Andrew
1527 posts
Dec 14, 2011
1:04 AM
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Sorry, I'm on a few forums now, so I don't know when I'm repeating myself.
I bought a classical guitar because I didn't want a folk guitar - Puff the magic dragon? Kumbaia, my lord? pass the sick-bag!
Anyways, that classical guitar (Yamaha C40) is so big it scares the crap out of me, and I'm seriously looking at buying a parlour guitar. I like the look of this one. Does anyone know what it's like? :-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Moon-Parlour-Guitar-VS/dp/B0012GDOIQ/ref=sr_1_6?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1323851659&sr=1-6
I'll be aiming at learning classical and Spanish and blues and ragtime, so I've probably got all bases covered.
What about you?
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tf10music
107 posts
Dec 14, 2011
3:08 AM
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Seagull s6. It's a lovely combination of wood, and it gets resonances that I love for both blues AND more classical stuff (even though it's a steel string).
Out of curiosity, was the stigma associated with campfire guitar the only reason why you chose a classical model?
I prefer steel strings myself, though I recognize that it's harder to achieve as pronounced a counterpoint -- partly because of the more resonant, less subtle phrasing. I happen to love the way flamenco guitar sounds with steel strings, too. There's just something more unleashed about the sound that comes out of a good hardwood, steel string guitar. That said, I wouldn't consider myself a particularly good guitarist, so my words ought to be taken with a grain of salt.
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waltertore
1761 posts
Dec 14, 2011
5:22 AM
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I have 2 acoustics. One is a 1930's kalamazoo and the other a handmade one. I prefer the mid size guitars over the big ones. The mid size catches a much nicer mid and top end and the big bodies have way too much bass for me. I have 2 resonators too- 1940 national steel style O and a handmade aluminum body resonator. I would never buy a guitar online. I need to sit down with it and see how it all feels/sounds. I was given most of these guitars. I put out $200 for the national, traded a POS peavy solid state amp for the kalamazoo, and was given the others. I am a firm believer in allowing the spirit of music to guide my life because it has continually renifored this way of living by providing everything I need to make music that feels good to me. Here are pictures of mine. Walter
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the kakamazoo
1940 national steel style O
black cat mojo guitar-handmade for me by a mojo man and given to me by Paul Sessoms, the owner of the Black Cat Lounge in austin TX- complete with the spell on and all of it has come true!
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jim
1079 posts
Dec 14, 2011
5:43 AM
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Left to right:
My lefty Fender DG-7 that I hot-rodded - sounds a bit like JJ Cale when you plug in.
Righty Takamine G321. Bought it because DG7 was still in Russia at that time, and also because I wanted to have at least one right-handed guitar.
Lefty 1996 Fender Cyclone with modified pickguard and pickups. Anyway it is out of the scope of this thread since it's electric.
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shbamac
176 posts
Dec 14, 2011
7:11 AM
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Dreads are my first choice and OM's with a deaper than normal body are my second. I've got a Martin HD-28 and LX1, Washburn WD300SW, D200SWG, F10S and a POS, Yamaha Nippon Gakki FG-110, a Custom build Pizzecci OM and a few electrics.
That guitar you posted looks like a cheap piece of... But I am biased. If you got the money Larrivee makes one of the best parlours I've come accross. Seagull and Blueridge make good parlours as well..
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Andrew
1529 posts
Dec 14, 2011
8:48 AM
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@shbamac, by "dread" do you mean dreadnought, i.e. the biggest guitars (what are jumbos if dreadnoughts are the biggesst?). I suppose my C40 is a dreadnought, but I don't know.
"That guitar you posted looks like a cheap piece of..."
Yeah, it's a cheap piece of...I can afford, lol! I was in a shop today, and the only parlour guitar they had was £700 ($1100).
@tf10music
"was the stigma associated with campfire guitar the only reason why you chose a classical model?"
