You'd be amazed at how few high end guitars are sold to professional players. Most expensive guitars are sold to doctors, lawyers, bankers and such. Some of...
Hi, in the UK most jobbing acoustic guitarist play Takamines. I don't I play high end and I'm neither the cowboy all the alternatives that you mentioned....
I've had my Alvarez for just about a year, and with Martin slik and steel strings, it sounds and plays as nice as a Taylor or Martin to my ear. Andy, I'm not...
... Hi everyone, Even though I plan of purchasing a Taylor in the very near future because I like the easy action these guitars have, I must agree with Andy....
So True this comment below by John, Any guitar can look good sitting by itself, and anyone with talent can make decent sounds with that guitar. But I don't...
I know the parent company for Alvarez is St Loius Music, in St Loius Missouri. But I would imagine the Alvarez would be sold under the same name anywhere it's...
Hi, there are some Yairi's around but I really haven't seen stuff like the alvarez I've seen in Acoustic Guitar etc. I'm no expert on low / medium end guitars...
... So true. Funny story; I was checking out a few guitars at a very expensive high end shop a few weeks ago and I was feeling a bit guilty about taking so...
Don't knock it. If guitars were only sold to people who had the talent to deserve them the entire industry would die overnight. Fine instruments are one of...
Isn't that part of the joy of building a fine piece of art? Not only is it a piece of art, much like a fine painting, but it sounds as good as it looks! To put...
... Oh I agree, and I am not knocking it; and I know several people who have beautiful pianos in their homes that are never played and they are displayed like...
Yes instruments are art from Strads and Amatis to Taylors, Gibsons, Collings etc. BUT: Art is also meant to be functional. My three primary acoustics sit on ...
Not much to say about this except as a luthier, and friend of many more, I hope folks keep buying the higher end and custom small shop guitars. Whether to play...
You know, back when I was building electrics I decided I didn't care what happened to my creations. It would have been fine if they were smashed on the...
I disagree that art needs to be functional. Look at architectural goofs. Or at the sculptures in front of modern art museums. Or at the art inside them. Or...
Not at all - Art doesn't have to be functional, but, when it is, That's just one more dimension to the whole thing. Look at what Leonardo did as an engineer,...
Hey as far as I'm concerned if they help keep the cost of guitars down, and employ people to make fancy looking guitars- and other instruments, I say, why not....
Once, way back in the '70s I had a friend - a British Luthier called Chris Eccleshall. He made me a Brazilian J-200 type guitar. He always said that he put a ...
stan thomison <rondathomison@...> wrote:Not much to say about this except as a luthier, and friend of many more, I hope folks keep buying the higher...
Anyone have any comments on the Martin D 18. I bought a used one recently, a 2001 model. It sounded great at the store. Got new strings in the deal and had...
Anyone have any comments on the Martin D 18. I bought a used one recently, a 2001 model. It sounded great at the store. Got new strings in the deal and had...
I have a Martin D18 I would like to sell with case. If any one is interested please let me know. I can send a picture to anyone interested. The guitar is in...
... phos bronze. ... The D18 is a nice guitar. My only suggestion would be to try out several different brands strings until you find one you like on this ...
... this ... new. ... was ... I ... time ... on ... A buddy of mine bought a D-18 around 1974 and it had a good sound. The acoustics at the store might have...
I have a Martin D18 (1971). Quite frankly, it is the guitar I compare all others to. I guess because of its age, it is an incredible sounding guitar. Also...
If you have an adjustable truss rod in the guitar, and since the guitar is "relatively new", your neck may have settled causing more relief, but also the tone...
I'd support Gman's comments. Although there are a number of variables here, I would say that the likelihood of you buying a Standard model D-18 that is a dud...
