Subj : acoustic guitars, was hello To : Jim Haight From : Richard Webb Date : Tue Mar 20 2012 12:31 am HI Jim, and welcome! On Mon 2012-Mar-19 17:50, Jim Haight (1:116/80) wrote to All: JH> Hello folks. I am new to this forum but not new to guitar. I have JH> been reading the "threads" and thought I would share some reviews. I JH> have played quite a few acoustics lately in the search for the most JH> guitar for the buck. Kind of like getting a fantastic bottle of wine JH> for under ten dollars. I do have a friend in Baltimore who has a JH> small guitar shop and he has an interesting variety of boxes to JH> sell. His high end guitars are Larravie (sp?) which I absolutely JH> love but need to save up for. He has a line of Hohners which I was JH> impressed with as he gave me this nice gem of a dreadnought to play. JH> I don't remember the model but it was black and, get this, all JH> ebony. Ebony back, sides and top. It was under $400.00 and stunning. JH> It had light gauge strings on it and crispy highs and loud bass with JH> a great balance between. I do think it could tolerate heavier gauge JH> strings for the double pickers. I think he said it was made in Korea JH> but I am not sure. Other than this, he had a Simon and Patrick 12 JH> string that was under $400.00 that was also delightful. Another JH> bargain that I am seriously considering is a Luna Trinity parlor JH> guitar. It is also just under $400.00 and it has a cutaway with JH> electronics. Musician's Friend has these and I want something of JH> that size. The soundhole is an interesting shape with three leaves JH> with abalone inlay. You should Google it and take a look. Oh well, Sounds interesting. i play bass drums and my primary is keyboard, but I have a nice Martin 6 string, I play Martin Marquis lights on it, because I fingerpick. iT sounds good in front of a microphone. I find that even among supposedly identical guitars that i want to play the one I'm going to buy before I buy it, minor differences in manufacturing tolerances, etc. I remember buying this Martin at gc in NEw ORleans. I went in the store to buy a patch cable or something stupid, started browsing at acoustics, found these Martins on sale for $800 and started to play the different ones on that rack with the discounted price, found one I fell in love with. I came back the enxt day to find it gone, after the guyd' told me i couldn't put discount items on layaway, only to find out soembody else had put the exact one i wanted on layaway. I played others, and found one I liked as well. WAs a b'day present from my lady, and I'd already been hearing that guitar in my mind's ear on some of my original songs when I recorded them. Had a nice alvarez 12 string before Katrina took it away from me. I'd played a few twelve strings at a friend's music store back in Iowa and fell in love with this particular Alvarez. Unbeknownst to me my lady put it on layaway, and when I'd go over there to do mastering for a client in his recording studio (I did tracking and mixing but not mastering) my lady would put some money on it. She woke me up midmorning one morning to present me with that 12 string, mErry Christmas so many guitars, so little time ;) roger that! Regards, Richard --- * Origin: (1:116/901) .