Gary,
Yes, the entire rest of my life is now spoken for.
Chris,
Well, Ok, but I'll have to charge you some serious money. Airfare to and from the Alps is not cheap.
Guitar Body Styles
Wow, what happened to the original subject of this thread? This seems to happen a lot on this site. It's neat that everyone is friendly and conversational here but I find myself going to other sites (non-instructional ones b/c I'm not interested in lessons) for more in-depth and thorough dialog.
I think at the end of the day,the genre of music points many in the direction of style of guitar, plus another factor is what they can afford, sometimes a compromise is needed to gain quality over style eg I'd like a Cole Clark Grand Auditorium but it was about $1500NZ more than I could afford so went for a Cole Dreadnaught instead still top end but not as expensive
New topic - Out of production guitars, I was reading the Guitar Blue book yesterday about Tacoma guitars. It had a statement re: general info that Fender Co. bought out Tacoma guitars (2005 -06)for it's facility (saw mill, guitar manufacturing) in Tacoma WA so it could move Guild from Calif. into the Tacoma facility to produce its acoustic/electric "Contemporary Series". Tacoma still produces the Chief and Pappose with the odd sound hole in the upper part of the top but stopped making the popular models with the normal sound hole placement. Guild moved to Tacoma for part of 2007 where it produced the Contemporary Series for ?? months, then moved on to Hartford Conn in early 2008 (no more cont. series) only the GAD models made in China.. Interesting (to me) info for the Blue Book to mention that sort of detail. Any Tacoma guitar owners out there. Seems like Fender sees a acoustic/elect. starting to become popular and buys them out and deep 6's the model that was the best, also made in USA. Gary
Chasplaya wrote:
Why on earth would Cole charge $1500 more for a guitar with a cutaway! That's highway robbery! Did I misunderstand your post? For example, Taylor upcharges $300 for a Grand Auditorium over a Dreadnaught which sounds about right on a $4,000 guitar.I think at the end of the day,the genre of music points many in the direction of style of guitar, plus another factor is what they can afford, sometimes a compromise is needed to gain quality over style eg I'd like a Cole Clark Grand Auditorium but it was about $1500NZ more than I could afford so went for a Cole Dreadnaught instead still top end but not as expensive
BigBear wrote:
The Cole Clark GA I was looking at was the top end of the top end, better quality woods etcChasplaya wrote:Why on earth would Cole charge $1500 more for a guitar with a cutaway! That's highway robbery! Did I misunderstand your post? For example, Taylor upcharges $300 for a Grand Auditorium over a Dreadnaught which sounds about right on a $4,000 guitar.I think at the end of the day,the genre of music points many in the direction of style of guitar, plus another factor is what they can afford, sometimes a compromise is needed to gain quality over style eg I'd like a Cole Clark Grand Auditorium but it was about $1500NZ more than I could afford so went for a Cole Dreadnaught instead still top end but not as expensive
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Andy--Probably not. I actually didn't have a great relationship with my Dad so, in a way, I look at the guitar more as a form of payment for a sh@%#y childhood.