3/13/2012 - Guitars

[nyjm]

Google Plus allowed me to stumble upon this very interesting article about luthier Stephan Connor. His sound hole innovations sounds very interesting.

Innovations in Sound: Connor Guitars

I can't find pricing on these, but since they're made custom (1-2 years waiting period!) I imagine several zeroes out of my price range. Still, one can dream.

So, two-part question of the day:

1) What kind of acoustic guitar(s) do you own? (If you play.)

2) What kind do you dream of having?

For me, I have an Oscar Schmidt. It's an older model, but probably close to the OG2 I linked. I like it because the action is just right, it sounds good and it fits my playing style.

Honestly, I've always dreamed of having an Ovation acoustic-electric. I'm not really sure why, but I've always just loved the tone and it was the first acoustic-electric I ever encountered. The experience was kind of mind-blowing for a 14 year-old: "Wait, you can play it normally and you can plug it in? Awesome!"

[Caravan Ray]

So, two-part question of the day:

1) What kind of acoustic guitar(s) do you own? (If you play.)

I have had one of these for almost 10 years and it is great:

http://www.martinguitar.com/index.php?o ... e&Itemid=8

2) What kind do you dream of having?

I'm not really into dreaming about guitars. The 3 I have now (accoustic. bass and electric) are all perfectly functional and fit my needs - so I don't need any more.

If I did need a new acoustic for some reason though - I wold probably upgrade to this:

http://www.martinguitar.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=88

[roymond]

I have a Lowden S35 steel and a Kohno nylon. I dream of other things. Certainly not Ovation. Really? I think I'm deathly allergic.

[jast]

QotD:
Have:
- Classical guitar by some random guitar maker in Cologne (it was a birthday present and TBH I never bothered with figuring out the details)
- Ibanez V72ECE (cheap Dreadnaught steel-string with pickups).

Want:
- Perhaps a dreadnaught that sounds different (=more expensive).
- I'd like to try a smaller-form steel-string guitar, too, perhaps a 00.
- A resonator guitar. Those are awesome.
- An acoustic bass guitar. Ever since I listened to this I've wanted one.
- Twelve string, uke, banjo.

I'll get back to you in five years or so.

[BBABM]

Qotd1: I have a rogue pro series II that many folks played at the last songfight! Live in NYC. It's cheap, flimsy, and doesn't sound great, but it stays in tune like a champ, and I can wail on it without worrying about fucking it up.

Qotd2: wow, there are so many answers to that. In my honest, do-able, nearish future probably a midrange Taylor. They are affordable, and to me sound as amazing as any Martin I've personally played.

I dream of other things. Certainly not Ovation. Really? I think I'm deathly allergic.

I have to agree. Ovation guitars, I believe, are overpriced and don't have the sound quality, or playability of other similar priced guitars. Have you ever tried to play an Ovation sitting down? The round back makes it impossible for me to rest it correctly, and it just slides everywhere uncontrolably. Prehaps it's just me.

[Albatross]

My primary acoustic is a jet-black Takamine dreadnought 12-string with a cutaway. It's probably the only time I ever splurged on a guitar purchase, but after fiddling with it at GC I just had to have it. Got a refurb for considerably less on MF. Hear it in all of its "glory" here.

[inevitableguy]

QOTD, part 1: I have an Ovation. (Noah - I might even let you play it if you come to Seattle this year ) I like it. It doesn't quite sound "right" for an acoustic guitar, but since I'm not a folk musician, I don't really care about that. I like the sound it makes, especially when plugged in (even if 90% of all Song Fight reviewers say, "Mic your acoustic!") Actually, I've gotten in the habit of recording one take with it both plugged in and mic'ed, and panning the two tracks pretty hard and EQ'ed separately. Also, I tend to abuse guitars, and it seems to put up with that behavior really well. BBABM is correct - it is a pain in the ass to play sitting down, but (as I noted at the last Live Fight) standing up is more rock 'n' roll.

Part 2: I guess I'd like to have a 12-string some day, but I think my next guitar purchase needs to be a new electric. If I had an assload of money, it would be the 50th Anniversary Jaguar re-issue, but I'd settle for one of the factory models.

