The Acoustic Thread

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Interestingly the 1&3/4 thing seems to be for fingerstyle but John Mayer's OM has 1&11/16 as he wants it to be more like a strat neck... I definitely want to learn fingerstyle tho' so the wider seems better.
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jeremyb wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:33 pm Interestingly the 1&3/4 thing seems to be for fingerstyle but John Mayer's OM has 1&11/16 as he wants it to be more like a strat neck... I definitely want to learn fingerstyle tho' so the wider seems better.
It really is ain't much more... I barely notice the difference anymore.

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olegmcnoleg wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:24 am
Molly wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:57 am
olegmcnoleg wrote: Tue Feb 22, 2022 8:26 pm

The Walden is spruce & rosewood :wave:
Actually, I was going to ask you for a bit of info so I could list it and seem like I know what I'm talking about...?

:-)
All solid wood construction. Indian Rosewood B&S, spruce top. Grand Auditorium shape & size. 1&3/4 string spacing at the nut, 25&1/2" scale. Rosewood fretboard. Gloss finish (but its is water-based I think). Walden use good quality woods for their top models (such as this) and their construction is usually excellent too.
Thanks for that. Much appreciated.

Coincidentally, a colleague asked today if I was selling an acoustic. Taking it in for her to try tomorrow. :-)

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codedog wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:01 pm
jeremyb wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:33 pm Interestingly the 1&3/4 thing seems to be for fingerstyle but John Mayer's OM has 1&11/16 as he wants it to be more like a strat neck... I definitely want to learn fingerstyle tho' so the wider seems better.
It really is ain't much more... I barely notice the difference anymore.
Thats what she said!
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From what I remember from my last research into it the OMJM is the only one of that size or similar in spruce/rosewood that they make with a 1 and 9/16 nut width now, all the others being 1 and 3/4. Not a fan of 1 and 3/4 at all.1 and 9/16 is OK as in my Ovation and PRS acoustics but my preference id for the old 1 and 5/8 nut width.

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jeremyb wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:33 pm Interestingly the 1&3/4 thing seems to be for fingerstyle but John Mayer's OM has 1&11/16 as he wants it to be more like a strat neck... I definitely want to learn fingerstyle tho' so the wider seems better.
I feel like the whole 1.75 is for fingerstyle thing is the acoustic guitar equivalent of 7.25 radius is for 'chord work'. :sick:

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To be fair the whole 1 and 3/4 thing has saved me a fortune in guitars.

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Went to music works and the rock shop and nothing I was interested was there :-(

This is currently top of my shopping list though so will get Dave to get me one in!

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Took my Walden in for a colleague to try. Then she lowballed me.... FFS. This is someone that wouldn't know a guitar from a shoe. People just offer less than is being asked out of habit I swear. Fuck it. I'll put it on TradeMe.

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Molly wrote: Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:29 pm Took my Walden in for a colleague to try. Then she lowballed me.... FFS. This is someone that wouldn't know a guitar from a shoe. People just offer less than is being asked out of habit I swear. Fuck it. I'll put it on TradeMe.
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Molly wrote: Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:29 pm Took my Walden in for a colleague to try. Then she lowballed me.... FFS. This is someone that wouldn't know a guitar from a shoe. People just offer less than is being asked out of habit I swear. Fuck it. I'll put it on TradeMe.
Should have asked for double, after she'd made the offer....
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Molly wrote: Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:29 pm Took my Walden in for a colleague to try. Then she lowballed me.... FFS. This is someone that wouldn't know a guitar from a shoe. People just offer less than is being asked out of habit I swear. Fuck it. I'll put it on TradeMe.
Good idea, nobody will try to lowball you on there.
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Nice tour of the Taylor factories:



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I put my Walden on TM.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=bqXFOSlr

If it doesn't go that's fine. Just a bit more shipping to pay. I would like a Martin at some point though. I was pretty disappointed with my Taylor (was surprisingly difficult to play - really stiff) so not in a rush to go there again, but I've never owned a Martin.

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Molly wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:05 pm I put my Walden on TM.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=bqXFOSlr

If it doesn't go that's fine. Just a bit more shipping to pay. I would like a Martin at some point though. I was pretty disappointed with my Taylor (was surprisingly difficult to play - really stiff) so not in a rush to go there again, but I've never owned a Martin.
If you think a Taylor was stiff, you're gonna hate a Martin that's less than a decade old.
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