The Acoustic Thread

[sizzlingbadger]

[jeremyb]

"johnson" chortle chortle chortle readers.

[KNNZ]

Lowden S03 Ed Sheeran for sale on FB for $1650 https://www.facebook.com/groups/NZGuita ... 0768332550
no idea if its a bargain or not...

[codedog]

Lowden S03 Ed Sheeran for sale on FB for $1650 https://www.facebook.com/groups/NZGuita ... 0768332550
no idea if its a bargain or not...

That's a "Sheeran by Lowden" guitar, the budget range. I think it has solid top and laminate back/sides. Doesn't feel like a bargain to me.

[NippleWrestler]

$2099 new. Not an amazing deal. $2k gets you an all solid Larrivee, Taylor, etc all day long.

[olegmcnoleg]

Lowden S03 Ed Sheeran for sale on FB for $1650 https://www.facebook.com/groups/NZGuita ... 0768332550
no idea if its a bargain or not...

That's a "Sheeran by Lowden" guitar, the budget range. I think it has solid top and laminate back/sides. Doesn't feel like a bargain to me.

I owned one of these briefly. I think they are very well made, and the sound is great. The nut string spacing is not to my liking, but apart from that, a step up from the Taylor GSMini, for sure. That’s its niche.

But no, not a bargain

[Jay]

I'm Gassing for a Nylon crossover acoustic electric; pretty limited field, especially in NZ.

Obviously there's the Lowden Jazz but thought I'd check out Goodall. I've only met a couple of Goodalls but one of them is in my thoughts almost every day.
And yes, they do one!
https://reverb.com/item/66966315-goodal ... r-cocobolo



Sigh.

This maybe?
https://www.bidbud.co.nz/4330444869

[Slowy]

I'm Gassing for a Nylon crossover acoustic electric; pretty limited field, especially in NZ.

Obviously there's the Lowden Jazz but thought I'd check out Goodall. I've only met a couple of Goodalls but one of them is in my thoughts almost every day.
And yes, they do one!
https://reverb.com/item/66966315-goodal ... r-cocobolo



Sigh.

This maybe?
https://www.bidbud.co.nz/4330444869

I need to play a few. It's hard to distinguish between a classical with a wide neck and zero radius fretboard and a nylon crossover with a narrower radiused board.
I want the latter but the few I've met are spendy.

[olegmcnoleg]

I'm Gassing for a Nylon crossover acoustic electric; pretty limited field, especially in NZ.

Obviously there's the Lowden Jazz but thought I'd check out Goodall. I've only met a couple of Goodalls but one of them is in my thoughts almost every day.
And yes, they do one!
https://reverb.com/item/66966315-goodal ... r-cocobolo



Sigh.

This maybe?
https://www.bidbud.co.nz/4330444869

I need to play a few. It's hard to distinguish between a classical with a wide neck and zero radius fretboard and a nylon crossover with a narrower radiused board.
I want the latter but the few I've met are spendy.

The 1000 and above Walden models are really excellent sleeper guitars, all solid, and high quality timbers. The 500s are much more budget conscious: functional & decent but not awesome.

[KNNZ]

oh my world!! did I see the price correctly?!?!?! this makes Gibson Murphy Labs historic reissues seem affordable

I'm Gassing for a Nylon crossover acoustic electric; pretty limited field, especially in NZ.

Obviously there's the Lowden Jazz but thought I'd check out Goodall. I've only met a couple of Goodalls but one of them is in my thoughts almost every day.
And yes, they do one!
https://reverb.com/item/66966315-goodal ... r-cocobolo



Sigh.

[codedog]

oh my world!! did I see the price correctly?!?!?! this makes Gibson Murphy Labs historic reissues seem affordable

I'm Gassing for a Nylon crossover acoustic electric; pretty limited field, especially in NZ.

Obviously there's the Lowden Jazz but thought I'd check out Goodall. I've only met a couple of Goodalls but one of them is in my thoughts almost every day.
And yes, they do one!
https://reverb.com/item/66966315-goodal ... r-cocobolo



Sigh.

If anyone asks me how I can make a guitar sound like a 10K guitar, I say give me a $30K guitar and let me play it for 3 minutes.

[Slowy]

oh my world!! did I see the price correctly?!?!?! this makes Gibson Murphy Labs historic reissues seem affordable

I'm Gassing for a Nylon crossover acoustic electric; pretty limited field, especially in NZ.

Obviously there's the Lowden Jazz but thought I'd check out Goodall. I've only met a couple of Goodalls but one of them is in my thoughts almost every day.
And yes, they do one!
https://reverb.com/item/66966315-goodal ... r-cocobolo



Sigh.

Welcome to the world of acoustic guitar anguish

[vinylguy]

Yep that is so far out of financial reach for me as to be undesirable....

[Slowy]

Yep that is so far out of financial reach for me as to be undesirable....

My sister found a second hand one for $19,000. Doesn't really help much.

Much more so than with electrics, in the acoustic world there's a demonstrable correlation between performance and price. I've never gone quite that far up the food chain though.

[vinylguy]

Yep that is so far out of financial reach for me as to be undesirable....

My sister found a second hand one for $19,000. Doesn't really help much.

Much more so than with electrics, in the acoustic world there's a demonstrable correlation between performance and price. I've never gone quite that far up the food chain though.

Most of us would consider a 25 year old Brasilian model Martin to be fairly high up the food chain ?