What to buy?
Looking for a nice all round acoustic (sub £1k) for mainly hybrid playing (neil young/foo fighters/noodling). Not too fussed about solid woods or not, electrics arent important as i doubt ill gig it.
Main contender for me so far is either the Taylor 214 or a tokai OM shape. Not really looking for a dreadnought as i fancy something a little different and more biased to picking than strumming (but not overly)
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hmm, just noticed the GC3, the short-scale is appealing and so is the smaller body (i seem to like parlours as well, not sure why but i play them more!)
Have you tried the Faith Mercury Parlour? They are really nice and a great price.
Or also, look at some of the higher end alternate shaped Tanglewoods, the handcrafted TW45H is an excellent mini-jumbo and the "Florentine" TW45 FLM is really lovely, definitely different shape-wise, exceptionally pretty and sounds gorgeous!
Also, for fingerpicking I can highly recommend the Johnson Carolina all solid as it has a slightly wider than average nut width.
Or..... I do happen to have a used Larrivee L01 at £749 including Hiscox hard case, which is simply wonderful. Its been well looked after, but also well played, so it has mellowed wonderfully.
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you should blow your whole budget on an awesome used Avalon L-25 with hiscox
Red ones are better.
Hi Jamie,Originally Posted by Jamieh
Are you a dealer for Faith guitars ? I might have to pop over you store at some point......
Intriguing, theyre on offer at coda atm for £200/£240 (mahogany/rosewood/) for both the 000 and Dreadnaught versions, im pretty temtped by them as for that price i wouldnt really mind how it sounds but then a part of me is thinking i should go the whole mile and get a top-end thing lol!
that always amazes/annoys me as I truely do no see the relevance. Ive fingerpicked for over 30 years and TBH a wider board width is a hindrance not a help.
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Yes indeed we are Faith dealers... usually got 5 or 6 in stock as well so come over and try them!
At that price I think it is probably the lower spec'd models. The all solid one has an RRP of £399 so probably wouldn't be quite as cheap as that even if on a sale offer.
I suppose that's a personal thing then, but I really do find these lend themselves more to fingerpicking than the standard steel-strung nut width, just feels more natural to me, not that you can't fingerpick on narrower fingerboards, just feels more natural when its slightly wider.
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no no not at all.........everywhere......if a guitar has a 'wider than normal finger board' or its marketed as a 'fingerpickers guitar' - but why ? what the difference does it make FFS........seriously, think about it .........you fret a chord you fret a chord ? you dont fret it diffrerently just cos you're finger picking..........do you ? do you ? *puzzled look* (god I hate this shite forum s/w) I dont.....never have...........I know Im an odd-ball.......I learnt to fingerpick before I learnt any chords or to strumm........
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ive GASsed...... should arrive friday......... its not the carolina though - but they are the all-solid ones for £239 (spruce/rosewood)
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