What is your favourite acoustic guitar?

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Wesley S
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 01:15 PM

Here's a well used guitar owned by local singer Brad Thompson

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Jayto
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 12:57 PM

I agree Poppagator. I love a well used guitar. The pristine brand new looking guitars don't do it for me. When I see a guitar that looks and sounds like it has had hours and hours and years and years of playing put on it I love it. An abused guitar to me is one that has not been played. Neglect for a guitar is not having dings and scratches it is having a 10yr+ old guitar with no dings or scratches. Neglect is leaving it in the case and not playing it.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: PoppaGator
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 12:34 PM

"I only have one and I've had it for the last 12 years - a Lowden 010C."

A man after my own heart, an instrumental monogamist! We don't see to many Lowdens here in the states (not in area, at any rate), but I know how very nice they can be. The only guitar I've every played (when pretending to shop in a music store) that sounded as good to me as my own old Martin was a Lowden.

"Yes I could pay ten times the price and get 10% better sound, but I would not dare get it out of the case for a gig."

I certainly understand that sentiment, but for those of us who are true to one and one only guitar, we simply can't worry about it.

When I acquired my D-18 upon graduation from college in 1969, it was the very best instrument I could afford, the bottom-of-the-line choice among Martin dreadnaughts, priced at $299. It served to replace my first guitar, a no-name nylon string model; I never gave a moment's thought to keeping that instrument as an "extra" or "banger," and certainly not as the beginning of a "collection" ~ I needed whatever money I could get and sold it immediately. I then set out to refine and "re-learn" my technique, adapting to the steel-stringed instrument.

Within a year, I was playing incessantly and obsessively. The only performing I was able to do was outdoors, as a streetsinger. (I was not familiar with the word "busker" back then; we didn't use that terminology in the US.) Needless to say, that D-18 didn't look "brand new" for very long at all.

The first tiny little scratch on a new guitar can horrify you, since it is so very evident ~ it "sticks out like a sore thumb." My advice is not to fret, and to start collecting more little dings and dents. By the time the number of imperfections is more than you can count, most of them will appear in natural patterns and your instrument will have acquired a "patina" that certifies it as "vintage."

Of course, it helps if observers see your battlescarred guitar while you're playing it; if it sounds really good ~ as it should, if you and your instrument have been discovering each other's characteristics over the years ~ a well-worn appearance only makes it more impressive than any shiny new showroom model, or even more than an untouched, "preserved-in-amber" collector's item.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: theleveller
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 12:01 PM

"I have two guitars at present, which I wouldn't swop for a big clock."

I had to read that twice, Bryn!

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 11:40 AM

A broken one?
A chocolate one?
A broken chocolate one!

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Amos
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 11:32 AM

ME auld D-35 Dreadnought is enough for me. Beautiful sound, especially when the strings are fresh!!

I would love to wander around finding some of these gems discussed on this thread and trying them out. Maybe after I retire... :D


A

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: alanabit
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 11:16 AM

I think it depends on what I am doing. I have a lovely Fylde Oberon, which I bought in 1980. She has been all over Europe with me and has a wonderful, balanced, warm tone. However, I was having problems getting in and out of tunings at gigs, so I have acquired a Martin C-16 GTE for stage work. The Martin has built in tuner and preamp, with automatic mute for when tuning. It does not have quite the warmth of the Fylde, but it is easier to play, because of the smaller neck and it has a cutaway. I intend to use the Martin for all the standard tuning stuff and keep Bessie (my Fylde) for the open tunings, which are an essential part of my sound. The Martin is a superb stage instrument, even though it is only a mid range model (by Martin standards). I am very grateful for both of them, but if I could only keep one, it would be Bessie.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Blackford John
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 11:14 AM

I love my Lowden F32C. Its particularly lovely for fingerpicking. Very balanced sound.

I also play a Guild D15 which is less "pretty", more bassy and less "punch".

I feel blessed to be able to own one of these let alone both.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Jayto
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 11:09 AM

My favorite is acoustic guitar is my Del Langejans. I have had it since 1994 and it is the best acoustic I have ever played. Del is in Holland Michigan (US) and is a gret person as well as a great luthier. Del made the Dualette Guitar (2 sided guitar one side is steel string and the other is nylon) for Thom Bresh. He also made Muriel Anderson's Harp guitar. I totally love my guitar that he made me and never really plan on playing any other full time. Harvey Leech makes some very good guitars as well. I don't have one but 2 of my cousins do and they are excellent. I would not mind getting one of them but I will always be a die hard Langejans fan. Del IMHO makes the best acoustic guitars in the world.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Bryn Pugh
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 10:47 AM

I have two guitars at present, which I wouldn't swop for a big clock.

