The Acoustic Guitar Thread

[robnobcorncob]

Once owned a Larrivee OM which I should have kept.. it was phenomenal! Played it 30 hours a week for a year and it opened up magnificently. Sold it to finance a Bourgeois which slayed, also since sold to fund other things.

Currently this gets the most play time, a 1936-7 Kalamazoo KG14. Mine is in my avatar but this pic is from the net.

[Molly]

Some things of beauty in this thread.

[bluesierra]

I have 3. A Mini Martin, a Martin D18 and a Gibson j45.

I had a Gibson J200 in a beautiful flamed maple blonde. But it was just too nice and pretty. So moved it on to a young lady who had a lovely voice that partnered with it perfectly. She'll probably be famous which would be nice. I always liked the look of Aaron Lewis' Gibson Southern Jumbo that had obviously been played to within an inch of it's life.

[kdawg2a]

This is my current favorite dreadnought, a 1974 Yamaha FG-200 made in Japan.

This is the one I put the 'Bridgemagic' into last year. There's a thread around somewhere about it. This guitar has just got better and better and better. Love it.

[Slowy]

Once owned a Larrivee OM which I should have kept.. it was phenomenal! Played it 30 hours a week for a year and it opened up magnificently. Sold it to finance a Bourgeois which slayed, also since sold to fund other things.

Currently this gets the most play time, a 1936-7 Kalamazoo KG14. Mine is in my avatar but this pic is from the net.

That looks exactly like the one I used to have.

[Jay]

Some really nice gear there gents.
Here my three acoustics. A Yamaha 12 string (FG230) which plays nicely after I reset the neck. Another Yamaha small body guitar (APX-10) which feels and plays like an electric. And my favourite, a K. Yairi DY52 of 1994 with a lovely pickup system.

[k1w1]

I reset the neck on this last month and it is now playing great, a 1955 Harmony Colorama H951, all birch body, poplar neck. Has a nice bark.

IMG_1603 by Laurie Franks, on Flickr

The acoustics I am mostly trying to learn to play are a tiple and mandolin, slow progress on these

IMG_1528 by Laurie Franks, on Flickr

But getting the most play time is the new tricone, bloody great

IMG_1529 by Laurie Franks, on Flickr

[Molly]

I see that Yamaha and hear 'Whole Hearted' and 'More than Words' by Extreme. I had exactly the same one and had to play those two songs as part of a cabaret set...

Edit. Feck. Wrong one. The other one... LOL

[Jay]

I see that Yamaha and hear 'Whole Hearted' and 'More than Words' by Extreme. I had exactly the same one and had to play those two songs as part of a cabaret set...

Edit. Feck. Wrong one. The other one... LOL

Fixed. Was it hard to learn? Did you sing as well?

[TmcB]

I reset the neck on this last month and it is now playing great, a 1955 Harmony Colorama H951, all birch body, poplar neck. Has a nice bark.

That is the single most coolest guitar I have ever seen

[k1w1]

Some really nice gear there gents.
Here my three acoustics. A Yamaha 12 string (FG230) which plays nicely after I reset the neck. Another Yamaha small body guitar (APX-10) which feels and plays like an electric. And my favourite, a K. Yairi DY52 of 1994 with a lovely pickup system.

Nice, last August I reset the neck and steamed the top flat on this 1966 Stella 12 string, the thing is a cannon, all birch body.

IMG_1434 by Laurie Franks, on Flickr

[Jay]

1993 K Yairi DY52.

Made by a man in Kani, Gifu, Japan.

Kazuo Yairi is a legend!

I was playing one like yours at a school when I picked up my daughter. Normally schools have crap guitars for the students, but they had this one somehow. Even with one hundred year old strings on it, it sounded special. A short time later the exact model shows up (with pickup) at the Henderson cashies and became mine.

[jeremyb]

Once owned a Larrivee OM which I should have kept.. it was phenomenal! Played it 30 hours a week for a year and it opened up magnificently. Sold it to finance a Bourgeois which slayed, also since sold to fund other things.

Currently this gets the most play time, a 1936-7 Kalamazoo KG14. Mine is in my avatar but this pic is from the net.

Bonkers, I'd be terrified of replacing strings on an 80 year old instrument!!!

[Jay]

Some really nice gear there gents.
Here my three acoustics. A Yamaha 12 string (FG230) which plays nicely after I reset the neck. Another Yamaha small body guitar (APX-10) which feels and plays like an electric. And my favourite, a K. Yairi DY52 of 1994 with a lovely pickup system.

Nice, last August I reset the neck and steamed the top flat on this 1966 Stella 12 string, the thing is a cannon, all birch body.

IMG_1434 by Laurie Franks, on Flickr

Not familiar with Stella guitars but looks very cool. Are you still tuning to concert pitch after the neck reset? Or you tune a step down to avoid reintroducing the problem?

[kdawg2a]

I reset the neck on this last month and it is now playing great, a 1955 Harmony Colorama H951, all birch body, poplar neck. Has a nice bark.

That is the single most coolest guitar I have ever seen

Yes. That is killer.