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I am so tired of it....

Unread post by PlayLikeDave » Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:27 am

By "it" I mean playing dreadnaughts. I really wanna get my hands on a Jumbo or Grand Concert. I would make acceptions like if I had a DM3MD. Over all tho, I think that I need a different guitar shape.

Anyone agree? Anyone think that guitar shape really matters that much?

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Unread post by isaac » Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:22 am

yeah...guitar shape matters in terms of sound and comfort. for me, the grand auditorium of my 414 was the best way to go.
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Unread post by gcom007 » Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:22 am

I love my OM's!!!!!!!!
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Unread post by isaac » Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:24 am

hm...i haven't played a Martin OM in forever and i liked them greatly.
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Unread post by juineaux » Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:33 am

small jumbo for me!
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Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:00 am

I actualy like the dreadnaught the most. It fits well with my finger picking styles, and I am most comfortable with. Right after that I love Jumbos. I like to play more agressivly on jumbos, and get that huge sound. I also prefer arch top electrics over flat tops (falt meaning strats, just the feeling and playing for it. Also, if you look, les pauls are normaly slightly arch topped)


Other than the dreadnaughts, jumbos, and arched les pauls (like the standard, studio, custom, classic, and so on) I don't really like other bodies of guitars.
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Unread post by fatjack » Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:29 am

me likey auditorium and full jumbos
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Unread post by isaac » Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:12 am

juineaux wrote:small jumbo for me!
how do you pronounce your last name and who's that in your sig? crazy!
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Unread post by grock » Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:26 am

i have a mini-dred that i just adore. it's not as fat on the bottom as the bigger dreds but holds it's own to the grand concerts.

if i mute right i can get some twang out of it, and can almost make it sound very banjo-esque when plugged in.
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Unread post by thejoe » Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:15 pm

isaac wrote:
juineaux wrote:small jumbo for me!
how do you pronounce your last name and who's that in your sig? crazy!
caderay proaly
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Unread post by isaac » Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:33 pm

that's what i was thinking. one of the coolest names i've heard...if it's actually cad-ah-ret, then that loses some points...so uh, yeah! ;)
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Unread post by GuitarGuy610 » Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:21 pm

crash_in_to_me wrote:
isaac wrote:
juineaux wrote:small jumbo for me!
how do you pronounce your last name and who's that in your sig? crazy!
caderay proaly
kelly joe phelps is the guy in the sig.....crazy looking, Ive gotta hear that sometime...
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Unread post by geekmug » Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:18 pm

Ranting Thespian wrote:I actualy like the dreadnaught the most. It fits well with my finger picking styles..
I think you are blowing steam out your arse there :roll: Typically one would call a grand concert body a "finger picking body" because it has the most balance of sound and is usually more accessible to finger picking (but that is not to say you can't strum on it.. on the flip the dread is useful what one would call a "flatpicking body" because typically it is really full and powerful and designed for stumming chords (but that is not to say you can't finger pick on it, of course you can).

With that said, maybe a dread does fit better with your style of finger picking, but that would be highly out of the norm..

Acoustic Guitar Body Sizes and Styles has some description for each

My personal guitar choice is a grand concert with a slightly wider string spacing down at the saddle to give more string-to-string space for finger picking (my dominate style).
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Unread post by juineaux » Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:44 pm

GuitarGuy610 wrote:
crash_in_to_me wrote:
isaac wrote:
juineaux wrote:small jumbo for me!
how do you pronounce your last name and who's that in your sig? crazy!
caderay proaly
kelly joe phelps is the guy in the sig.....crazy looking, Ive gotta hear that sometime...
Yep, its pronounced cadaray,
and If you wanna listen to some kelly Joe phelps(sorta like an all acoustic ben harper) heres a site with some amazing live downloads of his:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/riverratjimmy/pages/audvid.htm

The Kcrw Morning becomes eclectic show(under streaming audio), Stuttgart, Arkansas, and the first E-town are the best on that site.
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