Is this not the most bootiful acoustic?

kennier

mmmmmmmmmmmm!

$3250

Ravelleman

The second I saw it I knew it was a Breedlove. I love Breedloves so much. :cool:

fitz

No way I'd pay that price for a guitar with a gloss finish.
Won't mature as well.
Tbh, I think it's butt-ugly...

kennier

Well I agree on the price but not on the looks. I still thinks its lovely! What's that about the gloss not maturing as well as a mat finish, say? Do you mean the tone or do you mean it'd be liable to cracking or loosing it's lustre?

Karl Hungus

Honestly, it does look nice, but not, can't see myself ever paying that much for an acoustic.

kennier

Yeah, I've been looking for the last (this is a complete lie) addition to my family. I've been checking out Breedloves, Lowdens and even the highly recommended Froggy Bottom (which I have never seen in this country) and the prices are whoooah!

Karl Hungus

Yeah, I've been looking for an acoustic myself too, and just found one today that would love to be part of the collection. Unfortunatly, the wallet says no.

kennier

What you looking at?

Karl Hungus

I can't remember the make I'm afraid. I was looking at Takamine before, but I think this one I spotted today was even nicer.

kennier

Think I'll have to cool the jets a bit...I'll have no money lets unless I calm down...

Nice too: Froggy. Anyone have any experience with these?

Ancient1

kennier, check out Larrivee.

kennier

Ancient1 wrote:

kennier, check out Larrivee.

Oh I have been.....drool. So many guitars, so little money!

Ancient1

So many guitars, so little money!

Ain't that the truth!

Karl Hungus

Actually, I think the guitar I was looking at today might have been Art & Lutherie, as I do remember it being a Canadian hand-made solid-top guitar. Thoughts?

kennier

Maybe we could start a club like those classic car clubs, you know the ones where you put in a few hundred quid into a pot and the club buys a load of guitars that the members borrow....imagine the squabbles over who gets what though!

Karl Hungus

Aye, that would be a ****ing nightmare!

Ancient1

The sabotage and back-stabbing would be out of control

kennier

And if we were getting something like a Larrivee, we'd need 5+ members @ 200 a pop to share one guitar...jaysus!

kennier

Karl Hungus wrote:

Actually, I think the guitar I was looking at today might have been Art & Lutherie, as I do remember it being a Canadian hand-made solid-top guitar. Thoughts?

I think I played one before. Nice & easy on the fingers. I *think* that they are the entry level Godin guitar who also do the Seagull & S&P

Ancient1

kennier wrote:

And if we were getting something like a Larrivee, we'd need 5+ members @ 200 a pop to share one guitar...jaysus!

Obviously, those who get up in the morning to work for a living would get to keep the guitar longer - and the lazy ass bums who are still asleep would just have to wait their turn.

(wake up feylya!)

kennier

yep, and don't forget age means seniority too

feylya

Ancient1 wrote:

(wake up feylya!)

My guitar senses are tingling. You rang?

Ancient1

Um, kennier and I were just talking about football.

False alarm - sorry for waking you, sir.

Karl Hungus

kennier wrote:

I think I played one before. Nice & easy on the fingers. I *think* that they are the entry level Godin guitar who also do the Seagull & S&P

Yeah, I was fairly impressed. Going fairly cheap aswell, which is suprising for a solid top hand made guitar.

feylya

Why were you talking about football in an Instruments forum? Hopefully no football with a guitar

Anyone ever play the really small Taylor Baby?

Kenny_D

Yup. Didnt like it all. Not even too keen on the big baby. I've mostly been playing acoustic for the last two years. Kennier Perfect Pitch have acoustic guitars called McIlroy. I'd be looking at one of those, a breedlove, a larivee, a lowden, a taylor(3/4 series up) or a Santa Cruz. I'll prob get one of those next year if I can spot a nice bargain on ebay

kennier

Wow! You must be earning the big bucks to be thinking of a McIlroy!

kennier

Waaay! Just noticed I'm a 2 starrer now :cool:

It wasn't me!

Karl, you may have been playing a Simon and Patrick. Solid-body, hand made in Canada, all of the other things oyu said, and gorgeous guitars for the price. Mine was 550 and I'd have paid over a grand for it. If I hadn't seen the price tag, I'd have expectged to. They are serius instruments.

Eoin Madsen

It wasn't me! wrote:

Karl, you may have been playing a Simon and Patrick.

Probably. They're part of the the same company as Art & Lutherie afaik anyway. Nice guitars considering how cheap they are, but unfortunately they only do dreadnoughts.

It wasn't me!

Methinkks Art & Lutherie are the cheaper arm. I like the dreadnought sound, and they have some cool models that aren't quite dreadnoughts, but if you're looking for something like it, I really can't recommend them highly enough.

This is the model I have, with the solid spruce top, except mine doesn't seem to be at all gloss-finished.

Kenny_D

Kenny_D

A new one I've come across tonight. Ryan guitars. This sexual acoustic is valued at $27,500

http://www.ryanguitars.com/News%20and%20Events/Recent%20Guitars/KR500/KR500.htm

Karl Hungus

It wasn't me! wrote:

Karl, you may have been playing a Simon and Patrick. Solid-body, hand made in Canada, all of the other things oyu said, and gorgeous guitars for the price. Mine was 550 and I'd have paid over a grand for it. If I hadn't seen the price tag, I'd have expectged to. They are serius instruments.

Could be, I don't know. I'll have to see another time, get a proper play with it.