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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
nice demo and nice consistent playing.
do you have a personal fave?
A GA typically has around about the same lower bout width as a dred, and may or may not have the same depth, but it is shorter, more rounded, and more elegantly curved.
(PS I haven't tried to listen to the video as I'm travelling.)
* 1: nice playing!
* 2: they do indeed sound different, and very much in the expected way - the dread has that classic boomy dreadnought bass, the GA has clearer, more seperate sounds for each string.
* 3: These are, of course, two different guitars from different builders, so that doesn't prove anything in itself, but similar differences can usually be observed between other examples.
Good one!
i don’t / didn’t find them any different to play, and to be honest never really thought they sounded any different either
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Taylor GC...................................Martin OM
Body Length.....19 1/2 "................19 3/8"
Body Width......15".......................15 "
Body Depth......4 3/8"...................4 1/8"
Taylor Dreadnought....................Taylor GA............Martin Dreadnought
Body Length.....20".....................20 "....................20"
Body Width......16".....................16 "....................15 5/8"
Body Depth......4 5/8"................ 4 5/8"................. 4 7/8"
Taylor GS..................................Taylor Jumbo.......Martin Jumbo
Body Length.....20".....................21"............ .........20 1/8"
Body Width......16 ¼".................17"......................16"
Body Depth......4 5/8 "................4 5/8"..................4 7/8"
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Come to think of it, my Furch is also a GA and I've got that with me. It's bigger than the CC A but smaller than a dread. On measuring, sure enough it's shorter by 10mm, wider by 5mm, and shallower by 5mm. Quite a different animal.
This highlights a couple of things for me:
1. We make far too much fuss about the differences between models, brands etc. but generally the listeners do not give a flying **** about such things
2. I do hear a difference but I don't even know which I prefer. Dreads usually sound more "produced" to me, with everything being quite balanced and smaller guitars often have more string separation and a slightly more raw/edgy sound. In this case I thought the GA had a more pronounced bass than the Dread.
What does make all the difference in the world is playing and choice of music. I could listen to your picking all day long and I'd sooner hear you on a biscuit tin and elastic band guitar than me on a Santa Cruz or suchlike.
....but if I could choose I'd get you to bring the Dread along!
- at the end of the day, what is more important - its what "you" feel better with what you feel comfortable with. You feel good, your playing will "respond" I absolutely love the sound of my Furch over others, but I cant, now physically cope with it
The answer is, of course, have one of everything
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I too have a Furch, of sorts. It's a Furch-made Stanford OM5-Vintage model. Not sure if it's up to the standards of the "proper" Furch branded instruments but it's a very nice guitar.
IIRC, it's slightly slimmer depth than most OMs, rosewood back/sides and, unfortunately, a slotted headstock. I like the look of these but hate restringing them. The tuners are, I think, Gotohs but I really don't like the feel. The G always feels like it's ready to snap and cause the whole guitar to implode!
I guess I have a troubled relationship with it. I like the sound and look but would love a regular headstock, shorter scale length and possibly mahogany over rosewood. So that'd be a 000 then!
Sorry to hear about your own Furch frustrations. What's the problem with yours?
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I'm lucky in that mine is very mild and on my right hand so it doesn't seem to inhibit my amateurish skronkings.
I've read that you're not supposed to bother a doctor with it if you can put your hand flat on a table. I can just about do that but the tendons on my ring finger feel very tight and uncomfortable.