Ha! I ambled past a feller at the London acoustic guitar show who was buying a silent guitar and the THR. We've met (almost)Originally Posted by rdmf48
Those THRs were priced VERY keenly on the day, as were many of the guitars (esp on the Yammie stand). But I was on a promise not to spend. I was so pissed off when the electric show was canned - I was getting really excited about some equally tasty discounts....
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must've kicked you around some
I had one of these a few years ago when they first arrived, it was the 100s, it £299.00 brand new then. I only sold to upgrade to something else, but I Wish I had kept it now, it was one of the best guitars I ever had, and ideal for practising while Mrs MM was watching Corrie ( or something of that ilk) or still in bed, also very light and comfortable, What can I say? I made a mistake parting with it, may get another one day , if I see a good used one going cheap.
I doubt, therefore I might be!
Thanks for the replies
Has/does anyone gig with one?
I play in a couple of covers bands so having an acoustic option for a few songs would be great.
I've owned one of these (SG100S) for years (it must be 10 years at least). They are very playable and have a very quacky piezo sound - perfectly useable in a live situation. The little spikes that mount the top frame tend to loosen and make the whole thing a bit wobbly from time to time but it is relatively straightforward to sort this out each time.
One thing that is worth bearing in mind (and I see this as a positive point but you might not), is that they don't have a body for the strings to drive - this excess energy expresses itself as sustain - they tend to souynd acoustic but with a more electric shape to the note.
On the whole, excellent product, very reliable and durable. I keep thinking about a nylon string one.
I saw Lee Ritenour using one live a year or so ago. Sounded pretty good to me.
Gie's a joab ...
Had a Steel one for many years - I used it as my travel guitar.
Had to work a bit with the nut & bridge, but got a great action in the end. They are excellent, as long as you don't use Reverb2 (the only one that sounds good) - that is a real battery eater.
Only sold it (very reluctantly) to go smaller with a Steinberger.
I ended up taking a punt on the Skylark MK11 Skeleton http://www.skylarkguitars.com/skylar...-Acoustic.html
As much as I was tempted by the twin neck, my still only semi healed broken left shoulder persuaded me to give it a miss, and to give credit to Steve at Skylark, he thought I'd done the right thing when I mentioned I was considering the twin neck. All being well it'll be here tomorrow and I'll report back with my initial thoughts then.
I'd be a liar if I said first impressions weren't mainly of disappointment, it looks *cheap and plasticky* tbh, and is in need of a setup. This mainly means a fret dress, which I'd normally do myself but these frets are so low profile there's little room for error so I'll ask my tech to have a look.
As it's basically a electric guitar but with bronze wound strings and undersaddle pup, I was hoping for a lower action than you normally get on acoustics, but this has the same sort of string height. Not unplayably high by any means, but higher than I like. I'm not totally convinced by the tuners either, at least for the B string, there's a little too much movement before any *action* happens. Having said that, once tuned it's stayed that way.
The sound isn't bad, being fairly convincing electro-acoustic as claimed, especially with the treble turned up on the tone control and even more so when used with a judicious amount of reverb, in my case vst fx.
Not the worst guitar I've bought from Skylark, but not the best either. The more I use it the better it gets and while I wouldn't say don't buy, people shouldn't expect perfection if they do.
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