No, I've got very weak fingernails and didn't really want steel strings nor to use a plectrum. Also the ukes have nylgut strings, and I wanted there to be a similarity between the experiences of playing the uke and the guitar. Also, Spanish guitar is a style I've been hankering after learning for years.
I discovered last night that one of the guys I play bridge with is coincidentally a keen blues and ragtime guitarist, so when I'm a better player, maybe we'll compare notes.
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Milsson
21 posts
Dec 14, 2011
11:23 AM
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I hav a tanglewood parlor(tw133) that is cheap and sounds amazing. It sounds "big" and much more expensive then it is. Washburn has a series of REALY good looking parlors with ladderbracing and v-neck. Haven´t played them but they should sound realy old and bluesy probably like walters kalamazoo but more refined.
www.tanglewoodguitars.co.uk/products/acoustic/premier/tw130133/TW133.html
www.washburn.com/acoustics/vintage-series/#r320swrk
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shbamac
177 posts
Dec 14, 2011
4:09 PM
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Yup, dreadnought and jumbos are larger. I'm not to sure about how classical guitars are sized but your C40 isn't as large as a dread. But the neck might be wider...
I've played the Washburn parlours and wasn't to impressed. Tanglewood, I've heard good things about them. A friend has a Tanglewood dread ans there's nothing wrong with it.
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Tommy the Hat
502 posts
Dec 14, 2011
4:27 PM
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I actually have a Hohner acoustic guitar.
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whiskey&harmonicas
9 posts
Dec 14, 2011
4:42 PM
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IMHO, Yamaha makes great accoustic guitars. Had one, nice tone, great price.
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oldwailer
1792 posts
Dec 14, 2011
8:05 PM
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@Andrew--Please refrain from statements like
"I bought a classical guitar because I didn't want a folk guitar - Puff the magic dragon? Kumbaia, my lord? pass the sick-bag!"
It just violates all that is holy about the acoustic steel strung guitar which was the mother of all blues and ragtime music.
Go sit in the corner with Earl Klugh and Julien Bream!!
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Cristal Lecter
211 posts
Dec 14, 2011
8:20 PM
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I love guitars
But I can't play them......The drama of my life
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Tag
38 posts
Dec 15, 2011
6:02 AM
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I have in my collection (acoustic and electric)
an old Washburn acoustic, not even sure of the model
Martin D-15M (my pride and joy)
Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus
Charvel Surfcaster
and a Cigarbox guitar
Just wish I really knew how to play them!!!!
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HawkeyeKane
554 posts
Dec 15, 2011
8:49 AM
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I have one guitar and play one song on it. It's a cheesy Harmony Dreadnaught that my mother got out of the JC Penney catalog when I was in the fifth grade. Nicest feature to it is the Hispanic-looking pickguard with flowers and hummingbirds on it. For the most part, it hangs on my wall as a decoration. The one song I play on it is the James Bond Theme. All on one string. LOL. But I am looking into learning guitar soon, and I've had my eye on the Fender Telecoustic.
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Willspear
10 posts
Dec 15, 2011
9:22 AM
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I play for acoustics a 1976 guild d35 nt. got it for 300 bucks it's tough as nails and sounds fantastic. Big tone Beef cake sized though.
I play a smaller Eastman acoustic model number escapes me but it is in between a dread and a parlor in size. Very comfortable amazing tone. Neck is wide and thin. It feels so alive when played has ample room for finger style but not a finger style guitar. Cost maybe 500 bucks iirc.
I have an older Martin that I got in school that has all the bells and whistles and yet it gets played the least. The afore mentioned "cheap" guitars just smoke it for tone and the Eastman sounds better is smaller and the neck is probably the single best neck on an acoustic I have ever played.
I play gretsch guitars mostly electrically and my recent stable addition was a Eastman thinline archtop looks like a 335 but has a much smaller tone block. Comfortable and is so alive like the acoustic. Amazing guitar for less than a used beater 335. Neck is almost identical to the acoustic except it has clear access to frets all the way up the neck
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