Gibson Acoustic Guitars

Guitar Monkey · 04-08-2004, 10:07 PM

I love Gibson acoustic guitars and every 1 should cause the way they make them are superb and the sound to them are wicked i love the jumbo 1's the best give us views on some of your favourite acoustic and maybe some pics cause sometimes its the guitar that makes ya wanna write songs well it does with me...........cheers

Magnus · 04-08-2004, 10:14 PM

I agree with you Guitar Monkey. Gibson make fine acoustic guitars. And especially the jumbos.

#Ian# · 04-08-2004, 10:16 PM

I'm love Martins. My dad has a wonderfull all black Ibanez that I learned how to play on that I love.

Magnus · 04-08-2004, 10:20 PM

Martin makes the legendary D-28. It is a fine acoustic guitar. I personally prefer the Santa Cruz Guitar Company's interpretation of the D-28. But yes, Martin make fine guitars!

maccas81 · 04-08-2004, 10:28 PM

you know one of the finest sounding guitars i've heard was a yamaha? strange but true! it beat the sh*t out of any takamine, which sound like feck all plugged out....belive it or not!

Magnus · 04-08-2004, 10:33 PM

I agree about the Takamines............ [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

Miss Pink · 04-08-2004, 10:35 PM

Im gonna get killed but i got a 3/4 SX!! Wait for it!!! Ive been told by alot of guitarists its fantastic and its got the sound of a €450-€600 guitar and it aint even worth anywhere near that!

Guitar Monkey · 04-08-2004, 10:48 PM

takamines are brill guitars but the price on them are massive like usaully from £300 - £3000 but maccas 81 is right yamaha are wicked the solid tops have got a rich sound i think u get value for money when buying a yamaha acoustic is me second deffently if i couldn't afford the gibson

Enoch · 04-09-2004, 12:45 AM

Yam APX5a is a fine guitar for the money

Guitar Monkey · 04-09-2004, 12:12 PM

could ya post a pic of it plz enoch so that i can see what it looks like

Magnus · 04-09-2004, 12:22 PM

Magnus · 04-09-2004, 12:31 PM

Guitar Monkey · 04-09-2004, 04:49 PM

yeah i like those 1's there good

Magnus · 04-10-2004, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss Pink

Im gonna get killed but i got a 3/4 SX!! Wait for it!!! Ive been told by alot of guitarists its fantastic and its got the sound of a €450-€600 guitar and it aint even worth anywhere near that!

I love it when cheap guitars sound like expensive ones! You are lucky to have found that one then Miss Pink! [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

Guitar Monkey · 04-11-2004, 07:40 PM

sometimes that happens once i was lookin at this applause electro-acoustic guitar worth £2000 and the boss said to me that its got a sh*t sound and that a £60 Stagg acoustic had a more betta sound to it sometimes its just the label ppl are after not the sound of the guitar itself

Magnus · 04-11-2004, 08:03 PM

Yes, Guitar Monkey. I also get that impression sometimes. Foolish don't you think?

Guitar Monkey · 04-12-2004, 11:12 AM

ye so the key is to play a couple of guitars which u might buy and see which 1 has the better sound

Magnus · 04-12-2004, 12:48 PM

Yes, you are right! The best sound and the best feeling and playability.

Magnus · 04-12-2004, 12:49 PM

And of course that it stays in tune, and has great overall intonation as well as it looks appealing to you!

Miss Pink · 04-12-2004, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magnus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss Pink

Im gonna get killed but i got a 3/4 SX!! Wait for it!!! Ive been told by alot of guitarists its fantastic and its got the sound of a €450-€600 guitar and it aint even worth anywhere near that!

I love it when cheap guitars sound like expensive ones! You are lucky to have found that one then Miss Pink! [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

Thanx my daddy's guitar teacher picked it out,plaed it for a while and messed about on it and the it got[img]smileys/smiley20.gif[/img] and daddy bought it for me!!!

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Guitar Monkey · 04-12-2004, 04:05 PM

i think sometimes when u go shopping for guitars i think its a good advantage that miss pink when she had her dads guitar teacher to pick out the guitar obvisouly being a guitar teacher he / she would of known the quality guitars from the crap 1's

maccas81 · 04-12-2004, 05:07 PM

definitely guitar monkey.....never send a novice to buy a guitar....bad things happen, speciall if u get an unscrupulous salesman!

