Well, I bought myself a factory second Fender Sonoran S acoustic. It has a cosmetic flaw in the pickguard. It arrived this afternoon.

Let me just say that the overall craftsmanship of this guitar is superb. There is not a single sharp fret end, high fret, or bit of loose binding anywhere. The solid spruce top really projects and resonates well. The neck feels like it was designed for my hand. I can comfortably be a lazy thumb and still play all of the stuff I want to. The frets are different, they're very small compared to what I'm used to, but I'm adjusting. The higher frets are extremely easy to access on all strings. It played great straight out of the box. Very, very, smooth playing instrument.

The looks of this guitar are simply stunning. The bird's eye on the headstock really goes with it well, the finishes used really express the grains in the wood. The binding on the edges kind of offsets everything and ties it together. But, my favorite part is actually the pickguard. It's 2 different tones of gold because I guess it wasn't made properly. Its got kind of this little bit of personality. I don't know how to describe it, it's just cool.







I sat outside with it and enjoyed myself for about 45 minutes today. The neighbors and passersby were all staring at me. I'll try to get a demo up eventually, something that shows some highs and lows.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

so whats her name?

also you listen here, keep it until your old! don't do what I did and get rid of it after its broke in I really miss Hana my old Yahama fg-75 play it until it looks like willie nelsons guitar

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Not sure how to name a guitar. And I do plan on keeping it for a while, no worries there. And anything tied to Willie is bound to look like a stick of beef jerky

SK, I had been playing unplugged a lot so I bought the best guitar I could for the best price I could find.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

There were just certain sounds I could get, but couldn't record while unplugged.

Honestly, I'd recommend you browse eBay for Fenders with factory defects. I got this for 63% off of new price. But I have little experience with them, the ones I've played were an old beat up no name classical my friend owns, a Takamine or a Jasmine (can't remember), and this one. This one is by far the nicest, I think.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Congrats on the new guitar! Glad to hear you're enjoying it.

It was weird first playing it. My Tele's action is so high and this has such low, smooth, action

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Congrats! Love the strat headstock. Fender acoustics have to be the most underrated guitars out there. My cheap CD60CE impressed one of my good friends which is a die hard Martin fan. the stock fender coated strings were crap. I installed a set of phosphor bronze strings and it truly brought that guitar to life!

Enjoy her, she's a beauty!

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"Music is what feelings sound like"

Thanks! I sure will. I don't exactly know how to restring an acoustic yet. I'll figure it out, though. And I'm not sure of a gauges. are they the same as electric?

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Congrats Buxom, enjoy her! I look forward to some postings with the new axe

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Thanks dude! I had one thing I recorded with it, but it was low quality. I need to experiment with mic positions.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Nice dude!

Now you are taking your playing ability to the next level. Everyone should own a Box.

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Gary

I like to think of it as a box now, that's pretty clever.

Everything I've played so far has been sounding like country music to me. I guess I've gone to a completely different spectrum of playing, rather than a new level?

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Nothing wrong with a little box here and there

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Exploring different spectrum's IS raising your skill to a higher plane.

Trust us.

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Gary

Quotable sig material there bro

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