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Thread #110932   Message #2434847
Posted By: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
09-Sep-08 - 12:46 AM
Thread Name: Best acoustic guitar under $1000?
Subject: RE: Best acoustic guitar under $1000?
It's not always the make!..For instance, In 1971,I had a Yamaha FG 110, that was stolen so I went in to replace it..there were a rack of Yamahas in the store...I had to play all of them, to see which one I liked, because the all, for the most part were just a little different than the other. I settled for a beauty, FG 140...But note: when I was in L.A.
in a recording studio, I brought my old Yamaha FG 110, and my Martin D-21,..Played both of them, but recorded with the Yamaha!!! Used Guild Phosphor bronze strings,(light)!!..Great sound!

Several years later, I was getting my Martin re-done..the store took 11 months to do it to my specs....they liked it so much, the offered me ANY
Martin in the store, PLUS $800.00!....I PLAYED THEM ALL for the same reason,..but stayed with my D-21.
Moral of this true story......play them all...pick the one you like the best...if you are not really turned on by any of them....KEEP SHOPPING!!!!!!!
Love ya' all....B sharp, but B natural!