Rainsong Guitars

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Rainsong Guitars

Unread post by mangold » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:30 pm

Has anyone here played on of these? they look real nice and supposedly are like the loudest acoustics money can buy. Id imagine a graphite guitar would have a really cool sound to it, but ive not had the pleasure of playin one
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Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Sat Jan 15, 2005 11:00 pm

I was at a guitar store, looked up and saw one. I thought, eh, must be crap. I grabbed it down, and played it. Wow, it sounded just as good as wood acoustic. I don't like the look of them, though, but the feel was fine. Definately something to check out.
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Unread post by Pickles » Sat Jan 15, 2005 11:09 pm

if you want a good carbon guitar get a CA
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Unread post by dmbvideos » Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:05 am

I drove almost 2 hours to Madison to play a RainSong, and I'm sold. The dealer had both CA and Rainsong. They both sounded great, but I'd go for the RainSong, even though it's more money. Like Thespian said, it sounds just as good as a wood guitar.

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Unread post by GSR » Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:59 pm

are they expensive? not that it concerns me AT ALL.
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Unread post by sacdeez » Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:48 pm

i wonder if you'd have to worry about humidity issues with those guitars. if you don't that would be a huge benefit to us up in the northern part of the country.
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Unread post by Thomas » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:01 pm

sacdeez wrote:i wonder if you'd have to worry about humidity issues with those guitars. if you don't that would be a huge benefit to us up in the northern part of the country.
that's the thing about these guitars, you don't really have to worry about them at all. you could keep it at the bottom of your swimming pool if you wanted and it wouldn't phase them.
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Unread post by Kukini » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:41 pm

elijah77jc wrote:
sacdeez wrote:i wonder if you'd have to worry about humidity issues with those guitars. if you don't that would be a huge benefit to us up in the northern part of the country.
that's the thing about these guitars, you don't really have to worry about them at all. you could keep it at the bottom of your swimming pool if you wanted and it wouldn't phase them.
I keep mine down in my hot tub anyways...
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Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:49 am

dmbvideos wrote:I drove almost 2 hours to Madison to play a RainSong . . .
So you live 2 hours away from me . . .

Also, Madison Music sucks for prices. They are insane, 14 dollars for a pack of Dean Markleys that I could get for 6 at Good & Loud.

Anyways, kewl, what city are you in?
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Unread post by MWR » Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:16 am

dmbvideos wrote:I drove almost 2 hours to Madison to play a RainSong, and I'm sold. The dealer had both CA and Rainsong. They both sounded great, but I'd go for the RainSong, even though it's more money. Like Thespian said, it sounds just as good as a wood guitar.

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How did the CA and Rainsong compare directly? I was really curious about these graphite guitars a while back and posted the same question but I didn't get a single response. Yeah poor me. Anyway, do you remember any specific differences i.e. volume, playability, inotonation etc. Thanks.

I'm considering moving waaaaay up north. If these things sound as good as they cost than I'm sold.
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Unread post by MWR » Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:07 pm

Come on people! I'm gonna keep buming it...:lol:
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Unread post by mangold » Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:36 pm

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Unread post by dmbvideos » Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:17 pm

MWR wrote:
How did the CA and Rainsong compare directly? I was really curious about these graphite guitars a while back and posted the same question but I didn't get a single response. Yeah poor me. Anyway, do you remember any specific differences i.e. volume, playability, inotonation etc. Thanks.

I'm considering moving waaaaay up north. If these things sound as good as they cost than I'm sold.
Sorry for the delay......

I felt that the RS just felt more like a well-built guitar. It's hard to explain, but the feel to me was just higher quality. They both sounded nice, and they both felt strong and well-built, but the RS just seemed better to me than the CA.

I know that's not what you're looking for. I'd go to a store and play both of them.
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Unread post by MWR » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:14 am

dmbvideos wrote:
MWR wrote:
How did the CA and Rainsong compare directly? I was really curious about these graphite guitars a while back and posted the same question but I didn't get a single response. Yeah poor me. Anyway, do you remember any specific differences i.e. volume, playability, inotonation etc. Thanks.

I'm considering moving waaaaay up north. If these things sound as good as they cost than I'm sold.
Sorry for the delay......

I felt that the RS just felt more like a well-built guitar. It's hard to explain, but the feel to me was just higher quality. They both sounded nice, and they both felt strong and well-built, but the RS just seemed better to me than the CA.

I know that's not what you're looking for. I'd go to a store and play both of them.
No worries. I was leaning toward the Rainsong anyway because they have more options as far as body styles go. Thanks for the reply.
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