Buying a backup guitar . . .

jaroben · Unread post by **jaroben** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:55 am

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=32272

not sure if they have them at GC.. but look for it regardless.

checkii · Unread post by **checkii** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:13 am

Alvarez AD60SC, Alvarez AJ60SC, Epi Chet, Michael Kelley makes a few cheaper models, thats all i can think of.

MountainDewser · Unread post by **MountainDewser** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:01 pm

alvarez or seagull are both great for that range. i prefer alvarez though. anything they make is phenominal, i have a 5 string acoustic/electric violin from them, along with my first acoustic.

TimmyJ4140 · Unread post by **TimmyJ4140** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:34 am

I played an Ovation CK047 FKOA the other day, and I absolutely love it. Plugged in, it rivals the sound of my Tak plugged in, and the unplugged sound is fuller than I expected. Any thoughts?

Coldchillin · Unread post by **Coldchillin** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:59 am

Never was a fan of Ovations. I think they sound twangy when plugged in too.

MakoMako · Unread post by **MakoMako** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:24 pm

I've got an Ovation, as you'll see in my signature, and I'm happy with it. A lot of people don't like Ovations, but I don't think their as bad as a lot of people make them out to be. Especially for the price sometimes. Granted, mine doesn't have as full a sound, since it is a thin-body, but it still has a much fuller sound than you would expect.

My only REAL complaint about Ovations is they can get annoying to play sitting down at times. Aside from that, I think it is a decent guitar, especially for gigging and such.

whatshername · Unread post by **whatshername** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:00 pm

ovations are ugly

Kahn · Unread post by **Kahn** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:36 pm

you're ugly!

Coldchillin · Unread post by **Coldchillin** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:39 pm

There are much better guitars for the price than ovations.

TimmyJ4140 · Unread post by **TimmyJ4140** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:16 pm

So I went to another G.C. today, and my struggle continues. I found there the guitar I currently own (Takamine EF341SC) on clearance for $599 because it had a couple nicks in the top (nothing really to speak of, nothing you can see from more than a few feet away). This guitar usually goes for about a grand. Now, in my search for a backup, I wasn't looking for anything that sounded great unplugged, because I was going to be plugging it in 90% of the time, so I wasn't worried about finding something with a different sound or anything, just something that sounded halfway decent. Now my question is this: would I be stupid to NOT buy this one? I absolutely love the guitar, it's why I have one as my primary. This would not only give me a good backup in terms of amplified sound, but also a "spare copy" of my primary guitar to take out and about more often (beach, parties, etc). It's only $100 more than I was going to spend, what do you guys think?

6_strings_for_life · Unread post by **6_strings_for_life** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:34 pm

TimmyJ4140 wrote:So I went to another G.C. today, and my struggle continues. I found there the guitar I currently own (Takamine EF341SC) on clearance for $599 because it had a couple nicks in the top (nothing really to speak of, nothing you can see from more than a few feet away). This guitar usually goes for about a grand. Now, in my search for a backup, I wasn't looking for anything that sounded great unplugged, because I was going to be plugging it in 90% of the time, so I wasn't worried about finding something with a different sound or anything, just something that sounded halfway decent. Now my question is this: would I be stupid to NOT buy this one? I absolutely love the guitar, it's why I have one as my primary. This would not only give me a good backup in terms of amplified sound, but also a "spare copy" of my primary guitar to take out and about more often (beach, parties, etc). It's only $100 more than I was going to spend, what do you guys think?

I think its a great guitar, but I dont like that you can only get them in black.

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