They could both have been hand luthiered for me, so comfortable are they to play.

The acoustic is a Tanglewood, the elctric a Gretsch Electromatic.

I used to play Epiphones - I have had four or five, can't remember which ; but believe me, much as I loved them at the time,(and thought they couldn't be bettered) the last one I had sounded clunky compared with my Tanglewood. There are those who rave about Gibson J45s and J50s, but they never did anything for me.

I think this is so subjective as to be a matter of personal taste.

I did play an Epi, endorsed by the Everley Bros, some years ago, and if it had been made out of an old wooden packing case, it couldn't have been worse - there was nothing, nothing there at all.

I have never played a Statocaster I liked, nor ever played a Telecaster which I didn't.

The only guitar I regret having parted with - PXed on my first Epiphone - was a small bodied Harmony Sovereign.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: theleveller
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 08:50 AM

I only have one and I've had it for the last 12 years - a Lowden 010C. I wouldn't part with it for any other guitar (although a friend has an early Frank Bown that I like a lot) as nothing suits my style of playing and type of music as well. I think it's a particularly good example as most people who try it, love it. David Delarre of Mawkin spent half an hour playing it recently and only gave it back when I promised to leave it to him in my will (fortunately, he's a young bloke so there may just be a possibility of his getting it some day!).

I would like to try a Mcilroy, made by the bloke who was one of Lowden's luthiers before setting up on his own - but give up my wonderful, full-bodied, dark-voiced Irish beauty? Never!

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Old Terry
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 08:38 AM

Well there's only one really. It is a Maton made by a small family company in Australia . I borrowed a Gibson to test it against and it was no contest. Mind you a lot depends on the strings. La bellas are hard to find here so I use Martin SP's.
Yes I know it sounds pedantic but I'm old and I know.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: mattkeen
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 05:09 AM

I have a Brook Lyn (00 type size) with Rio back and side and an Engelmann spruce top.

It has a breathtakingly beautiful sound


Again www.brookguitars.co.uk

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 04:20 AM

Maybe I am not a trend follower.......but no one is ever going to part me from my Crafter J15.
Maybe I just got lucky, every so often you can get a pearler that is just so much better than all the rest of the batch, and I reckon I've got it. (And it was a bargain price).
Yes I could pay ten times the price and get 10% better sound, but I would not dare get it out of the case for a gig.
Favourite for me means the one I just love to play for real, every day, and I do love it.......dents, scratches and all.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 03:50 AM

I have a Martin D-21, and had a Martin FG 65(hollow body electric)at the same time. I tried hard to trade them both for a Larrivee Presentation model. If you ever have a chance to play one..by all means do!!

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: PoppaGator
Date: 29 Jul 08 - 10:01 AM

"Over the years, I've posted three or four answers to the original question in this thread. I've had a different favorite each time."

I'm of a different persuasion entirely. I check into this thread whenever it pops up, enjoy reading the various answers, and sometimes yield to the temptation to post a message. It doesn't make much sense for me to continue doing so, because I always have the same answer, and it's probably kinda silly of me to participate at all.

This time, I figure I can add a little something, in the way of being just a bit more specific:

Martin D-18 #245998

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,1942 small body martin
Date: 28 Jul 08 - 11:10 PM

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Stringsinger
Date: 12 Dec 07 - 05:32 PM

The favourite one would probably come from the UK. The favorite from the US. :)

I think like so many guitars, it depends on the style of music to be played on it, the use for it professionally in concert or recording (not all guitars sound the same recorded as they do on the stage or in the living room).

I believe my favorite (favourite) is the one I'm enjoying playing at the moment.

Frank Hamilton

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Jon Boren...
Date: 12 Dec 07 - 06:28 AM

always a small body Gibson...preferably an LG-O....
old cheap Airline archtop, with a maple neck/fretboard...
or would it be that late 1800s washburn parlour guitar?
the list goes on and on....

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Wesley S
Date: 06 Jul 07 - 05:15 PM

Who's talking about NEED ?? We're talking about wants and desires here!!

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 07:46 PM

A Martin D28

Really, what else would one ever need?

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: lilly
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 12:23 PM

Brook 'Creedy'. Why go to the USA when the best are here in Devon ?!!! Check out there web site www.brookguitars.com

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Midchuck
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 11:34 AM

Over the years, I've posted three or four answers to the original question in this thread. I've had a different favorite each time.