Guitar Monkey · 04-12-2004, 07:03 PM

ye and the 1's who who make u feel certain that the higher u pay for a guitar the better it will be whicch sometimes that is never the case at all

Magnus · 04-12-2004, 09:03 PM

You are perfectly right! They (at least most of them) just want you to spend as much money as possible. Bringing along someone you trust andwho has more experience is always a good idea! Great advice Miss Pink, Guitar Monkey and Shaun!

cneill · 04-13-2004, 03:26 AM

A friend of mine has a beautiful sounding Yairi dreadnaught. Back and sides are figured walnut and engleman spruce top. Looks gorgeous and has a great woody tone.

Also I've never heard a taylor that didn't have good well balanced tone. Quite expensive though.

Guitar Monkey · 04-13-2004, 08:21 PM

taylors are good guitars but then as i have said its the name ppl look really and the price

Magnus · 04-13-2004, 08:26 PM

I've heard that those Yiari guitars are supposed to be really good. Never tried one, though. As for Taylor guitars I have tried several really expensive ones which sounded awful and plastic. Some of them are good though, but the expensive ones are not nessecarily the best ones. I like the sound of the Taylor Big Baby. However it feels kind of fragile compared to f.i. a Santa Cruz guitar.

ayla* · 04-14-2004, 10:35 AM

helooo...

my mum had offered to buy me an electric acoustic if i pass all my gcse's this year so i can get more into performing my own stuff ! ahhhh![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img], for the past couple of years iv had a Hohner classical acoustic. ive been to a couple of shops looking for one that i like, but i dont know that much about guitars. does anyone have any suggestions for the £250 and under.,...? thankyouuuuuu

sezmo · 04-14-2004, 10:57 AM

I don't know much about guitars either but mine's a Yamaha F-340 and I think it has a reallynice sound, as do my friends who are far more knowledgeable and experienced guitar players than I am. Looks great too - glossy black - very Johnny Cash. [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

I can't remember exactly what I paid for it - but it should be well within your price range ayla*.

sezmo · 04-14-2004, 11:27 AM

oops, you said electric-acoustic... well mine's just acoustic, but Yamaha makes electric-acoustic ones as well. See http://www.global.yamaha.com/product...c/guitars.html

04-08-2004, 10:07 PM	#1
Guitar Monkey Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 69	I love Gibson acoustic guitars and every 1 should cause the way they make them are superb and the sound to them are wicked i love the jumbo 1's the best give us views on some of your favourite acoustic and maybe some pics cause sometimes its the guitar that makes ya wanna write songs well it does with me...........cheers __________________ Tom Granger the Songwriting Ranger

04-08-2004, 10:14 PM	#2
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	I agree with you Guitar Monkey. Gibson make fine acoustic guitars. And especially the jumbos. __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-08-2004, 10:16 PM	#3
#Ian# Destroyer of worlds Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,783	I'm love Martins. My dad has a wonderfull all black Ibanez that I learned how to play on that I love. __________________ One day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see

04-08-2004, 10:20 PM	#4
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	Martin makes the legendary D-28. It is a fine acoustic guitar. I personally prefer the Santa Cruz Guitar Company's interpretation of the D-28. But yes, Martin make fine guitars! __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-08-2004, 10:28 PM	#5
maccas81 Eskimo Ladies Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Donegal Posts: 2,541	you know one of the finest sounding guitars i've heard was a yamaha? strange but true! it beat the sh*t out of any takamine, which sound like feck all plugged out....belive it or not! __________________ I'm happy, hope you're happy too.....

04-08-2004, 10:33 PM	#6
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	I agree about the Takamines............ [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img] __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-08-2004, 10:35 PM	#7
Miss Pink Eskimo Regular Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,327	Im gonna get killed but i got a 3/4 SX!! Wait for it!!! Ive been told by alot of guitarists its fantastic and its got the sound of a €450-€600 guitar and it aint even worth anywhere near that! __________________ We don't crave what hurts... we hurt when we hope for something and it turns out to not be what we wanted...the pain is often our hope breaking... not our hearts.

04-08-2004, 10:48 PM	#8
Guitar Monkey Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 69	takamines are brill guitars but the price on them are massive like usaully from £300 - £3000 but maccas 81 is right yamaha are wicked the solid tops have got a rich sound i think u get value for money when buying a yamaha acoustic is me second deffently if i couldn't afford the gibson __________________ Tom Granger the Songwriting Ranger

04-09-2004, 12:45 AM	#9
Enoch Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,698	Yam APX5a is a fine guitar for the money __________________ Hold me down, hoping that you can explain, little arithmetics, got me down ..

