Diamonte

[dagosto]

I have now purchased a handful of Diamante's. A couple for my studio, one for the apartment, and a few others for friends. I must report that they all sound and play pretty much the same. Tuning is not a big issue and cosmetics, well there are a few dark spots on the top of one of mine, but I don't care.

Here are the main problems:

You lose a good amount of volume in the upper registers. This may be remedied with better strings but I have not yet had a chance to replace them.

The joint between the neck and the body is a little bulk wich can get in the way when you want to play above the 12th fret.

Otherwise I love the things. I play the one at my apartment every day and my classical chops are building back up rather nicely. Now I just gotta start growing and filing my nails.

[dolivas]

Originally Posted by dagosto

You lose a good amount of volume in the upper registers. This may be remedied with better strings but I have not yet had a chance to replace them.

The joint between the neck and the body is a little bulk wich can get in the way when you want to play above the 12th fret.

Otherwise I love the things. I play the one at my apartment every day and my classical chops are building back up rather nicely. Now I just gotta start growing and filing my nails.

Yep Yep I have the same two problems as well but I switched out the strings to some LaBella nylon strings and they now sound good at high volumes. Like you said I love these guitar just for bringing my chops up to speed. Going from a diamante to a standard electric or even an acoustic is like night and day. The more you practice on the Diamante/or any classical guitar for that matter the easier it gets to play an electric where you don't have to worry about the width of fretboard and easy frets to press down.

I've been too lazy to file those babies up like Nubus said but hey I've got nothing to lose I already have another classical guitar as a backup which has everything great on it except the setup which is too high.

[Professor Riffs]

I've had mine for almost a month, and it's probably the best $20 I've ever spent.

[mikegee]

anybody try mic-ing an/or recording with the diamante yet? i know, i know, im pushing my luck haha any good recordings? that would be cool

[dagosto]

Originally Posted by mikegee

anybody try mic-ing an/or recording with the diamante yet? i know, i know, im pushing my luck haha any good recordings? that would be cool

Actually I just recorded one of mine this weekend. I used a TLM 103 because I thought it would brighten it up a little. I pointed it between the neck joint and soundhole. It wasn't the greatest sound on its own but a little eq and it worked mighty well in the mix. A great track to build off of. I'll definitely be recording it more.

[drewsifer]

Originally Posted by mikegee

anybody try mic-ing an/or recording with the diamante yet? i know, i know, im pushing my luck haha any good recordings? that would be cool

quite a suprise, these guitars dont play the best i.e. the frets are of poor quality, but the tone is worth the money. Its actually not that bad- the trick is getting the guitar to play well enough to be in tune and have proper intonation. I agree- best 20 bucks i ever spent.

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