As of now, it's a Mario Proulx "OM/D" in walnut and Englemann spruce.

Mario's page appears to be down at the moment, but here's a link to Bryan Kimsey's page on the OM/D - He co-designed it. Bryan originally owned the one I have, but he sold it to another Flatpick-L member because he didn't need it and the one shown on his page, and that individual put it up for sale after a while because he was "really a dreadnought person." I'm not. I jumped at it.

Peter.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Banjiman
Date: 04 Jul 07 - 06:12 PM

One with 5 strings and a round head :)

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 04 Jul 07 - 05:58 PM

1965 Gibson J-50 (for blues)

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: birdman blue
Date: 04 Jul 07 - 05:10 PM

hard call....no, not really. my 1965 Guild D40; hands down, of my three acoustics the one with the clearest voice, wonderfully articulate when playing loud yet retains her clarity when whispering. there's my 1969 D25 I'd rather play a blues slide piece on but the D40 can rise to the occasion if called upon and then in the next number sweetly sing a ballad of the rugged western mountains. I wish I had more opportunities to use her in performance these days but the present ensemble requires I play my '97 Benedetto archtop electric to stay within the group mix....
bird

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,ridge plucker
Date: 29 May 07 - 06:32 AM

I recently got a Yamaha LL-16. This is a sweet sounding guitar. It may current favorite for flat picking. For finger picking the blues by favorite is my Gibson Blues King prototype.

Happy pickin

Pete

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Paul C
Date: 28 May 07 - 05:37 PM

Someone mentioned the old Oakwood stuff...well, I've a really beautiful guitar (slim-waisted, sub-jumbo) made five years ago by David Lim, who used to work at Oakwood, and who now makes guitars etc in Manchester UK, for himself.

I've owned and played many things in my years (including a couple of Martins, Guilds), but this a simply a classic. Responsive, crisp and bell-like, and with a fabulous action. It's got darker over the last year or so, and the tone's even richer (and amazing to play with DADGAD tuning). I really don't think that even a Sobell is better than this thing.

David makes few instruments each year. They're plain but elegant and not marked by anything so vulgar as a logo on the headstock. So I'm not sure you'd recognise one.

Some nights I sit up late in the dark, playing tunes on it quietly, just like I did when I was a teenager, with my first guitar.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: SouthernCelt
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 06:47 PM

Although I have several guitars, the one I play most and always come back to if I have to play in front of anyone is my '77 Martin D-35. The only drawback I can find with it is that the bass tends to override the treble and since I'm not that good of a finger-picker, I have to bear that in mind when I play. For the occasional performance I use either a mic or soundhole p/u plugged into a Carvin 3 channel amp on one of the channels with an equalizer that allows raising the treble and reducing the bass (to a limited degree).

What's really greatest about the D-35 is how well it holds tune when played once it has been tweaked into tune.

SC

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Terry McDonald
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 06:43 AM

Like everyone else, I have my prejudices - in my case it's for Gibsons. I've tried Martins and Taylors but to my ears, they're simply not as good as my 1964 SJN Country and Western. So there.....

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: jiva
Date: 15 Feb 07 - 06:11 AM

We are great fans of Taylor guitars...

Prior to Taylors we used 1970's Yamahas - hand-crafted Brazilian Jacaranda Rosewood back and sides (FG580 6-string and FG630 12 string).

In 2003 we bought Val a Taylor Big Baby and, wow what a sound for a guitar low down in the Taylor price range. This set Jimmy thinking of semi-retiring his Yamahas as they were sounding a bit 'muddy' next to the Taylor. Using brass bridge pins brightened the sound, but led to a slight decrease in acoustic volume.

In January 2005 we bought two Yamahas - CPX-15A 6-string and CPX8-12 12-string. Sounded great in the shop and in the house, but they struggled to project acoustically in folk clubs although great through a PA.

The search was on - Jimmy convinced that a Taylor might do the trick.

In May 2005 we bought a second hand Taylor XXV-DR Limited Edition 25th Anniversary dreadnought cutaway from a chap in Derby... now we were getting somewhere!

In June 2005 we bought a second hand Taylor 855 Jumbo 12-string, having driven all the way to Wales to have a look at it. The chap was moving abroad and had a few he wanted to sell, and we came away with a Taylor 810-L1 Brazilian Rosewood 6-string for Val. (Financially poorer, but musically richer, we drove back home!)

We sold the Yamaha CPX15A to a fellow writer/performer and thought that was it - sorted!