04-09-2004, 12:12 PM	#10
Guitar Monkey Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 69	could ya post a pic of it plz enoch so that i can see what it looks like __________________ Tom Granger the Songwriting Ranger

04-09-2004, 12:22 PM	#11
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	__________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-09-2004, 12:31 PM	#12
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	__________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-09-2004, 04:49 PM	#13
Guitar Monkey Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 69	yeah i like those 1's there good __________________ Tom Granger the Songwriting Ranger

04-11-2004, 07:40 PM	#15
Guitar Monkey Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 69	sometimes that happens once i was lookin at this applause electro-acoustic guitar worth £2000 and the boss said to me that its got a sh*t sound and that a £60 Stagg acoustic had a more betta sound to it sometimes its just the label ppl are after not the sound of the guitar itself __________________ Tom Granger the Songwriting Ranger

04-11-2004, 08:03 PM	#16
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	Yes, Guitar Monkey. I also get that impression sometimes. Foolish don't you think? __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-12-2004, 11:12 AM	#17
Guitar Monkey Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 69	ye so the key is to play a couple of guitars which u might buy and see which 1 has the better sound __________________ Tom Granger the Songwriting Ranger

04-12-2004, 12:48 PM	#18
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	Yes, you are right! The best sound and the best feeling and playability. __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-12-2004, 12:49 PM	#19
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	And of course that it stays in tune, and has great overall intonation as well as it looks appealing to you! __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-12-2004, 04:05 PM	#21
Guitar Monkey Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 69	i think sometimes when u go shopping for guitars i think its a good advantage that miss pink when she had her dads guitar teacher to pick out the guitar obvisouly being a guitar teacher he / she would of known the quality guitars from the crap 1's __________________ Tom Granger the Songwriting Ranger

04-12-2004, 05:07 PM	#22
maccas81 Eskimo Ladies Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Donegal Posts: 2,541	definitely guitar monkey.....never send a novice to buy a guitar....bad things happen, speciall if u get an unscrupulous salesman! __________________ I'm happy, hope you're happy too.....

04-12-2004, 07:03 PM	#23
Guitar Monkey Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 69	ye and the 1's who who make u feel certain that the higher u pay for a guitar the better it will be whicch sometimes that is never the case at all __________________ Tom Granger the Songwriting Ranger

04-12-2004, 09:03 PM	#24
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	You are perfectly right! They (at least most of them) just want you to spend as much money as possible. Bringing along someone you trust andwho has more experience is always a good idea! Great advice Miss Pink, Guitar Monkey and Shaun! __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-13-2004, 03:26 AM	#25
cneill eskimo hobo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: in limbo Posts: 739	A friend of mine has a beautiful sounding Yairi dreadnaught. Back and sides are figured walnut and engleman spruce top. Looks gorgeous and has a great woody tone. Also I've never heard a taylor that didn't have good well balanced tone. Quite expensive though.

04-13-2004, 08:21 PM	#26
Guitar Monkey Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 69	taylors are good guitars but then as i have said its the name ppl look really and the price __________________ Tom Granger the Songwriting Ranger

04-13-2004, 08:26 PM	#27
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	I've heard that those Yiari guitars are supposed to be really good. Never tried one, though. As for Taylor guitars I have tried several really expensive ones which sounded awful and plastic. Some of them are good though, but the expensive ones are not nessecarily the best ones. I like the sound of the Taylor Big Baby. However it feels kind of fragile compared to f.i. a Santa Cruz guitar. __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-14-2004, 10:35 AM	#28
ayla* Eskimo Baby Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 24	helooo... my mum had offered to buy me an electric acoustic if i pass all my gcse's this year so i can get more into performing my own stuff ! ahhhh![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img], for the past couple of years iv had a Hohner classical acoustic. ive been to a couple of shops looking for one that i like, but i dont know that much about guitars. does anyone have any suggestions for the £250 and under.,...? thankyouuuuuu __________________ its not hard to grow, when you know that you just dont know

04-14-2004, 10:57 AM	#29
sezmo Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 3,202	I don't know much about guitars either but mine's a Yamaha F-340 and I think it has a reallynice sound, as do my friends who are far more knowledgeable and experienced guitar players than I am. Looks great too - glossy black - very Johnny Cash. [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img] I can't remember exactly what I paid for it - but it should be well within your price range ayla*.

04-14-2004, 11:27 AM	#30
sezmo Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 3,202	oops, you said electric-acoustic... well mine's just acoustic, but Yamaha makes electric-acoustic ones as well. See http://www.global.yamaha.com/product...c/guitars.html