i feel the same way but didnt want to be so...brutal honest?

as for taylor acoustics, ive only played 2 diffrent ones for no more than 3 mins each so i cant really say a whole lot about them but i have heard they arent made very well.

i dont want to pay a lot of $$ for a guitar that is fall apart.

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Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!

Washburn has been making acoustic guitars for along time and are really great instruments. I have just recently discovered them even though they have been around for a while. I would check out a Washburn. Taylor acoustics are very impressive and consistant from guitar to guitar. Gibson and Epiphone are decent as well but not my cup of tea. I have a Takamine that I bought in Japan and it is a very special guitar. I really like the Breedlove guitars as well. I think the Mahogany back and side Breedloves sound better than the Rosewood. If you are going to amplify it, Ovations are decent as well. I don't care for Ovations unless it is going through an amp. Just my 2 cents.

I have a Taylor 414CE which plays really nicley, but I 've had a hankering after a Gibson, maybe J45, don't know why. Anyone have one of those? I think seeing Paul Weller recently may be influencing me. Need to be more rational, as have no money ...

I was never much of an acoustic player - Never liked playing them because my hands are smaller, and the guitars never felt comfy - Well I found the solution several months ago - found an acoustic that is very comfortable to me, not sure, but feels like the neck is a little smaller - its a Alvarez Yairi DY 91, it has the pickup on it, amazing sounding and playing guitar!

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"Wait a minute, somethings wrong here!"

I have an Ovation, and to tell you the truth, i like it less and less the longer I own it. It just seems to be missing something tone-wise. It's not something I can really put my finger on, specifically, just lacking somehow.

(Also I love beer, and I am assuming it will get less comfortable for me as I age!)

But back to serious, it sounds OK, better than some other guitars at that price range, but I think I need to invest in a really good acoustic. For me it just doesn't sound right.

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

Yep, you are right twelvebar - it will get less comfortable as the gut increases!! Thats why I never owned any ovations, our concaves work agianst each other!! LMAO

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"Wait a minute, somethings wrong here!"

I had an ovation. Beautiful guitar, sounded great plugged in. Unplugged it sounded like a plastic toy to me, and although I could get a good tone out of it plugged in, I never got a good "vibe" or feel off it at all. No inspiration whatsoever.

One thing I did like was the fast neck though. I could fly on that thing.

Haha! They haven't quite worked a belly cut into that thing yet, have they?

- C

Salesman "Good choice on the Ovation. Now for the back contour, will you be taking the Brad Pitt model, or the Chris Farley? We have a sale on Farleys today."

I haven't picked one of these up yet, but they are working on it.

July 11, 2007
OVATION UPGRADES ALL USA-MADE MODELS TO INCLUDE CONTOUR BODY STYLE

http://www.ovationguitars.com/?fa=news&art=704



Gil

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Where ever you go, there you are

1998 Ovation 1861 Standard Balladeer Natural
Taka - 2005 Squier '51 Black
Yume - 2006 Squier Strat Cherryburst
Houbi - 2008 Fender VG Strat Blizzard Pearl - won here
Fender Super Champ XD; Vox DA-5

Tom, 'have had a Gibson J-50 for over three decades, it's a 45 with natural finish.

Postively superb, repeat, superb instrument. In this opinion, it's on par with a D-28 and makes Taylors look like plastic-coated factory-produced cigar boxes.

I like my OVATION.

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2008 FENDER STRATOCASTER USA HIGHWAY ONE HSS.
2004 FENDER SQUIRE CYCLONE
2009 OVATION CELEBRITY DELUXE BLUE BURST QUILTED MAPLE
2008 PEAVEY VALVEKING VK112
"IT'S NOT ABOUT LOVING WHAT YOU WANT, IT'S ABOUT LOVING WHAT YOU'VE GOT."= SHERYL CROW

We had this discussion the other day over on mylespaul. It's an impossible question to answer, as they vary so much and our tastes do too. I personally don't like Taylor but love Martin and Gibson. I have 1964 Gibson J-45, a 2007 Gibson J-45 "50s reissue", and a 2008 Martin H-D 28. The newer Gibson and the Martin blow my old one away believe it or not. Not all old guitars are better.

My Martin is on the right.


Here's my J-45s

Here's an old Fender Malibu. I sold it a while back.

Here's an old Harmony that I have

This is an old Gibson B-15

I bought this Fender last year after seeing it at NAMM.

Martin

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"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."-John Wayne

i had a yamaha classical for the string ensemble in college and it was great , i would take a geoge lynch model washburn in a pinch though.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.