Subj : Re: Acoustic guitars... To : Paul Lawson From : Martin Ridgley Date : Tue Sep 12 2000 07:12 pm -=> Paul Lawson wrote to Martin Ridgley <=- PL> Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson: MR> Tone is a big factor... I like the bottom end to sound pretty MR> full and warm. Most of the Guilds I've played do it for me. PL> I've not played many guilds, too acoustic in the neck department I'm not exactly sure what you mean.... PL> Eventually, I'll get a good acoustic, my son has a decent Ibanez PL> that I use so it's pretty far dowwn the list. At least as long PL> as he goes to college here. :) Heh. Well, I've been getting by with a pretty decent old Fender acoustic, but bass has been my main instrument for performing up until recently. All I've been doing with the acoustic is writing songs and jamming. I'm going to start doing more acoustic stuff now though so I need a guitar that's going to sound good on stage. It will have to project well strictly as an acoustic, but I'll also need a good pick-up in it - whether that's built in or an after- market addition. MR> ...pretty good at recording and bouncing tracks... and I've MR> managed to make some decent demos on it... PL> Thats pretty much what I'm looking to do right now. The guy I'm PL> supposed to be starting a blues thing with has a 4-track set-up. PL> We played with a bunch of my pieces during the feeling out PL> process and he's quite interested in laying some tracks as soon PL> as he upgrades to an 8-track. Assuming we ever get things off PL> the ground. Hey, maybe you can get a deal on his four-track when he upgrades? I'd love to have an 8-track deck, but it's not in the cards just yet. Priorities, priorities... I think the acoustic guitar has to come first, because I'll be using that to play gigs and make some money. Then, I can start thinking about what toys I want next. In the meantime, I'll just have to get by with what I've got. ;-\ Martin ~~~~~~~~ ___ MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.36 --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Eclectic Lab BBS (1:153/831) .