cross between a jazz archtop and a classical guitar. I am having an absolute blast with this, and have barely touched my Esquire, although I did noodle with it this morning. __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

February 20th, 2009, 04:00 PM	#124 (permalink)
Tele Fan Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville, Ky Age: 30 Posts: 2,977	Epiphone Masterbilt. It's the only acoustic I have right now. __________________ Life is better when you just make it up as you go along.

February 23rd, 2009, 02:57 AM	#129 (permalink)
unbridled Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dillon, Mt Age: 34 Posts: 527 8 Photos	For some reason, I keep coming back to the cheapest, should be crappiest acoutic I've owned, an Ibanez AEL-20. I've played others of the same model that sucked but this one is awesome. I bought it barely used and the guy either got lucky or did some great set up work on it. It plays like butter and sounds great. I sold several other high-end guitars just because they were "OK" but the money I got from selling them meant more to me than the guitars did. The only pic I have of it is in the rack: (disregard the pink bass ) But this is what it looks like: __________________ Just about everything I say has been stolen from someone else.

February 23rd, 2009, 03:21 PM	#130 (permalink)
Chris Clemens Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Aalsmeer (West-coast Delta of Holland) Age: 32 Posts: 408 7 Photos	Here it is! My ol' Levin. Man this small-box guitR sounds so fat and dynamic! __________________ Hello, can somebody flick the talent switch for me please? www.bloodsweatandkiers.nl www.chrisCclemens.nl

February 20th, 2009, 06:05 PM	#125 (permalink)
4mal Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Gorge Posts: 2,513	Larrivee L-03 RE and a Tele'coustic. Thje Larrivee is fresh from a setup and is playing better than ever. The Tele'coustic is just a fun thing to play. A great open mic beater... I'lll probably set it up for slide.

February 23rd, 2009, 01:04 AM	#128 (permalink)
drjordan Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, GA Age: 28 Posts: 158	This...my Collings D2HG

February 23rd, 2009, 03:25 PM	#131 (permalink)
Chris Clemens Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Aalsmeer (West-coast Delta of Holland) Age: 32 Posts: 408 7 Photos	Uh, 2nd attempt... (give me tubes and I'm fine. Give me chips and I...) __________________ Hello, can somebody flick the talent switch for me please? www.bloodsweatandkiers.nl www.chrisCclemens.nl

February 23rd, 2009, 05:33 PM	#132 (permalink)
scrapyardblue Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: bluesville, IL Posts: 198	Got one of these Breedlove 35th Ann. C-25s at home and I like it a lot:

February 27th, 2009, 11:50 AM	#133 (permalink)
milospilo TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 27	I tend to rotate them but the Yamaha is the gigging workhorse. I get a wee bit precious about the others. The little thing on the end is a Tiple btw.

February 27th, 2009, 04:55 PM	#135 (permalink)
Chris S. Moderator Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Near TELE-Town (Wash. DC) Posts: 3,589 7 Photos	Recording King I've been playing my Recording King Classic RD-227 (vintage Martin knock-off) and enjoying the heck out of it. Related thread and review here. CS Not mine, but the exact same model. __________________ "I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's depressing." – Tara, from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" "It was born at the junction of form and function." – Bill Kirchen, from "Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods"

February 28th, 2009, 09:34 AM	#136 (permalink)
milospilo TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 27	Hey Esquire92. That Yamaha used to belong to my dad. He got it new from the Yamaha importers here in the UK in about '79. It's a CJ - 838S. I've seen a few over the years and they all play blindin'. Most don't seem to have the inlays so I'm not sure if it makes it a different model or not. I had it refretted a few years back as it had been my dads and then my regular gigging guitar for so long. Still the loudest acoustic I've ever played.

February 28th, 2009, 10:46 AM	#137 (permalink)
EJG1 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Jersey Age: 55 Posts: 244	Taylor 410es __________________ Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy. --Albert Einstein

February 28th, 2009, 12:39 PM	#138 (permalink)
Esquire92 TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Reutlingen, Germany Age: 17 Posts: 56	Thanks milospilo, I guess I have a real vintage guitar here ;-) And yes, agreed, they are very loud, and they are made for centuries! Thanks a lot! __________________ My favorites: Luther Perkins, Don Rich, Leo Jackson, Roy Nichols, Bob Wootton, Maury Muehleisen & Freddie Haws!

February 28th, 2009, 07:14 PM	#139 (permalink)
Ed McG TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fox River Grove IL Age: 55 Posts: 34	OM21, too

March 1st, 2009, 02:58 PM	#140 (permalink)
6942 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 1,940	Washburn D10SDL Steve

March 1st, 2009, 03:10 PM	#141 (permalink)
suave eddie TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: canada Age: 57 Posts: 47	My pre-Fender Guild D-55...........Sweet!

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56telemike TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Whitby, Ontario, Canada Posts: 20	Collings D1HA ahhhhh! __________________ I'm here and I'm not going away.

