Goldilocks, recommend me a guitar

[John A.]

Well my goto recommendation is always the Godin Kingpin. Reasonably slim neck, very light, nice acoustic AND electric tone. And still well under $1000 ($700 at Sweetwater, though can be had for quite a bit cheaper used).

On a somewhat related note, my son is looking for a cheap acoustic. (He's actually a keyboardist and percussionist, but does record and doodle around a bit on the guitar.) Jeff B, didn't you post recently about a really cheap flattop that you thought was very nice to play?

I am thinking a Luna might not be a bad choice. Certainly looks cool--I have bought Luna ukes for several of my kids. Nicely made.

Recording King Dirty 30s Series 7 are very cheap ($150-170, depending on your Amazon luck) and surprisingly good. Real guitar for a toy price.

[RJVB]

. \I think this person is looking for a player piano. Or, he’s about to re-invent/update a millennial version of the guit-organ. Something interesting will come of all this, I am most certain. Just hope it runs on solar power.

Or maybe he should just build his own airguitar?

[st.bede]

emike, basically said what were my thoughts. Good strap can make a huge impact. Also when I practice, I tend to sit, with a strap, I put my foot on one of those foot things, and I hold the guitar in the classical position. If I do not have a foot thing (the name is lost to me right now), I find something else.

The only thing I can add is that I have about fourteen guitars. They have a wide range of differences. I get used to which ever I pick up.

If I have a gig coming up, and I have not been playing that much, I will grab the guitar I want to use, and play it for a few day. If the gig is standing up versus sitting down, I will then stand up for a couple of days while practicing/playing. If I get a gig, I ask the needed questions.

That is just me. I wonder that, if I had a bunch of money or status, as a musician, would I spend a lot of time trying to nail down the perfect playing/feeling guitar.

[citizenk74]

In my opinion, "...the perfect playing/feeling guitar" depends on the gig. GAS-era jazz date? ES-175, for sure. Multi-genre club gig? ES-345, maybe my ES-137. Country band? Tele, full stop. Pop/Rock gig? Les Paul, or Strat or my '86 PRS CU24, combining features of both, as well as modern touches and unrivaled playability and tonal range. These choices are of course conditioned not only by musical utility, but also by the preconceptions of the public and to a lesser extent those of the musical community. Stereotypical ideas are hard to shake. Contemporary stage volumes do tend to favor solids and semis.