Alternatives to Taylor, Martin, Takamine

Flesh Gorden

Buddy of mine wants to buy a an electro acoustic for a project we're involved in, he has a good few back home but doesn't want to risk shipping them and also wants something different

He says the budget is around €1k, but even that can be flexible - new or used doesn't matter


Front runners right now are the Gibsons that Waltons have in their sale
both of us have a soft spot for Gibson acoustics


I've a Garrison G40-CE which is about 10 years old now going by the seriel number, that's the standard we're after.

I've played it side by side with a few Takamines and a few Taylors which is why they're being ruled out due to the difference in quality/value compared to the much lesser known Garrison.


The only other two makes I can think of who make great guitars that seem to go cheap on ebay are the newer Yamaha's and Ovation/Adamas

The likes of an Adamas would be a major contender too, especially the ones with the Carbon Fibre tops


what other guitars generally tend to lose a lot of their value used?

again quality and value come first over a popular brand name


* Edit : excluding the likes of crafter and tanglewood

punchdrunk

check out some neck guitars,they have a couple of lovely Garrisons in stock

Flesh Gorden

might be worth a trip up for the day, think we might have found something that fits the bill today though


Took a bit of searching to find any proper info about the place

http://www.facebook.com/pages/SomeNeckGuitars/178857845505490?sk=info

Pity the main website doesn't have a link to the facebook page or any info on opening hours




Are Waltons still as paranoid about people entering with any sort of bag?
that's my only memory of the place going in there about 6 years ago

punchdrunk

Walton's is the Mordor of Irish Guitar shops,I absolutely hate the place!

TheBardWest

I love my Seagull electro-acoustic.