brag about your acoustic guitar

[mikegee]

this isnt really a question, i was just sitting around playing my breedlove concert grand last nite, damn, it's tone is getting better as time goes by! it is really lightweight, well built, yet the look is understated, but it does have abilone touches, which looks classy...

i have compared it side to side with similar Martins, and it sounds and plays better for less $$$

i am overwhelmed...

tell me about your awesome acoustic guitar... why is it the best?

[drewsifer]

Here is my baby, she never leaves my acoustic room. She was givent to me by my father. By far the best guitar I have ever played let alone owned



Most of these model guitars have fallen apart over the years. Gibson used very thin cuts, light woods, and a very light finish. you can tell from the pic how poorly the finish has held up over the years. Mine is still alive, The only reason its still around is that a long, long time ago, someone decided to put gut strings on it instead of steel. Most of the l-00's who had steel strings on them their whole life fell apart under the pressure. here is a link to some samples:
http://www.loungefidelity.com/Gibson ll00-1.mp3

[mikegee]

wanna trade? my breedlove is in much better condition!

[Nubus]

Very very nice guitar Drew. Gut strings - I need an explanation of what that means.

[lukedavo]

Catgut is the name applied to cord of great toughness and tenacity prepared from the intestines of sheep/goat, or occasionally from those of the hog, horse, mule, and donkey. Those of the cat are not employed, and therefore it is supposed that the word is properly kitgut ("violin string"), kit meaning "fiddle," and that the present form has arisen through confusion with kit = cat.

The substance is used for the strings of harps, violins, and viols, as well as other stringed musical instruments, for hanging the weights of clocks, for bow-strings, and for suturing wounds in surgery. Catgut formerly was also used for stringing racquets.

To prepare it, the intestines are cleaned, freed from fat, and steeped for some time in water, after which their external membrane is scraped off with a blunt knife. They are then steeped for some time in an alkaline lye, smoothed and equalized by drawing out, subjected to the antiseptic action of the fumes of burning sulphur, if necessary dyed, sorted into sizes, and twisted together into cords of various numbers of strands according to their uses. The best strings for musical instruments are reputedly from Italy ("Roman strings"); and it is found that lean and ill-fed animals yield the toughest gut.

Though catgut was in use for producing strings for many centuries and the Muslim physician al-Zahrawi utilized it in the 10th century, its use in the medical field became popular in the West only in the 19th century. It came as a replacement for the silk and hemp sutures which caused inflammation and severe hemorrhage because the body could not absorb it. Sutures made from catgut are readily absorbed by the human body and are thus extensively used for internal stiches. Though synthetic alternatives have been on the market, catgut sutures are still widely used in hospitals throughout the world.

Thanks Wikipedia

[Nubus]

You said sutures.

[mikegee]

ok, i also have an acoustic Martin Sigma from the 1970s, black laquered. ive owned this guitar for years and years, and it is sounding better than ever. anybody out there ever have not so great guitars that age well like this? im just curious...

[Nubus]

My Ibanez Soundtank delay pedal sounds better now than it used to, but I still wouldn't get more than ten dollars for it. A lot of crap electronic gear I have sounds better to me recently.

The group I recorded this past weekend brought a Martin Sigma over to try and record but it wasn't in tune higher up on the neck. I tried retuning it special for each chord and punching them in... it was a nightmare.

[Bellringer]

I have an Alvarez 12-string that was given to me about 10 years ago. I couldn't tell you much about it other than it's not a Yairi. It's a basic dread with no cutaway and a Fishman soundhole PU for stage. This guitar sounds great and has been my main acoustic for years.
I bought a Washburn D10SCE recently because I needed an affordable 6 string acoustic/electric (something that's a little easier on the hands for difficult chords and easy to tune). This guitar was a nice surprise. I expected it to be a bit below average for some reason but it has great tone acoustic and plugged in. The frets are finished well, Black paint with no flaws, it came set up nice, keeps tune, and has nice eq and a solid tuner right along the top. It's well worth more than the $300 they go for. I'm sure there is better (always is) but for my budget this guitar is a killer deal.

[mikegee]

Originally Posted by Bellringer

I have an Alvarez 12-string that was given to me about 10 years ago. I couldn't tell you much about it other than it's not a Yairi. It's a basic dread with no cutaway and a Fishman soundhole PU for stage. This guitar sounds great and has been my main acoustic for years.
I bought a Washburn D10SCE recently because I needed an affordable 6 string acoustic/electric (something that's a little easier on the hands for difficult chords and easy to tune). This guitar was a nice surprise. I expected it to be a bit below average for some reason but it has great tone acoustic and plugged in. The frets are finished well, Black paint with no flaws, it came set up nice, keeps tune, and has nice eq and a solid tuner right along the top. It's well worth more than the $300 they go for. I'm sure there is better (always is) but for my budget this guitar is a killer deal.

yea, i have d10sce too its a pretty decent sounding guitar, especially the electronics. was the nut on your d10sce raised a little higher than your average guitar? mine seems just a bit to high, causing higher action nearest to the headstock. i was thinking about replacing it with a slightly shorter nut. just curious... thnx