March 1st, 2009, 05:16 PM	#143 (permalink)
Freight Twang Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Montgomery,Al Age: 41 Posts: 263 2 Photos	Martin HD-40MS Marty Stuart

March 3rd, 2009, 10:37 PM	#144 (permalink)
Brewdude Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Near the Emerald City of Seattle Posts: 135	My main acoustic is a Tama I got in '73/74. Martin knockoff, but always sounded great to me and still does. Payed about $250 for it back in the day. Had a friend that had a D-45 and compared the sound and it was pretty close. The Martin was way more soft and subtle, where the Tama was big on the bass response and much louder overall. Still love this guitar. Have it set up with heavy phosophor-bronze D'Addarios, tuned down 1 step. Neck is straight as a laser beam. Installed a fishman on it a while back but can't say I'm pleased with the sound through an amp. Also bought an '03 Hummingbird recently, since the neck is almost identical and it doesn't have the bass response of the Tama which helps in certain selections. Seems the highs are better represented which is cool when I do fingerpicking. This is also tuned down 1 step, but I use med phosphor-bronze on this since the action is a bit higher. Makes me bite in a little more. Not a bad thing. Don't do the digital thing or I'd post pics. __________________ "Id rather look around me, compose a better song, cause that's the honest measure of my worth." Ian Anderson.

March 16th, 2009, 11:59 PM	#145 (permalink)
jimdkc Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Independence, MO Age: 53 Posts: 129	'73 Guild F50-R Jumbo with rosewood back and sides. I inherited this and it got me back into guitar after many years! Jim

March 30th, 2009, 02:04 AM	#146 (permalink)
Warm Gums Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 388	Don't play much acoustic, but I have a old (mid '60s) Framus flat top parlor with a arched BACK, a bolt on neck & a trapese tailpiece..It had mile high action when I got it, but I shimmed the neck like a Fender & now it's fine..sounds like a reso when you strum back behind the soundhole, & has a nice (if small) sound up by the neck. I also have a' 70s Yamaha classical, that I should play more....

March 30th, 2009, 02:35 AM	#147 (permalink)
eggman Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bossier City,La. Posts: 1,633	Howdy, D-28. Had it since '97 and she sounds huge. The action is stock and a bit high, of course. Still, she rings like a bell and I love this guitar. I'll never sell it. Eggman

April 7th, 2009, 02:24 PM	#148 (permalink)
brandt Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SF Bay Area Age: 51 Posts: 528	I've been spending quality time with my latest acquisition. The one on the right is a 1933 National El Trovador (left - 2007 National El Trovador Mike Dowling signature model)

April 7th, 2009, 02:42 PM	#149 (permalink)
Colt W. Knight Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Virginia Age: 25 Posts: 4,086	My beat-up Martin D-16H. __________________ the now mandatory =====>

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cqmurphy TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 67	My only acoustic. Martin 000-15.

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April 7th, 2009, 03:42 PM	#152 (permalink)
Chris Clemens Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Aalsmeer (West-coast Delta of Holland) Age: 32 Posts: 408 7 Photos	'51 Levin Diplomat... Sweet! __________________ Hello, can somebody flick the talent switch for me please? www.bloodsweatandkiers.nl www.chrisCclemens.nl

April 7th, 2009, 06:21 PM	#155 (permalink)
mudbean Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SoCal Semi-Desert Semi-Paradise Age: 50 Posts: 3,189 10 Photos	The latest addition to the mudbean arsenal: 1997 Taylor 410CE I think a Taylor is the perfect match for a Martin to round out an acoustic guitar collection: The boom of the Martin complements the tight midrange tone of the Taylor. mud __________________ MudBean Music Nekkid Bart: "This is the worst day of my life." Laffing Homer: "Worst day SO FAR!!"

April 18th, 2009, 04:06 AM	#158 (permalink)
tomfarnan Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Age: 36 Posts: 166	I bought my first Martin about three weeks ago - a 000-42 Marquis that was on sale at about 60% off. It's a real shame having to wear that one in ... I still pick up my Maton (oz brand) CW80 too but mostly for slide. Matons are kind of between Seagull and Taylor for a US reference.

May 2nd, 2009, 12:38 AM	#159 (permalink)
P Thought Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Age: 56 Posts: 380	Thanks for asking! My main squeeze is my Takamine EF 340SBG all-solid dreadnought, but I rotate through the rest of my Tak acoustics: an old F-400S 12 string, a sweet C-140SH classical, and a beat-up F-340S I keep at school. I have an F-349 I let my students play. I gave my old F-360 to a friend who wants to learn the guitar, a C-132S to one of my daughters, and a C-128 to my other daughter. My only electric right now is a Takamine, too, a GX-200T (my avatar, until my Tele is ready.) I guess that's enough Takamines now, much as I love them, and enough acoustics. My next guitar is a mahogany Tele project. My son is going to make the body, and I'm ordering the neck tomorrow. Someday I hope to learn to play. __________________ quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur

May 5th, 2009, 10:26 PM	#160 (permalink)
Darrell Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 49 Posts: 2,654	My beater is a Yamaha FG-401...it goes everywhere with me...it takes a beating and keeps on ticking. I have gone through two of them in 25 years. But when I want get my tone...the J-45 is it. __________________ "Yeap, I like the American Standard Telecaster, I can even live with one a them PCB amps, and I even use one a them mul-tie-effects things too."