It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
The fewer guitars that a maker has built, the greater variation there will be between them.
Also, good acoustics in the price range you are in vary massively in the way they play, much more than electrics I think.
I'd advise a visit to a shop that stocks a lot of brands. TAMCO would the the best, although he only stocks US made normally. Also Ivor Mairants, Coda
Are you certain you want UK made?
for a USA one this would be excellent:
https://www.dadsguitars.com/guitars-c1/acoustic-guitars-c5/pre-owned-c9/2007-bourgeois-country-boy-d-model-p123
I have 5 of them, that should tell you how highly I regard them
They stock them at Sounds Great, drivable distance from OP.
I was a little less impressed with 2 of them than I expected, I'd need to go again to see if that was a fluke or bad strings
We all experience something different when we pick up a guitar. Having that "moment" with an instrument can be influenced by so many factors. Dead strings, bad acoustics, etc, can have as negative an impact as when you're in a bad mood and can't seem to get your fingers to work properly. Everything sound s**t.. Conversely, you can still be buzzing from the previous nights gig, spare cash in your pocket and a hot women waiting for you. You could find a reason to buy every guitar in the shop! I've learned over the years to be patient, go back, try it again and then stand back listen to someone else play it before deciding. I hope to be adding a McIlroy to my arsenal in the coming months.
Also, everyone plays guitar completely differently, I play acoustic fingerstyle very loudly, and I've had people tell me "I've never heard my guitar sound like that before" when I try theirs. If they play softly, what use is it finding out that it responds well to me driving the soundboard really hard?
My method in a shop is to try to calibrate the experience with more commonly seen guitars if they have them, or by bringing one of my own if possible
You and me both. Hard tension strings and builders hands. I was once paid an enormous compliment after a gig when one chap came up and said I was the reason he'd started learning to play fingerstyle. Ordinarily I'd have been thrilled at such a compliment but he followed up with "Yeah, If you can play guitar with fingers like that then anyone can!"
Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.......
I totally agree about making your own distinctive sound but I find it very helpful to get a sense of how the instrument projects by listening from in front. It's not too difficult to make allowances for other styles of attack. A good idea to take one of your own instruments along as a benchmark.
Richard Osbourne Guitarshttp://www.osborneguitars.co.uk
Nick Benjamin http://www.benjaminguitars.co.uk
I've been so impressed with the Taw I've just placed a custom order with Brook for a lefty crossover nylon (ready in about 7 months).
I've also got a custom Avalon and a "standard" Lowden and both are very good too - although a custom Lowden would probably out of your price range
Just like with cars, expensive added optional extras will not significantly add to the resale value
I believe he made his name in acoustics but I own three of his amazing electrics. Cumbria.
My band, Red For Dissent
Very pleased with my guitar.