Not so... our experience of the 810 and 855 Taylors led to Jimmy feeling an 800 series 6-string would be a better match than the XXV-DR. In August 2005 we bought a Taylor 810-CE from Frailers (part-ex'ing the Yamaha CPX8-12). Val liked it so much that she plays it and Jimmy uses the 810-L1.

So what is it about our Taylors that we like so much?

- Crystal clear sound combining bell-like trebles, un-muddied bass and great separation across the whole range

- Acoustic projection

- Great through PA

- Silky smooth neck, easy to play

- Great looks

- Excellent build quality

- Road cases that fit millimetre-perfect

If you've managed to read this far - congratulations! (And if that's not enough you could always visit the instruments page on our website for even more :-), and our strings, pick-ups, PA etc).

Jimmy & Val (jiva)
www.jiva.co.uk

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Bubba
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 08:00 PM

1960 Martin D28, wish I had one!

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Gibson LG1 or Gibson J40 Help!
Date: 14 Feb 07 - 07:27 PM

i have been playig guitar for a few years now and am looking to upgrade to the next level.
I have been looking into a Gibson Lg1 vintage 60's model darksun burst
or
Gibson J40 1971
i hear they are both very similar, i need some recommendations.

I play bules, folk and 60's/70's rock.

Thanks
Andrew

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Songster Bob
Date: 15 Jan 07 - 11:29 PM

Well, this is quite a question (and the thread has been going six years or so, it appears).

I have several good acoustic guitars, each with its own character (and some of them with specific purposes). Here we go:

My main playing guitar, currently, is a Running Dog Jumbo, spruce top and sycamore sides and back. Loverly, balanced sound with enough volume but a very easy response (you don't have to hit it hard to hear it). Made by Rick Davis of Richmond, VT, whose one-man shop turns out some nice guitars, indeed.

Currently, I'm renewing my love affair with my previous favorite, a 1964 Martin D-28 with a non-Martin top. The top got stove in back in the 1970s, and "a luthier in NY City" made a new top for it. It's X-braced BUT fan-braced behind the X. It's the most responsive dreadnought I've ever played. It has that deep rosewood base, but has plenty of clarity in its notes (many rosewood guitars are mushy in tone, as the overtones and sustain that rosewood gives you get in the way of the notes).

When I want to play something else, I dig out my 1943 Martin 0-18, with its mahogany dry tone and small-guitar ease of handling. Mahogany guitars tend to a tone that "cuts" through the mix, and can be heard even when other guitars have fallen under the spell of the "wall of sound."

Then, again, I sometimes pull out my 1944 Epiphone Zenith archtop guitar and play me some jazz-like tunes. I say "jazz-like" since I don't really have the chops for jazz, but like to put a hint of it into what I can play. Maple back and sides, spruce top, good punch and volume, little sustain, as with most good archtops. Every once in a while I drool over a new Eastman archtop, but the slight edge it has over my Epi isn't worth the $2K it costs.

Then, sometimes, I play once of the classical guitars I have around the place. I'm working with a Civil War band these days, so need a good, loud non-steel-strung guitar, and a classical is all I have. I have a small-bodied German guitar that's the right size and shape, but have a yen for a particular guitar I played at a Civil War reenactment, for sale by a "suttler." I was too broke to buy it (only $300) but may find something like it in the future. It was a 1900s German guitar -- very narrow waisted "parlor" guitar in shape, but exquisitely loud for a classical, and just what I'd need for the band. The one I have now is sweet-toned, but not at all loud, which is unfortunate. I have a loud classical, a flamenco guitar, but it's not really mine (long-term loan) and I hesitate to take it on gigs.

Anyway, those are my "favorites," with at least some idea of why they are so. I have others -- a metal resonator guitar, a dobro, even a banjo-guitar -- and three or five electrics, which are another category altogether.

Does that answer your question? Next week, banjos.


Bob Clayton

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Slag
Date: 15 Jan 07 - 10:29 PM

I see Taylor is well represented in this thread and I have to agree. A big Taylor Dreadnaught or Jumbo makes me believe that I actually know what I'm doing. I wish I owned one but I'm a dabbler and cannot justify the expense. I've had the opprotunity to strum some old Martins now and then to the same effect. Wow, what tone and resonnance! I've never had the chutzpah to ask to hold the few custom guitars I've encountered (as they were accompanied by their owners and masters) and only trust that I did not drool on them as I bent to examine.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Mooh
Date: 15 Jan 07 - 09:27 PM

I've long been a fan of Thompson guitars and tried a cedar/maple one two weeks ago at Woodshed Music in Guelph (Ontario). It was hands down the best axe out of dozens we played at three stores that day. Maybe someday I can have one..some day, some way.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 15 Jan 07 - 04:19 PM

The best guitar I ever played was James Keelaghan's Grit Laskin, which he was kind enough to let me try after a house concert. The other one I truly loved was a Goodall I played at McCabe's in Santa Monica. But Goodalls all have this chubby neck that just never feels comfortable to me.

