[Cannonballcooper]

what is the best acustic guitar

[adds]

That question is an impossable question to answer.

[gcd23]

Your gonna get alot of crap for that question man. The best acoustic is whatever feels comfortable and has the sound you like.

[Journey 1978-1997]

I am going to throw my hat into the ring and say anything that costs 10 thousand dollars and has the name Taylor on it.


But here is my hypothetical question. Imagine you and me back stage and your some huge rock star. Just huge, your filling out some football stadium and 100 plus thousand people are there to see you. Your two seconds from walking out onto the stage, lights or on. Its national televised on NBC from the west to east coast during prime time.

And there I am holding in one hand a 15 thousand dollar Taylor, but with 2 year old uncoated strings, and in the other hand, I am holding a blue light special but with the best 20 dollar strings money can buy. My question is, in this hypothetical, which one do you take?

[goldrush]

I am going to throw my hat into the ring and say anything that costs 10 thousand dollars and has the name Taylor on it.


But here is my hypothetical question. Imagine you and me back stage and your some huge rock star. Just huge, your filling out some football stadium and 100 plus thousand people are there to see you. Your two seconds from walking out onto the stage, lights or on. Its national televised on NBC from the west to east coast during prime time.

And there I am holding in one hand a 15 thousand dollar Taylor, but with 2 year old uncoated strings, and in the other hand, I am holding a blue light special but with the best 20 dollar strings money can buy. My question is, in this hypothetical, which one do you take?

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The one that's in tune....

And in answer to the original question: The best guitar is the one you have in your hand that is making you smile.

This post has been edited by goldrush: 17 November 2004 - 12:26 AM

[XXFENDERXX]

I really love the TAYLOR 614ce.

Beautiful tone, wood, feel, sustain gosh i just love iT !

This post has been edited by XXFENDERXX: 17 November 2004 - 12:33 AM

[gcd23]

I really love the TAYLOR 614ce.

Beautiful tone, wood, feel, sustain      gosh i just love iT !

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I absolutely agree with you but the 914ce would make me tingle even more.

[dadfad]

That's pretty subjective to what you like and the styles you play. I have a Taylor sig-model similar to a 914. Nice guitar, but nowhere near my favorite. My "number one" guitar is my 1934 Gibson "The Jumbo" . They've been called "The Holy Grail of acoustic guitars", and it's above that $10,000 range in value. But that's just for the styles it's most suited for..... acoustic blues, old-time, Appalachian, folk, etc. So It's pretty subjective. If I wanted to play Blind Blake's "Police Dog Blues" I'd grab that Gibson. If I wanted to play Jorma Kaukonan's "Embryonic Journey" I'd choose the Taylor. It just depends on what and how you play.

[evileye]

I don't think there really is a "Best acoustic", and please do take note of the spelling - that's A, C, O, U, S, T, I, C - acoustic.
It really depends on your style, and as John said, it's quite subjective asking what is the best acoustic. The nicest I have ever played was a handmade Lowden, but to be honest I haven't played a huge variety of guitars so I can't really judge.

[onlyone]

does anybody have a Washburn D100?? what do you think of it?

[dadfad]

I've never played that one, but generally I've found Washburns to be pretty good sounding guitars when new. They don't age that well sometimes, in ten years it might wind up being a slide-only guitar (but maybe not). Meanwhile, you have a decent sounding instrument until you move up. The old Washburn Company used to be a high-quality builder along the lines of Gibson and Martin. I played an 1898 Washburn once that sounded excellent and felt reasonably good still. Anyway, welcome to the forum.

[ibanez6]

The best Acoustic is the one that wins your heart.

At the moment, my heart is owned by a Maton Lyrebyrd.

Fortunately my head still rules my wallet.

[Tuning Spork]

The old Washburn Company used to be a high-quality builder along the lines of Gibson and Martin. I played an 1898 Washburn once that sounded excellent and felt reasonably good still.

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Yeah, those old ones certainly last. I have a Washburn nylon (or gut, originally)-string guitar whose original owner (my great-grandfather) died in 1943. The guitar needs a refretting and a setup, and its original tuners are long since gone, but it has some serious mojo and sounds really good.
The new Washburn company? I've no idea, but they don't really seem too classy to me.

[dadfad]

The old Washburn Company used to be a high-quality builder along the lines of Gibson and Martin. I played an 1898 Washburn once that sounded excellent and felt reasonably good still.

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Yeah, those old ones certainly last. I have a Washburn nylon (or gut, originally)-string guitar whose original owner (my great-grandfather) died in 1943. The guitar needs a refretting and a setup, and its original tuners are long since gone, but it has some serious mojo and sounds really good.
The new Washburn company? I've no idea, but they don't really seem too classy to me.

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If you ever get that guitar together, you might want to try strings called Silk 'n Steels (a combanation of metal-wound silk heavies and low-tension steel solids) tuned a half or whole-step down. I set up an 1872 Martin gut-string parlour-guitar for someone using them about ten years ago and he's never had any joint/neck problems or anything with them.

[Tuning Spork]

The old Washburn Company used to be a high-quality builder along the lines of Gibson and Martin. I played an 1898 Washburn once that sounded excellent and felt reasonably good still.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yeah, those old ones certainly last. I have a Washburn nylon (or gut, originally)-string guitar whose original owner (my great-grandfather) died in 1943. The guitar needs a refretting and a setup, and its original tuners are long since gone, but it has some serious mojo and sounds really good.
The new Washburn company? I've no idea, but they don't really seem too classy to me.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If you ever get that guitar together, you might want to try strings called Silk 'n Steels (a combanation of metal-wound silk heavies and low-tension steel solids) tuned a half or whole-step down. I set up an 1872 Martin gut-string parlour-guitar for someone using them about ten years ago and he's never had any joint/neck problems or anything with them.

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The last set of strings we had on the thing was a set of Silk 'n Steels, tuned to E Standard. To play it safe (though it seems from your post that we actually don't need to), we currently have it strung with D'Addario nylon strings.
When we do get the thing back in good condition (not for a while), I think we'll put some Silk 'n Steels on it, and I'll use your tuning tip. Thanks a lot.

[wannalearn01]

Trick question: Money always matters

T^roy

[Rockstar911]

It all depends on what you want in a guitar