Thinking of buying a Dreadnought

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Thinking of buying a Dreadnought

Unread post by KGrad5 » Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:50 pm

i was thinking of buying a dreadnought and have been looking at some i might be interested and wanted to know some of your opinions, what do you guys think of the martin d-35? i saw one being sold for 1500 american, is that a good price for it? how bout the d-28v? as well waht are you opinons on taylor 810, 710 and w-10, looking for a really nice accoustic sound
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Unread post by Pickles » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:04 pm

im a big big big taylor fan. in fact im gonna be buying a taylor soon (i hope) - the revoiced taylor dreads are AMAZING. IMO theyre everything martins want to be.

but the only way to choose is to play them side by side. its your ear.
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Re: Thinking of buying a Dreadnought

Unread post by Brock » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:11 pm

KGrad5 wrote:i was thinking of buying a dreadnought and have been looking at some i might be interested and wanted to know some of your opinions, what do you guys think of the martin d-35? i saw one being sold for 1500 american, is that a good price for it? how bout the d-28v? as well waht are you opinons on taylor 810, 710 and w-10, looking for a really nice accoustic sound
thanks for the help
That sounds like a pretty good price for the d-35 (list is $2600). There is no d-28v, you're probably thinking of the hd-28v (v = vintage appointments, just depends on whether you want it to look old-school :wink: ). Bottom line is, you would more than likely be happy with either a high-end Taylor or a high-end Martin, so go to a guitar store, play both, and decide which one you like more.
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Unread post by KGrad5 » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:21 pm

yeah hd-28v sorry bout that typo :D yeah i saw a martin 2002 d-35 on ebay for 1500 im not good with pricing, i think im gonna head down to good ol cosmo music soon and play around with their martins and taylors :D would i ruin the sound of the guitar by installing a pickup? should i just stay with an accoustic? or go accoustic/electric? i dont currently own an amp but i could see myself buying one in the future..
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Unread post by Pickles » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:23 pm

theres not much of a difference between guitars without pickups and with pickups (of the same model) .... especially not if you get the ES :)
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Unread post by KGrad5 » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:45 pm

well the only reason i ask is my guitar is currently an accoustic electric pretty nice one, yamaha cpx15 i relaly like the play but the only thing is, the pickup tends to buzz for some reason when im playing sometimes, sometimes tightnening/loosening the screws stops it but i dont know why its doing that, maybe im wrong and it isnt even the pickup?
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Unread post by Pickles » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:48 pm

well its inside a yamaha it cant be the best pickup ever. however, the ES system is supposed to produce no feedback.
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