recommend a nice parlour style acoustic

bertie

@ Ben  

what did you get in the end mate ?

Fusionista

Tanglewood TW15 Baby worth a look if you haven't yet decided.

maw4neu

I'm selling what i consider to be one of the best Parlour Guitars on the market . . It's the K.Yairi G1F . . . I'm trimming down to one electric and one acoustic . . It's just a matter of taste but my Taylor 414ce is my favourite and it's always the first thing I pick up . . The Yairi sounds better and is built as well as any top end guitar.

LooseMoose

Not quite a parlour, but I am LOVING my Taylor GS Mini - fantastic piece of kit, beautiful build, so comfy to play and the sound is just tremendous!

bertie

maw4neu said:

 one of the best Parlour Guitars on the market . .

thats an uber subjective claim,   

maw4neu

Apologies if I ruffled anybody's feathers . . Anyway I've just edited out my "über ness" ......

bertie

no feathers ruffled     merely different opinion       

played one a (used) couple of weeks back on the insistence of one of the guys in the store..............  to be fair,  it probably wasnt the same model as yours..    -  it was a parlor, but it had a slotted h/stock................considering the price tag (£900) and the fuss the guy  was making (and the hype Id always read about them),  I was a little underwhelmed TBH........... yeah it was a nice looking and reasonably well constructed little guitar...... but it just didnt sing, probably more to do with me that the guitar tho ! !   

Im also one of these wierdo's that doesnt like the vintage V neck profiles either...................LOL

each to his own  

benmurray85

wow havent checked back to this thread for a while obviously! haha

i havent splurged YET! actually still knee deep in plaster and brick work at my house at the mo so not wanting to bring an instrument into that!

ive kinda settled on either a nice non parlour high end martin or the taylor gs mini. opnions?

Roaster

Yeah you dumb ass Murray, try the acoustic section....jeez some people!

benmurray85

hahaha is this not it? i dont understand the internet

bertie

benmurray85 said:

ive kinda settled on either a nice non parlour high end martin or the taylor gs mini. opnions?

crikey there's some £££ difference there !!   about £2000 difference

ToneControl

CloudNine said:

Used to have one of these Blueridge Parlors. Honestly was superb. I have a few high end Martins and this was very close to that quality. It seems very near in spec to the Martin Parlors and there is no real corners cut on the materials. You need to be sure you like the wide nut and V neck, but if you do, very hard to beat:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blueridge-BR341-Parlour-Guitar-w-Fishman-Undersaddle-Pickup-Hard-Case-Pro-Setup-/261301832003?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cd6cd8943#ht_685wt_1238  

All my acoustics are USA-built Pro ones except my Blueridge tenor, it is comparable to £1k USA-built stuff I think, so I'd recommend them

ToneControl

benmurray85 said:

wow havent checked back to this thread for a while obviously! haha

i havent splurged YET! actually still knee deep in plaster and brick work at my house at the mo so not wanting to bring an instrument into that!

ive kinda settled on either a nice non parlour high end martin or the taylor gs mini. opnions?

that's a pretty different choice. I'd first ask how much do you have to spend? And where are you  based?

bertie

ToneControl said:  

All my acoustics are USA-built Pro ones 

pah,  buy British  

ToneControl

bertie said:

ToneControl said:  

All my acoustics are USA-built Pro ones 

pah,  buy British  

actually, I do have an Alan Arnold Baritone, which is lovely, I was thinking of standard size guitars

I just buy on quality and residual value usually, I'm afraid the Americans invented most guitar stuff, and they are rather good at it

bertie

ToneControl said:

I just buy on quality and residual value usually, I'm afraid the Americans invented most guitar stuff, and they are rather good at it

oh there's some pretty good British ones too 

Residual value means little, if not "nothing" to me - at my age