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NGD (more or less) D18!

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After some great service from Ady at the Guitar Gallery, and via a setup by Rob Matthews, I've ended up with what really should be all the guitar I'm ever going to need :D

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Looks good.

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Oh Yesss!
Happy Awesome New Guitar Day!
Couple of years ago, I went looking for a D18GE. What I ended up with was a Taylor and a Lowden.

Not saying that's a bad segue, but I still don't have a D18.
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Slowy wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:15 pm Oh Yesss!
Happy Awesome New Guitar Day!
Couple of years ago, I went looking for a D18GE. What I ended up with was a Taylor and a Lowden.

Not saying that's a bad segue, but I still don't have a D18.
Haha, not a bad outcome really. What's the Taylor?

D18s have always seemed liked the be all of acoustics to me, but it's only recently that I could seriously entertain buying one. Very glad I have :)

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telefiend wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:33 pm
Slowy wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:15 pm Oh Yesss!
Happy Awesome New Guitar Day!
Couple of years ago, I went looking for a D18GE. What I ended up with was a Taylor and a Lowden.

Not saying that's a bad segue, but I still don't have a D18.
Haha, not a bad outcome really. What's the Taylor?

D18s have always seemed liked the be all of acoustics to me, but it's only recently that I could seriously entertain buying one. Very glad I have :)
Taylor is a GS7e.
Cedar/Rosewood. Shaped like a Gibson SJ200 but a bit smaller and thinner. Onboard electrics. It's the most versatile acoustic I have ever met. Sweet and slightly compressed, it has been described as sounding like it's already been recorded and mixed. Happy to be plugged into anything; acoustic or electric amps, doesn't much care.
I think of it like one's favourite dog; always willing to please and happy to do whatever is asked of it.

Got it from Oleg who told me it would become my main acoustic, then waited patiently for a couple of months while I figured that out for myself. :rofl:


But it's not a D18..........
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Slowy wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:21 pm
telefiend wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:33 pm
Slowy wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:15 pm Oh Yesss!
Happy Awesome New Guitar Day!
Couple of years ago, I went looking for a D18GE. What I ended up with was a Taylor and a Lowden.

Not saying that's a bad segue, but I still don't have a D18.
Haha, not a bad outcome really. What's the Taylor?

D18s have always seemed liked the be all of acoustics to me, but it's only recently that I could seriously entertain buying one. Very glad I have :)
Taylor is a GS7e.
Cedar/Rosewood. Shaped like a Gibson SJ200 but a bit smaller and thinner. Onboard electrics. It's the most versatile acoustic I have ever met. Sweet and slightly compressed, it has been described as sounding like it's already been recorded and mixed. Happy to be plugged into anything; acoustic or electric amps, doesn't much care.
I think of it like one's favourite dog; always willing to please and happy to do whatever is asked of it.

Got it from Oleg who told me it would become my main acoustic, then waited patiently for a couple of months while I figured that out for myself. :rofl:


But it's not a D18..........
Oh very nice! Great body shape. Can imagine the cedar helping out with that sort of tone.

Sounds like you could have space for a less versatile acoustic though :wink:

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telefiend wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:00 pm
Oh very nice! Great body shape. Can imagine the cedar helping out with that sort of tone.

Sounds like you could have space for a less versatile acoustic though :wink:
The second guitar I bought as a kid (14) was a Brazilian Rosewood D28. I learned to play on that thing and it informs my playing style to this day. I don't really need anything other than the Taylor and the Lowden but there's something about Dreadnought Martins; any self respecting acoustic connoisseur should have at least one. :D
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There's just something about a dreadnought Martin. Nothing else scratches that itch.
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