I wanna get a "parlor" guitar

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue May 04, 2010 5:59 pm

that looks really nice. run that cord through the bottom!

jumbledupthinking · Post by **jumbledupthinking** » Tue May 04, 2010 9:37 pm

Yeah, that's definitely the plan.

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:41 pm

Digging up an old thread cause relevant.

SO I WANT A PARLOUR guitar too... and I was wondering if y'all think I be dumb to consider buying either of these:

Harmony Stella

or

Harmony Stella 2

Are these the sorta things you gotta try to buy? I've played parlours but I don't wanna spend 400 on a new one, if I can get a classy old one for like 150 shipped. I am just worried that old cheap acoustics = warped bullshit forever.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:33 pm

The stella 2 looks really nice, but I really don't know a lot about them.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:11 pm

Gabriel wrote:The stella looks really nice, but I really don't know a lot about them.

Adjusted to agree with me... the edge binding on the Stella 2 looks balls

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:42 pm

So much binding, so much win!

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:28 am

Gabriel wrote:So much binding, so much win!

Each to their own...

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 5:07 am

out of the two, i'd say go for the stella

the stella two just looks too busy to my eyes..

but without playing them its hard to know..

I own a 1952 harmony acoustic that was my dads (i'm the second owner) and a 72 harmony Les Paul copy that came stock with DiMarzios (that would eventually become the super distortion pickups..)

both of them are hands down better then any other harmony I've ever played.. i've owned a few others as well, but always ended up trading them along, as they've either needed to much work or just sounded like shite..

including another 72 les paul copy, but it must have been a cheaper model, as it was chambered, and didn't come with DiMarzios..

I find the thing about Harmony guitars is that the fancier they look, the more the crazy options they did to them, the worse they play..

so maybe thats why I did the first link.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:27 pm

Gretsch make a parlour for Â£150 or something.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 3:27 pm

The Gretsch parlor is kind of modeled on those old ones as well:

I would be wary of those ones on ebay. They might be ok but I would bet the action and playability sucks.

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 4:06 pm

I also like parlor acoustics. There is something charming in their size and appearance How about this one?
Fender CP-100 Parlor, costs â‚¬162 in Thomann, though it's not available at the moment.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 4:27 pm

sunshiner wrote:I also like parlor acoustics. There is something charming in their size and appearance How about this one?
Fender CP-100 Parlor, costs â‚¬162 in Thomann, though it's not available at the moment.

I literally almost bought one of these last week instead of the tim armstrong hellcat..

beautiful little guitars..
and if I had been looking for a parlor guitar instead of something a bit bigger, thats what I would have bought..
(I don't even know what make or anything about the current parlor i have.. I picked it up in Goleta at a pawn shop for $50 in january of 2006..)

cur · Post by **cur** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 7:39 pm

Subway always has a bunch of refurbished old ones on their website.

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:10 am

cur wrote:Subway always has a bunch of refurbished old ones on their website.

This website confuses the hell out of me.

ASIDE:

I am currently bidding on this thing, I hope it goes well. Seller even included recording and pictures that make the action appear to be fine. Stella Harmony

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:25 pm

Lucamo wrote:
I am currently bidding on this thing, I hope it goes well. Seller even included recording and pictures that make the action appear to be fine.

Stella Harmony

Well I bought it, all birch not sure of the year, and with shipping it cost me what the new Gretsch would probably cost me and I'm willing to bank this will play better even with all the age.

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:44 pm

I'm not sure I'd ever buy an acoustic with a scratch plate that's screwed on... seems to me like a bad sign. Any that I've seen up close like that have painted on binding and are poorly made.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:36 am

not quite a traditional parlour (14th fret join, slightly larger body maybe) but i bought a Vintage V300 for Â£130 recently. it is a phenomenal amount of guitar for the money. maybe they do them in canada?

the ones you're looking at look cute but i don't think they'll be particularly loud or toneful.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:42 am

George wrote:not quite a traditional parlour (14th fret join, slightly larger body maybe) but i bought a Vintage V300 for Â£130 recently. it is a phenomenal amount of guitar for the money. maybe they do them in canada?

the ones you're looking at look cute but i don't think they'll be particularly loud or toneful.

Excellent guitar, I've recommend them to a few people wanting a good starter acoustic... so if (or should I say when) they get bored trying to learn I'll get one for free... or at least cheap

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:06 am

The mahogany V300 has been on my radar for quite some time, would make a nice cheap acoustic to just have kicking around.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:20 am

i had mine setup with the action lowered and some elixir phosphors and it's a dream. very punchy, great for finger style.

i'm not an acoustic aficionado but that's me sorted for a while.