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up the chain, nice inventory, insane prices tho... Acoustic Guitars | The Music Emporium
Last edited by BFrench; 03-13-2022 at 08:45 AM.
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03-01-2022 03:33 PM
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Seems like all I want to play the past year has been acoustic...not sure what it is.
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that's all I play nowadays, most allday and everyday and itching for a parlor...a nice acoustic is such a joyful sounding and feeling instrument
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Just one, to me unknown, archtop in the herd. The prices commanded remind me of the Italian wine market: the price difference between two vintages from the same vineyard can be tenfold. Are our senses really in agreement with this - let alone common sense?
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Before I paid $16k for a boutique archtop I saw on that listed I never heard of I would seriously be looking at Gibsons, D'angelico's, and the like for sure. Not a flattop player at all but to me I just mostly pick up the guitar and play acoustically. It allows the most time spent with the guitar in hand playing.
Originally Posted by Gitterbug
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I have some nice high end flat tops. I do enjoy them but it seems that acoustic archtops have taken over for me in the last decade.
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Acoustic is all I ever intended to play (but I'd never be able to justify spending "that" kind of money on an instrument - I'd feel like poor old Florence renting Carnegie Hall
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At this price level, these instruments are highly specialized, in terms of sound and playing.. So you have to really know what you're after, plus the sound of every builder and instrument etc, or you can easily end up with an instrument that, despite being absolutely great, isn't the one you'd like. And that's difficult to do without being able to actually play the actual guitars..
I've visited a few high end shops in the past, acoustic in the US, and also classical/flamenco ones in Spain. Most of these instruments are incredible, they don't even look or feel like a regular guitar up close. Minimal finishes, great woods, extremely light and super sensitive, just gorgeous! But still one could prefer a Taylor or Martin, just as one could prefer a Fender or Gibson to a better quality alternative. More expensive doesn't necessarily mean a superior instrument.
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I play my Emerald X-20 Artisan more often than any of my other guitars. It sounds absolutely glorious, especially with new strings. And it was less than $2K
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Does that make you a high king? Originally Posted by jim777
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Hay Gitterbug did you have 2 buck chuck in your area i thinks up to 3 or 4 bucks now haha
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A good parlor is wonderful to have. I fell in love with a new Larrivee P-09 RW parlor from Gruhn when they first came out. We were on vacation in Nashville and I had no intention of buying a guitar - but it was gorgeous to hear, play, and look at, and I couldn’t resist it. Originally Posted by BFrench
It was a wonderful guitar that I kept on the wall in our bedroom for years and played daily when waking up or before getting in bed for the night. It has a very rich and balanced sound that belies its size - it projects surprisingly well and plays like a dream.
The parlor series is still available from Larrivee, although I just checked to be sure and discovered that the P-09 now lists for multiples of its original list price. The mahogany body P-03 has the same spruce top, sounds great, and lists for half of the 09’s price. There are nice ones now at all price points from the ~$200 Gretsch, Fender, and Ibanez models on up to the great ones from Froggy Bottom and Santa Cruz (which list for almost twice the cost of a P-09).
PRS now has a parlor in the line for about $600. I think I’d look at that one first for a fun, relatively low cost parlor. And it has a pickup in it.
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