First jam with the HD-28.

[imwjl]

This thing is really growing on me. I love my Larrivee, and it's really sweet by itself in my home, but this HD-28 just blows everything away in a jam. I used to struggle to hear myself and always heard the guy who has a '58 D-28, and last night I noticed my runs carried, and people were looking at me more, and I realized it was because the notes I got right _AND_ wrong were heard. The guy who facilitates the jam had more comments to me, and I'm sure it was because I was heard.

I won't deny that there's Martin love for branding alone, but OTOH the more I play it, the more I see why they are popular. The wake up call for me is how my used guitar is superior to anything similar I've tried - not the typical scenario for a used item.

[PK]

Once while camping and jamming with friends, one of the non-players asked me to turn down my guitar (HD28) because he couldn't hear his buddy's "Taylor"! I wasn't strumming particularly hard, but I WAS laughing my arse off while telling him there's no electricity up here in the wilderness :)

PK

[TexGoneNW]

About branding...

I went into the "high end acoustic sound booth" area at a guitar shop and played, literally, every guitar in the place. This was after being very disappointed with the Variax acoustic through a Bose system.

I played Taylors, Gibsons, and Martins for the most part.

The one...and I mean one...guitar that sounded right to me was the HD-28V.

It's been a year and a half, and it still amazes me.

The tone and the characteristic overtones make me strum chords and just listen to the notes interact as they decay. Alpha waves on the brain.

Now tell me if this happens to you:
The bit of string above the nut is probably something you'd deaden if you were recording in a studio, but I've found that it's almost like having reverb and overtones that you don't get if it's muffled.

[studio1087]

HD's are cannons. Banjo killers. Fantastic guitars. Congratulations.

[Jeffscreamedcorn]

+ 1 on the HD28 as a cannon!

[imwjl]

Originally Posted by TexGoneNW

The tone and the characteristic overtones make me strum chords and just listen to the notes interact as they decay. Alpha waves on the brain.

OK, this is probably a safe place to admit this, but yes..... I caught myself tired in brain and fingers and I just sat and listened to chords marveling at how it is superb at not just the happy E, but sus, 9s....

Actually I knew this was a winner by listening to the tone and chords even though it needed a setup. I have assumed it has "opend up" because no new copy of same model sounded this good with fresh or dead strings. Saving $800 is just frosting on the cake and my daughter has a chance for a birth year guitar.

:)