[fluffy]

1) I have two acoustic guitars, an Ibanez dreadnought 6-string with cutaway and an Ovation 12-string. I also have a crappy mandolin, a crappy ukulele, a crappy violin, and a crappy cello, and those are acoustic stringed instruments so why not.

2) One that makes me sound like a much better guitar player than I actually am.

[Spud]

I think that better instruments require you to play better, because you can't blame it on the gear.

[fluffy]

Well shit.

[signboy]

that's why we're rockin the Seagull acoustic, cheapo Washburn 12 string, ancient banjo, and even ancienter banjo mandolin. We can totally blame it on the gear.

[Billy's Little Trip]

qotd 1: I have 3 acoustics.
1. Yamaha acoustic/electric 6 string with cutout with EQ and volume.
2. Ovation 6 string. It's the cheap Applause, but sounds good when it's in tune. (aluminum neck, Oy vey)
3. Aria dreadnought 12 string.

The Yamaha is my fav. Sounds beautiful acoustically and the best acoustic plugged in I've ever heard. Yamaha knows what they're doing when it come to instruments and electronics. I've owned several very expensive guitars through the years and I'm sold on Yamaha acoustics for life now.

qotd 2: A bj and a turkey, Swiss on wheat. Hold the capers. *ick

[fluffy]

So meanwhile I ordered a 7-guitar stand from Musician's Friend, and when it arrived, half of the screws for assembling it were missing. So I contacted Proline tech support and they're shipping me a whole new stand. That's decent customer service, at least, but now what am I supposed to do with the first stand's frame parts? It'd have been better if they just sent me the assembly screws.

[RangerDenni]

MY GUITARS
*An acoustic-electric Takamine 261SBL (she's little and curvy but I can deal with her!)
*A gorgeous and amazing guitar that is custom made for me by a luthier called Michael Bond.
We named him Dillon. He comes from here: https://m.facebook.com/pages/Bond-Guita ... =819770056
*A hollow-body electric Cort CL1500 which is very pretty and has plants up the fretboard.
*and....I don't know what I'm doing with a Stealth model guitar from BC Rich which I guess I am supposed to plug into the Vetta twin so that I can make My Favorite Noise... my guitar playing brother entrusted it to me along with his Vetta twin and Extremely Large Cabinet speaker before he went to be a Marine.

(TRUE FACT: there is actually a preset on there he named "Lord of Vagina." He is rather strange...)

Addition: WISHES:
I only wish to learn to make My Favorite Noise ("SKROIING!!" - or the Pick Harmonic) on what I call "the Spidery Guitar" and perhaps also to program a preset called Princess of Pe4i$ or Countess of Coc#ville so that when he comes to visit he will see who can lay it down Now!!'

[ken]

So meanwhile I ordered a 7-guitar stand from Musician's Friend, and when it arrived, half of the screws for assembling it were missing. So I contacted Proline tech support and they're shipping me a whole new stand. That's decent customer service, at least, but now what am I supposed to do with the first stand's frame parts? It'd have been better if they just sent me the assembly screws.

Do they have hardware stores in San Francisco? When the new stand comes, take one of the screws and buy more. Fix up the first stand and sell it on CL.

Ken

[Billy's Little Trip]

So meanwhile I ordered a 7-guitar stand from Musician's Friend, and when it arrived, half of the screws for assembling it were missing. So I contacted Proline tech support and they're shipping me a whole new stand. That's decent customer service, at least, but now what am I supposed to do with the first stand's frame parts? It'd have been better if they just sent me the assembly screws.

Do they have hardware stores in San Francisco? When the new stand comes, take one of the screws and buy more. Fix up the first stand and sell it on CL.

Ken

My thought exactly. Assuming they don't want the old one back.

[fluffy]

They don't want it back, and I'd been thinking of that as well of course. I'm sure the hardware store across the street from me has all the things I need.

[Spud]

How much would it cost to send it up here for Song Fight! Live? I could source the required hardware and save you the trouble...