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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Unread post by johntherevelator » Sun Feb 23, 2003 5:39 pm

shane wrote:ibanez.. suck.. so... much... :x ... i hate them. theyre best suited for firewood. alvarez makes good stuff though
they make good electrics if youre into metal, which im not
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Unread post by Pickles » Sun Feb 23, 2003 6:00 pm

johntherevelator wrote:
shane wrote:ibanez.. suck.. so... much... :x ... i hate them. theyre best suited for firewood. alvarez makes good stuff though
they make good electrics if youre into metal, which im not
they make ok electrics.. my godin tears em up.. good basses though. speaking of my godin, took a few pictures of it and like 10 pictures of my hofner. ill put some up soon.
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Unread post by ticohans » Mon Feb 24, 2003 1:29 am

shane, i just wanted to say that i hate you and your godin!!!! :)

my next guitar purchase will be one of the triple voice godin electrics: electric, acoustic, and SYNTH voices!!! (shudder)
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Unread post by Pickles » Mon Feb 24, 2003 10:32 am

ticohans wrote:shane, i just wanted to say that i hate you and your godin!!!! :)

my next guitar purchase will be one of the triple voice godin electrics: electric, acoustic, and SYNTH voices!!! (shudder)
i mightve gotten a lgx-sa if i didnt need to buy the $1300 synth thing to go along with it. have fun getting around $2500 for it :)
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Unread post by m98ter » Mon Feb 24, 2003 4:28 pm

Dean......best value in acoustics
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Unread post by gravedigger » Mon Feb 24, 2003 5:23 pm

Dean? :shock:

I've heard of them, but I've never seen one or heard one. The best value in acoustic guitars? I'm gonna have to look into that to believe it.
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Unread post by Pickles » Mon Feb 24, 2003 10:01 pm

never played a dean but i know theyre expensive
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Unread post by spencey » Tue Feb 25, 2003 8:07 pm

nah dude.. I played a dean the other day... most of them run for under 6 (musicians friend anyways) this one i played cost 450 and it was pretty good.. id have to say they are some pretty decent acoustics.. not bad at all
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Unread post by Stuntcheeks » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:29 pm

Deans aren't expensive at all. They are really beautiful to look at, use grovers and fishmans (on their better ones) and again, look beautiful.

But....they sound like refried ass.

I really wanted one of the Exoticas. I played 6 different ones and my heart was broken. I really wanted one, but just couldn't get over the crappy sound. Oh, well.
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Unread post by Pickles » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:37 pm

lol ive never heard anything like that about a guitar before. not in those exact words anyway
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Unread post by m98ter » Sun Mar 09, 2003 10:28 pm

Maybe i just have a really good one then, but my dean sounds better than anything else ive ever played. Maybe im just comfortable with it, but ive played D28's and just cant say ive heard the thousand dollar difference in them and my guitar. I will agree that the lower end models suck horribly, but if you can find a good exotica (qse is leaps and bounds above an rse if you ask me) their one of the best values youll ever find for the $430 price tag. And they are oh so pretty.....
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Unread post by ddv » Wed Mar 19, 2003 12:15 am

I would say that Takimine are some of the better acoustics out there, as well as Tacoma. If you ever see a Tacoma in a store play it, they have a really different feel - they make killer acoustic basses too.
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Unread post by spencey » Wed Mar 19, 2003 4:04 pm

Ya know... wouldn't Sigma be the best non-martin brand... oh and does Taylor have anything like that.
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Unread post by gravedigger » Thu Mar 20, 2003 9:45 pm

spencey wrote:Ya know... wouldn't Sigma be the best non-martin brand... oh and does Taylor have anything like that.
Sigmas are pieces or donkey crap. they look nice enough though.
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Unread post by Brock » Thu Mar 20, 2003 10:06 pm

gravedigger wrote:Sigmas are pieces or donkey crap. they look nice enough though.
Well, I think digger is hiding his true opinions well :wink:
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