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Delpiero78540 Approved
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Hello , I am chasing for an OM or 000 size acoustic guitar that meanwhile smaller body good sound and good bass. I had a dreadnought Simon & Patrick but I suffer from the back and a smaller body is more confortable . Looking in the below 1500 $ category . Any advice . So far I have tried Guild GAD 30 and a Martin XC1T Ellipse and they are quite good , anyone having been thru that process may have another advice ? Thanks
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Will Approved 
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Delpiero78540 wrote: Hello , I am chasing for an OM or 000 size acoustic guitar that meanwhile smaller body good sound and good bass. I had a dreadnought Simon & Patrick but I suffer from the back and a smaller body is more confortable . Looking in the below 1500 $ category . Any advice . So far I have tried Guild GAD 30 and a Martin XC1T Ellipse and they are quite good , anyone having been thru that process may have another advice ? Thanks The Guild GAD-30R (solid spruce and rosewood model) is an excellent OM-size guitar. There is a review of one posted at this forum (look under the guitar forum). I own a Guild GAD-G212 twelve-string, and it's one of my best-ever guitars. Another 000 model that I own and can recommend if the Blueridge BR-73. Blueridge guitars are an excellent value. If you want all solid wood, get the 200 series, BR-263. Last edited on Wed Feb 20th, 2008 09:08 pm by Will ____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ |
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Delpiero78540 Approved
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Thanks Will, do you have good bass on the BlueRidge BR 73 ? How it compare with the Guild GAD 30 R ?
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Will Approved
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Delpiero78540 wrote: Thanks Will, do you have good bass on the BlueRidge BR 73 ? How it compare with the Guild GAD 30 R ? The Blueridge BR-73 has a surprisingly good bass response for a 000-size body guitar. I don't own the Guild GAD-30R, but the only one I played at Sam Ash had very old strings (badly corroded), so I'm sure it did not sound its best under those conditions. For those reasons, I can't make a fair comparison. I do own a Guild dreadnought 12-string (GAD-G212) from the same GAD series, and it has great bass response with a mahogany body (no rosewood model is available in that style). Here are several reviews of the Guild GAD-30R: http://www.ezfolk.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=1819 Both guitars are made in China and sold at a similar in price (around $700-750 with a nice hard case included) - if I were to recommend a choice, I'd go with the Guild GAD-30R because it is all solid wood (rosewood back and sides also), while the Blueridge has laminated rosewood back and sides. http://www.ezfolk.com/mf/acoustic-guitar/Guild_GAD-30R_Acoustic_Design_Series_Orchestra_Guitar_with_Case_Natural.html http://www.ezfolk.com/mf/acoustic-guitar/Blueridge_BR-73_Contemporary_Series_000_Acoustic_Guitar_Natural.html Last edited on Sat Feb 9th, 2008 08:38 pm by Will ____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ |
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Will Approved
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A more affordable alternative might be the Silver Creek line of solid wood 000/OM guitars is made in China and sold through Music123 and Musician's Friend. The Silver Creek T-170 is an OM/000 sized guitar with a wider 1-3/4" nut width, with solid spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides and sells for $299. http://www.ezfolk.com/mf/acoustic-guitar/Silver_Creek_T-170_Acoustic_Guitar_Natural.html  The T-160 is a similar guitar with solid mahogany back and sides, selling for $249. http://www.ezfolk.com/mf/acoustic-guitar/Silver_Creek_T-160_Acoustic_Guitar_Natural.html There are also solid wood dreadnought versions of the Silver Creek guitars, similarly priced: http://www.ezfolk.com/mf/acoustic-guitar/Silver_Creek_D-170_Dreadnought_Acoustic_Guitar_Natural.html http://www.ezfolk.com/mf/acoustic-guitar/Silver_Creek_D-160_Solid_Spruce-Mahogany_Dreadnought_Acoustic_Guitar_Natural.html  Last edited on Wed Feb 20th, 2008 09:18 pm by Will ____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ |
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UkeForever Approved 
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I know I'm resurrecting this thread, but I thought I'd comment just in case folks think the only OM option is the Guild GAD. For an under-$1500 OM, I don't think the Larrivee OM-03R can be beat. It's got anwesome sound, response, playability, etc. Street is about $800 and I've seen them go for less on eBay. You may be able to find an OM-09 (gloss version) at $1500 or under, if someone is selling theirs. For a bassier OM, you want Rosewood back and sides. For the best OMs, I am really digging SCGC (Santa Cruz Guitars) "prewar" OMs, and Martin's OM-28V. Their vintage reissues really are built to the lightness of the vintage instruments. They sound huge. Of course, the price tag on those can get into the $3K range. Last edited on Fri Aug 1st, 2008 06:47 am by UkeForever ____________________ Don't let the door hit 'ya where the good Lord split 'ya. John Rockwell's Crazy Songs 
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Delpiero78540 Approved
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oK thanks for your note. Larrivee are difficult to find here in France. At present I am finally using a Martin XC1T , it is 000 size even with a cutaway as it is suppose to be an electroacoustic. I got mine 2nd hand without the Fishman and use it acoustic ony and have to say that I am really impressed by the sound and the bass I get out of this small body. The top is spruce and after 2 months really opened up creating a big sound. Back & Side are Martin HPL ( a kind of laminated ) but it really sound great and Martin like and the playability is awesome with very low action. rgds
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