Best non-Martin/Taylor acoustic brand

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Whats the best non-Martin/Taylor acoustic brand?

Alvarez
7
18%
Ibanez
3
8%
Takamine
8
21%
Guild
1
3%
Lakewood
15
38%
Ovation
2
5%
Other (Please Post Brand)
3
8%
 
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Best non-Martin/Taylor acoustic brand

Unread post by CPTino3001 » Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:49 pm

I just want to see everyone's opinions on some other brands besides Martin and Taylor. I tried to include as many commonly available brands that I could think of.
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Unread post by cave_cricket » Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:52 pm

Before gravedigger tells ya :lol:

Larivees are great guitars.

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Unread post by gravedigger » Tue Feb 18, 2003 2:07 pm

Larrivee's are great.......shit!@ damn you cave! j/k. There's a million and one amazing independant guitar makers out there that are just as good and often times better than Martin and Taylor. I picked Lakewood from the ones that you listed, but another one that comes to mind is Goodall.
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Unread post by cave_cricket » Tue Feb 18, 2003 2:16 pm

gravedigger wrote:Larrivee's are great.......shit!@ damn you cave! j/k. There's a million and one amazing independant guitar makers out there that are just as good and often times better than Martin and Taylor. I picked Lakewood from the ones that you listed, but another one that comes to mind is Goodall.
ha ha..beat ya to it!

Anyway....there are so many guitar companied that hand make guitars and make them beautifully. the only problem is they can get really expensive.

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Unread post by johntherevelator » Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:33 pm

larrivee is my fave
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Unread post by juineaux » Tue Feb 18, 2003 6:00 pm

santa cruz, and collings
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Unread post by ticohans » Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:15 pm

Olson, bar none. Olson all the way.
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Unread post by Pickles » Sat Feb 22, 2003 3:35 pm

ticohans wrote:Olson, bar none. Olson all the way.
ticohans how much do those usually go for? i saw the picture of the purfling all around the body, rosette, and fingerboard and one word describes it.. drool
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:I don't know if this is shameful or not, but after waking up in a girls bed that was really high up off the ground (almost top-bunkbed type high) I told her that if I fell off I'd "come back to life as a white wizard". I was still a bit tipsy. She did not laugh.
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Unread post by firedancer86 » Sat Feb 22, 2003 4:00 pm

shane wrote:
ticohans wrote:Olson, bar none. Olson all the way.
ticohans how much do those usually go for? i saw the picture of the purfling all around the body, rosette, and fingerboard and one word describes it.. drool
well, when i saw Phil Keggy with his, it was $30,000...i could be wrong, but...
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Unread post by Pickles » Sat Feb 22, 2003 4:03 pm

firedancer86 wrote:
shane wrote:
ticohans wrote:Olson, bar none. Olson all the way.
ticohans how much do those usually go for? i saw the picture of the purfling all around the body, rosette, and fingerboard and one word describes it.. drool
well, when i saw Phil Keggy with his, it was $30,000...i could be wrong, but...
30....000.... theres 2 too many zeroes on there for me at the moment... why do luthiers not make amazing guitars for affordable prices! :x :cry: :evil: :shock: :?
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:I don't know if this is shameful or not, but after waking up in a girls bed that was really high up off the ground (almost top-bunkbed type high) I told her that if I fell off I'd "come back to life as a white wizard". I was still a bit tipsy. She did not laugh.
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Unread post by firedancer86 » Sat Feb 22, 2003 4:10 pm

here is a quick example...http://www.samusic.com/specials/used.shtml
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Unread post by firedancer86 » Sat Feb 22, 2003 4:13 pm

shane wrote:
firedancer86 wrote:
shane wrote:
ticohans wrote:Olson, bar none. Olson all the way.
ticohans how much do those usually go for? i saw the picture of the purfling all around the body, rosette, and fingerboard and one word describes it.. drool
well, when i saw Phil Keggy with his, it was $30,000...i could be wrong, but...
30....000.... theres 2 too many zeroes on there for me at the moment... why do luthiers not make amazing guitars for affordable prices! :x :cry: :evil: :shock: :?
because then they would not be luthiers...they would have to mass produce, lowering quality and that would make them like anybody else...
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Unread post by Pickles » Sat Feb 22, 2003 4:15 pm

and.. thats not.. even... a full sized.. doh
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Unread post by michaelb14 » Sun Feb 23, 2003 3:41 am

I would like to say that ovations suck! Sorry had to get that out of my systems. It just irritates me when some people I've met go on and on about how great those gaudy flat sounding fiber glass buckets are.

I've seen some real nice Ibanez and Alvarez acoustics though (alvarez yari especially)
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Unread post by Pickles » Sun Feb 23, 2003 5:05 pm

ibanez.. suck.. so... much... :x ... i hate them. theyre best suited for firewood. alvarez makes good stuff though
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