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Hi friends. It is the momento for me to buy a good guitar for continue with my blues. Now I have an old fender, that is not in very good use. WHAT GUITAR SHOULD I BUY?? What do you all think?
Somebody say to me that for my style the best is Martin, but which Martin?
Other people say Taylor, even Furch….
I really need your wise advice….Gonzalo
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I’d go to a pawn shop and try out them all on the wall. Some of them 50 and 60’s no brand namers have some dang good tone them.
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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Hi Gonzolo; If you could tell us your budget, and level of playing experience, perhaps we could make some suggestions. New? Used? Acoustic (I think you’re asking about acoustic based on the comment about Martin and Taylor)? There are so many good guitars out there these days, I know it’s hard to choose. ( and a lot of garbage too) Generally you can’t go too wrong with a well known brand name, although there are some great instruments like Seagull, Simon & Patrick, Alvanez (Like the parlour size one Brian plays in some of the lessons) Epiphone and others that are a great buy. You say “rough” blues… do you mean you play roughly or what? Let us know, and I’m sure you’ll get some good suggestions. Neil
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Hi Neil, about the rough style I mean old blues like lighnin Hopkins, blind Blake, Memphis jug band, Robert Johnson…. and things like howlin Wolf, elmor james, perhaps the adjetive is not the best. I tried to express old and genuine blues, I am forming a band and we play acoustic in bars sometimes. We like this kind of sound. I tried a Martin and I really liked, but perhaps too expensive, I dont know, if it was worthwhile I could spend the money but…. i really need advice. What about Gibson, Taylor?? you said Ephipone too, what about it??? it is very hard to choose.
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Ok…now i understand the type of music you want to play.. now; what about price range? Pick or finger style? The old southern and delta blues tended to use smaller body Parlor size or ” 0O”” Orchestra models rather than a large dreadnought folk models.Mostly they did not use very expensive guitars…they were poor..
Martin and Gibson both make this size/ style guitar. If used in a club setting these may lack some volume projection unless amplified So if you’re trying to be authentic in style and tone I’d look at thesee types. Many come with on board pickups electronics. If I was going for this type of guitar and money wasnt an issue, Id choose a Gibson Blues King. (around $2000.) Or much pess ($500.) an Alvarez parlor like Brians. Ultimately you”ll have to play a bunch of them to decide what plays best in your hands. -
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I have a Taylor 114ce. i really like it. will it work for you? i dont know, you would just have to try one. the way i ended up with one was i went to the stores with my wife hoping to pick up a new acoustic in the 250 to 300 range. i started playing around with them and my wife said the tayor sounded the best by far. and i said of course it does its $850
i ended up with the Taylor 🙂
I have a Gibson J-45 at my house, its a friend of mine, its a very nice guitar also but a lot more money. i think they are in the $2000 range. it depends what you are going to do with it and treat it, something to think about is the upper end guitars are a little touchy with dry air and humidity, which is something i didnt think about when i bought my Taylor. dont know if this helps but good luck in your search
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You’re welcome. That’s a really good choice. I’ve had my eye on it for a while. Let us know if you get it…
The classic acoustic blues players of the 1920’s 30’s 40’s also used arch top guitars a lot. The Gibson L4 and L5 where very popular in those days and today for those that could afford it (they usually over $4000 new now) I nearly forgot to mention an Archtop guitar I own that is great for the blues… a Godin 5th Ave. Kingpin that sells for a very affordable $700 or less. Amazing tone both acoustically and with the P90 pickup it would be very suitable for a gig in a bar/club. It also comes as a Kingpin II model with 2 P90 pickups and a Cut a way model if you prefer that…. Very highly rated Guitar Player magazine guitar of the year 2011. Check it out! -
When Eric Clapton plays, you can´t never detect on which guitar he plays ´cos he plays as perfect as he plays on any guitar you could imagine. When I playing, I play as shitty as I play on any guitar you could imagine. So, its better to learn to play at first, guitar never makes you better player, just maybe rising your motivation. Maybe.
Hi friends. It is the momento for me to buy a good guitar for continue with my blues. Now I have an old fender, that is not in very good use. WHAT GUITAR SHOULD I BUY?? What do you all think?
Somebody say to me that for my style the best is Martin, but which Martin?
Other people say Taylor, even Furch….
I really need your wise advice….Gonzalo
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For original delta style, I would consider looking into a resonator guitar. The most famous brand is National.
For a flat top guitar, you probably want a smaller body guitar, and for blues, I would probably prefer one with only twelve frets to the body. It makes bending a little easier. For me, the OOO size from Martin feels right, though it’s not the guitar I have.
Arch top is a different animal, but can also be fine.
To a certain extent, Strings is right, and so long as the guitar is playable, the difference in sound quality mostly comes from the player. Having said that, even Clapton would not have been able to get a good sound out of the first electric I owned.
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