I own an older Martin OM-45 and I love it (but would trade it for a Grit Laskin in a second).

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Scrump
Date: 04 Nov 06 - 06:15 AM

I wouldn't mind playing a worse guitar, if I could play better. I'm getting old now, and I have started to despair of ever finding out the secret of really good playing.

Don't despair! Sometimes when I hear a much better player than me I think I'll never get as good as them, and I probably never will. But every now and then someone comes up to me and compliments me on my playing, which always makes my day!

I just keep playing, and every now and then I discover something new, sometimes just by playing around. As long as you keep learning, that's the most important thing, I reckon.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Dave4Guild
Date: 04 Nov 06 - 05:57 AM

At this time I have a Guild D55 from 1973 (hence my mudcat name!), and an Avalon L10,(Jumbo) like the one Eric Roache played.
Both these guitars are wonderful in their own way, but with enough subtle tonal differences to make it worth having them both!!

For Pub gigs/open mic nights I have a Yamaha LSX500C, which is a 000 size electro acoustic and is excellent. It is better than my friend's Taylor 312, both acoustically and through an amp.

My 12 string is a Tanglewood TWN 55/12, which is very good for the price, particularly thro' an amp.

They will do me for now!!

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Herge
Date: 04 Nov 06 - 05:04 AM

Use a McIlroy AJ25 for playing in the house, on stage and recording - I have a Martin D28 for pub sessions (more robust)

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 04 Nov 06 - 05:03 AM

I'm currently working with a Larrivee. It's perfect for me. It is light-weight and has a nice, even response one the low and high strings. Since I alternate between flat and finger picking I need that even tone. I almost bought a similar model taylor, but the bass strings sounded just a bit brighter on the Larrivee and the Larrive was $400.00 cheaper than the Taylor.

Stephen Lee

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Bothy Bill
Date: 04 Nov 06 - 04:25 AM

I just bought a Jimmy Moon dreadnought RD3 a couple of months ago. Having bought and sold many guitars over the years, this is definitely the best guitar I have played. It looks good without being pretentious and has a great sound. It projects well whether strumming or finger picking and I can only think that this will continue to get better with age.
I wouldn't part with this guitar at any price (within reason!!) and if I did I would buy another one.

regards

BB

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Franz Michaelis
Date: 03 Nov 06 - 07:53 PM

Levin Goliath or Levin LT18. Because of the individually adjustable string heigth you can get a lower action on this brand and they sound as good as Martin. I like their sound even better, but it surely is a matter of personal taste too.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 03 Nov 06 - 05:31 PM

I wouldn't mind playing a worse guitar, if I could play better. I'm getting old now, and I have started to despair of ever finding out the secret of really good playing.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: Wesley S
Date: 03 Nov 06 - 12:46 PM

Actually George Lowden is still making guitars - just on a smaller scale. Like one or two at a time.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: tenn_jim
Date: 03 Nov 06 - 10:21 AM

For country music, I prefer my Martin D-18 (1955). For Blues my Gibson J-45 (1956). But, if I could have my preference, I would have a Henderson custom. Wayne Henderson can make you a guitar that will produce the best tone and balance using woods that are 400 years old. Eric Clapton just got his after a 10 year wait.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,theleveller
Date: 03 Nov 06 - 08:57 AM

The moment I picked up my Lowden 010C I knew I had to have it. It's a buxom beauty with a tone like musical Guinness - rich, dark but also bright, with lots of sustain and bite. Like me, it's a bit battered now but I've never found a guitar I would swap it for at any price(a few I'd like as well, of course). George Lowden doesn't make them now - the comany has been bought out by employees and is called Avalon. I've never played an Avalon so I don't know if they compare. They cost a fair bit more than I paid.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: number 6
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 06:00 PM

The Esteban American Legacy series.


biLL

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 05:53 PM

i like sounds like guitars.thre cool.

Subject: RE: What is your favourite acoustic guitar?
From: GUEST,Terry McDonald
Date: 29 Mar 06 - 04:15 AM

I still use the Gibson SJN Country and Western model I bought new in 1964 for 105 guineas. Wonderful rich, warm tone. I have three other Gibsons including an 1970s J50 but its the 1964 one that's a brilliant instrument for accompanying songs.