Quite alot of guitarists here...
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Originally posted by stratman
Yeah, Brick, the Martin was my father's. It is a wonderful guitar, except it has too-high action, which makes playing up at the 12th to 14th frets a bit uncomfortable. That's why I got the Yamaha, which (the F-310) is very inexpensive. But since I don't mess with acoustics that much, it works fine for me.
I'm not familiar with Taylor acoustics, but they appear to be wonderful instruments, from what little I've seen. I know Guild's are very high quality, and I have a friend who swears by his Ovations. I think in this day and age you are going to get a good product regardless of which brand you pick. |
I've seen some really nice Yamahas acoustics, the handmade ones are supposed to be the best, I think. Guild is high quality, imo, and I really like the Gibson and Martin acoustics. Some of the Taylors I've seen sound good, too.
About that Martin, maybe you could lower your action some by lowering your bridge a little, without throwing off the intonation. But even so, seems the guitar could serve a good purpose as a open chord guitar if needed, especially since you say you'd rather play electric anyhow.
Any particular effects you like to use? Delay? Echo? Reverb? Distortion? Chorus? etc...I'm thinking about building my own effects "box".