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Good acoustics?

mulacmulac Posts: 97
edited June 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
i have been playing the guitar for about 2 years now and i bought a handmade electro acoustic for 80 off a stall in singapore.


basically i love this guitar and never thought i'd need a new one cos it plays like one that cost 800 not 80.


but it broke........


anyway i want to buy an electro acoustic guitar for £1000 (about $1500)

does anyone have any good recommendations of best makes etc. i know very little about guitars in terms of makes etc.


cheers
the passenger is life
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    See if there's a shop near you that sells Takamine guitars.

    http://www.takamine.co.uk/NewTakamine/index.html

    :)
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    *cough* Martin *cough*
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • He_Who_ForgetsHe_Who_Forgets Posts: 200
    be sure to check out taylor.
    me you wouldn't recall, cause i'm not my former.
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    I'd like to add to this post by asking if Seagull is an interesting electric-acoustic brand - if so, mulac has another option - cause there's a guitarshop who has some and they're on sale cause he wants to quit dealing in acoustics. He says they're better than Simon & Patrick... which could just suck, not that I really know :D
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    buy a non-electric acoustic guitar of your choice.

    then put an lr baggs active i-beam in it.

    then thank me.
  • nailz100nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    Takamine makes a whole bunch of acoustic/ electric guitars so with Eq's built in, some without....thats what I have and I like mine.
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by exhausted
    buy a non-electric acoustic guitar of your choice.

    then put an lr baggs active i-beam in it.

    then thank me.

    Amen, brother...

    Don't get a system with a plastic preamp panel in the side of the guitar... Please, God, no...
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • mendicant_1mendicant_1 Posts: 39
    you cannot go wrong with Martins or Taylors,...that's what i'd buy
    Your head will collapse if there's nothing in it -Black Francis
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    I'd get this little beauty:

    http://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/choosing/guitars.php?p=m&m=000-15

    And put an LR Baggs system in it, and then get a good preamp/DI unit...

    Then again, there is the Line 6:

    http://www.line6.com/VariaxAcoustic/intro.html

    For those who don't know, I've got a Variax electric modeler, and the handful of acoustic models on there blow other A/E guitars out of the water... I am a believer.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Originally posted by exhausted
    buy a non-electric acoustic guitar of your choice.

    then put an lr baggs active i-beam in it.

    then thank me.

    Ill have one of those and a Lowden D-10 please. To go.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    i recorded a takamine on friday night direct into my system and it sounded like ass. even after i bypassed it's onboard EQ and set my xciter as best i could. just terrible. nothign like what the baggs pickups put out.

    acoustic guitars are not meant to have giant plastic chunks embedded in their sides. in fact, i don't even believe in body cutaways on acoustics.
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