Just spent two hours at Guitar Center and came up with this:

Macht · Unread post by **Macht** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:01 pm

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whatshername · Unread post by **whatshername** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:56 pm

johnnyd wrote:
fortyoneantz wrote:also, i forgot to talk about gibsons. i played like four gibsons they had..they only had 4 acoustics. i HATE them. more than taylors. i mean, i don't hate taylors at all actually, i just don't really like their sound, they're not for me. but i hate gibsons. the tone was horrible, as well as the feel. they just sounded really crappy. it was weird, i was expecting to walk into the store and be blown away by these guitars. like i said before, i guess i'm just all about Martins. oh well, everyone's got their opinions!
Your experience with Gibson acoustics is very similar to the one I had the last time I went to Guitar Center. I believe it was a Gibson Songwriter or something like that. Anyway, it was gorgeous! It was used and I think the price was like $800. I picked it up expecting to be blown away by it, and it sounded like shit! It had a real brassy tone to it. The $250 Yamahas sounded better. I played a couple more Gibsons and they all had a similar "brassy" tone. Real disappointing considering how expensive they are.

yeah!!! it was a really beautiful guitar...but it just sounded like crap.

WalkingOnGreyStreet · Unread post by **WalkingOnGreyStreet** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 11:28 pm

Im pretty sure i like Taylors more becuase Dave has alot of hammer on and stuff and the action is super low on a Taylor so it makes it easy

budlitebrad · Unread post by **budlitebrad** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 10:55 pm

only 6 months until my D16-RGT....

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 11:14 pm

fortyoneantz wrote:
johnnyd wrote:
fortyoneantz wrote:also, i forgot to talk about gibsons. i played like four gibsons they had..they only had 4 acoustics. i HATE them. more than taylors. i mean, i don't hate taylors at all actually, i just don't really like their sound, they're not for me. but i hate gibsons. the tone was horrible, as well as the feel. they just sounded really crappy. it was weird, i was expecting to walk into the store and be blown away by these guitars. like i said before, i guess i'm just all about Martins. oh well, everyone's got their opinions!
Your experience with Gibson acoustics is very similar to the one I had the last time I went to Guitar Center. I believe it was a Gibson Songwriter or something like that. Anyway, it was gorgeous! It was used and I think the price was like $800. I picked it up expecting to be blown away by it, and it sounded like shit! It had a real brassy tone to it. The $250 Yamahas sounded better. I played a couple more Gibsons and they all had a similar "brassy" tone. Real disappointing considering how expensive they are.
yeah!!! it was a really beautiful guitar...but it just sounded like crap.

Old gibson acoustics are much better then that.. 60s-mid 70s

GSR · Unread post by **GSR** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:51 am

Snyder wrote:
fortyoneantz wrote:I played probably every Taylor they had in the "Acoustic Corral" (i think every model but the 9 series) and every Martin as well. I came to the conclusion that I just do not like the sound or feel of a Taylor guitar. It's just not for me. I am in love with the Martin tone. I think I am forever a Martin girl. I gave Taylors numerous chances and I just don't like them, it's crazy I guess. I know Taylor makes a beautiful guitar, but I just don't go for the sound and feel. Martin guitars do it for me. Just thought I'd share with all you guys.
Well, it's settled, we can never be together then.

But that's great, most people wouldn't put that much time or thought into it and just buy something because they heard it was cool.

snyder you play guitar?

MWR · Unread post by **MWR** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 3:26 am

I played a 714ce with cedar top and to this day it's the only Taylor that impressed me tone-wise. The koa/spruce Martin I played a while back was better and cheaper. The funny thing is when I actually drop some cash I don't want either of them.
There's a lot of lesser known luthiers that I would rather support. The irony is that Martin and Taylor are both mass produced but you end up paying more than you would for an amazing hand made guitar from a smaller shop.

Oahu · Unread post by **Oahu** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:47 pm

MWR wrote:I played a 714ce with cedar top and to this day it's the only Taylor that impressed me tone-wise. The koa/spruce Martin I played a while back was better and cheaper. The funny thing is when I actually drop some cash I don't want either of them.
There's a lot of lesser known luthiers that I would rather support. The irony is that Martin and Taylor are both mass produced but you end up paying more than you would for an amazing hand made guitar from a smaller shop.

I agree with you except on cost. A Goodall/Collings/Wingert/Mayes/Petros or Hamblin is going to start around 5k. Olsens and Traugott's cost around 25k.

crowdedstr · Unread post by **crowdedstr** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:37 am

MWR wrote:The irony is that Martin and Taylor are both mass produced but you end up paying more than you would for an amazing hand made guitar from a smaller shop.

with taylor, martin, and other big brand, however, you're also paying for consistency. one 914 is gonna sound almost exactly like the next 914 off the shelf.

there's more variation with the smaller luthiers -- and since 99% of the guitars coming from small luthiers have to be custom ordered, if you buy a guitar and you dont care for it, you're still stuck with it.

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