Mini acoustics

Fuengi

I really like the idea of having a small body acoustic in the house to pick and and play when I have a few minutes. 

Looking at the Taylor GS Mini, the Martin, or the Faith Nomad Series. 

Thoughts? 

Moe_Zambeek

I didn't like the GS mini because the scale is very short. It felt too odd.

I tried a load of smaller bodied stuff and ended up with a 00 sized Martin. Not a cannon by any means but feels great and has a sweet mellowness to it. I'm enjoying it so far.

BigLicks67

Avoid the Baby Taylor, I had one and found it to be a pile of number 2's.

As above try a 00 type guitar.

Fuengi

Interesting!

Anyone own one of the Faith nomads? 

toescantalk

BigLicks67 said:

Avoid the Baby Taylor, I had one and found it to be a pile of number 2's.

As above try a 00 type guitar.

I tried quite a few 3/4 size guitars and liked the Baby Taylor Mahogany the best. Which was pain as it was second hand and couldn't part / ex on. Still bought it mind.

A 00 guitar would probably be better but wasn't what I was after.

Winny_Pooh

Not tried the fauth but I have a GS mini, love it and write 90% of my songs on it. Travels well too.

richardhomer

I have a GS Mini and love the thing. Played more than my 25 year old D28 - not because it's 'better' - it's just the ideal sofa guitar. Plays easily and surprisingly loud. It sounds 'much' bigger than you might expect it to.

stimpsonslostson

As I've said in several threads my Faith Mercury is the best acoustic guitar I've ever had. It's brilliant. Never tried a nomad, but every Faith I've tried has been good in its own way. 

Check out the Gretsch Jim Dandy too. Cheap, small, playable- brilliant wee thing. 
The Sigma acoustics are lovely copies of Martin designs & worth trying. 

Fuengi

@stimpsonslostson I've tried the Jim Dandy, great value little guitar but found it a little too rustic sounding. 

I own a Sigma DR28 which sounds, plays and looks fantastic. So impressed by Sigma, great guitars. Would definitely look at a 00 size Sigma. 

The only time I've played Faith on my visits to Millers in Cambridge (usually get up 'north' a couple of times a year) and they seem really good. 

stimpsonslostson

Cambridge "north"?!? I've not been that far south in about 10years! 

my thoughts on my guitar are in the Faith thread http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89417/faith-guitars#latest

Mine is one of the naked ones (my budget was £400, so the naked was right on the edge), but I'd love to have a crack on the other ranges they do to see how the different finishes make. 

Fuengi

I have family in Cambridge and always like to complain how far north it is, and how I have to cross the eastern hemisphere from Hampshire! 

The one thing I don't like about Faith guitars is they don't have any fingerboard dot markers! 

4114Effects

Washburn comfort series. Massively under the radar but lovely travel guitars. I have one - solid top, snazzy cutaway, bevelled armrest, looks the part and sounds great, very full and bigger tone than the size would suggest. 

http://www.washburn.com/products/acoustics/WCGM15SK.html

Danji

I have the Taylor Mini GS and I love it! 

So chuffed that it has an ebony fingerboard!

This is a demo of me playing it with my phone's microphone, it's not perfect

mli3

+1 for GS Mini. Love mine it was supposed to be a travel guitar but it's the one I now pick up most

Lozboy

I have an Eastman E10P in sunburst not cheap new,but worth getting if you can find a S/H one.

Lozboy

 Just to add to my last comment.The problem I found when looking for a parlour/00 size guitar was the manufacturers different takes on this partic size.Also some do NOT specify actual lower bout/shoulders/waist & body depth.Some manufacturers 00/parlour sizes are just a tad smaller than anothers 000.