shortscale love for acoustic guitars?

sonicboom · Post by **sonicboom** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:55 pm

Bought this a while ago and can't put it down. It's a Crafter TA050AM and it's pretty much a copy of a 1930 Martin 000-45 - of which there's one here http://www.dreamguitars.com/detail/2179 ... _41539/for a hefty chunk o'change.
Mine was uh...significantly cheaper. That 000 sized body (I had to look it up) makes it a great guitar to play pre-war blues/ John Fahey type stuff on.
Just occurred to me that someone here might like it.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:53 pm

Where are the pickups?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:56 pm

i play my acoustic (awesome rogue Honduran mahogany d-15 copy) on the daily, but no one else seems to like 'em around here.

yours looks lovely. my next huge guitar purchase will be a used martin 000.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:28 pm

nice acoustics guys, i have a fender gemini II which is 20 years old now and I play it quite a lot. at the moment its in dadgad for some nice droney strumming. i'll try and get a shot of it tomorrow

sonicboom · Post by **sonicboom** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:32 pm

Thanks. I'd be dead happy too with a guitar made of rogue mahogany.

I've been getting right into the old blues tunings - DADF#AD (called Vestapol tuning - very long story behind that) and Spanish tuning (DGDGBD). There's two killer low tunings too - Fahey used CGCGCE and Martin Carthy (proper English folkie) uses CGCDGA.
You need 12s at least to make those low boys work, but they sound hellish good.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:05 pm

I play my acoustic more than electric. It lives in the lounge like a piece of furniture. I love it. It's a K.Yairi G1F:

Advertised as a parlour guitar but in reality is slightly bigger, neck joins at the 14th fret instead of the usual 12th on a parlour.

K.Yairi are a japanese company. They build the top line Alvarez guitars in the USA i think.

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:32 pm

Nice to see proper wide nuts on some of these - when will electric makers learn?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:33 pm

lorez wrote:dadgad for some nice droney strumming.

<3 dadgad. that's primarily how my dot is tuned (fun for electrified versions of jose gonzales tunes), but i normally keep my acoustic in slack.

love yr k.yairi, dan.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:40 pm

I have mine tuned to standard tuning, but a whole step down. D standard? The steel strings were messing up the skin on my fingers in standard tuning so having them looser helps. I just add a capo for when I need it standard.

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:20 pm

that's beautiful

When I play guitar it has to be a dread though.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:08 pm

DanHeron wrote:I play my acoustic more than electric. It lives in the lounge like a piece of furniture. I love it. It's a K.Yairi G1F:

Advertised as a parlour guitar but in reality is slightly bigger, neck joins at the 14th fret instead of the usual 12th on a parlour.

K.Yairi are a japanese company. They build the top line Alvarez guitars in the USA i think.

the nike swoosh looks like it's actually in the finish on the guitar.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:11 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:Where are the pickups?

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:26 pm

That guitar is beautiful! I play my acoustic more than electric too. I have a Taylor 414ce, and I love it.

DADGAD is my favorite tuning for acoustic as well. And Hotrod, I have a friend that has a rogue acoustic that he loves too. I have a cheap ass rogue mandolin and I love that thing too.

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:38 pm

My classical has been getting nearly all the love lately. It's so freeing to be able to grab any chord you want anywhere on the neck without hitting adjacent strings.

It's left me trying to figure out how to get an electric with a near 2-inch nut.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:51 pm

Billy3000 wrote:Hotrod, I have a friend that has a rogue acoustic that he loves too. I have a cheap ass rogue mandolin and I love that thing too.

rogue shit is really well made, and has a fantastic sound. i actually have two of the dreadnaughts in honduran mahog. just an acoustic and an acoustic/electric with the shitman piezo job in the bridge and a cutaway.

they're so nice and i think it got the a/e one for $90 (local), and the regular one for like $45 (ebay), both used. they have the martin non-offensive headstock and everything. they'll hold tune forever and have nice skinny necks.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:24 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:
Billy3000 wrote:Hotrod, I have a friend that has a rogue acoustic that he loves too. I have a cheap ass rogue mandolin and I love that thing too.
rogue shit is really well made, and has a fantastic sound. i actually have two of the dreadnaughts in honduran mahog. just an acoustic and an acoustic/electric with the shitman piezo job in the bridge and a cutaway.

they're so nice and i think it got the a/e one for $90 (local), and the regular one for like $45 (ebay), both used. they have the martin non-offensive headstock and everything. they'll hold tune forever and have nice skinny necks.

Seriously. One of the things people warned me about with the rogue mandolin was that it's not real wood so it would feel cheap, and sound like shit and the tuners wouldn't hold. I hardly ever tune the damn thing, and it holds in tune really well for a couple days at a time. It doesn't slip out of tune while I'm playing it like people said would happen. Plus, it sounds really fucking good especially considering I only paid $30 for it brand new! It was intonated right out of the box and everything! I didn't even have to fuck with that, and the strings on it seem really nice too... much nicer than most guitar strings that come on stock guitars. They're really smooth and easy on my fingers.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:26 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:Where are the pickups?

agreed.
every acoustic needs a pickup.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:31 am

serfx wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:Where are the pickups?
agreed.
every acoustic needs a pickup.

so you can do this

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but seriously I Love acoustics, its a MUST own....

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:34 am

Billy3000 wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:
Billy3000 wrote:Hotrod, I have a friend that has a rogue acoustic that he loves too. I have a cheap ass rogue mandolin and I love that thing too.
rogue shit is really well made, and has a fantastic sound. i actually have two of the dreadnaughts in honduran mahog. just an acoustic and an acoustic/electric with the shitman piezo job in the bridge and a cutaway.

they're so nice and i think it got the a/e one for $90 (local), and the regular one for like $45 (ebay), both used. they have the martin non-offensive headstock and everything. they'll hold tune forever and have nice skinny necks.
Seriously. One of the things people warned me about with the rogue mandolin was that it's not real wood so it would feel cheap, and sound like shit and the tuners wouldn't hold. I hardly ever tune the damn thing, and it holds in tune really well for a couple days at a time. It doesn't slip out of tune while I'm playing it like people said would happen. Plus, it sounds really fucking good especially considering I only paid $30 for it brand new! It was intonated right out of the box and everything! I didn't even have to fuck with that, and the strings on it seem really nice too... much nicer than most guitar strings that come on stock guitars. They're really smooth and easy on my fingers.

fact: rogue instruments come with quality martin strangz. the thing that sucks is finding the replacements.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:54 am

love me some acoustics, though i've never owned a particularly nice one. I have a takawhateverini 12 string that was pretty sweet til it got a dent in the side, which totally destroyed the sound and volume. I have a silvertone 3/4 size acoustic which is surprisingly fun to play, and for whatever reason, is easy to write songs on. My first guitar ever was a silvertone classical guitar. still have it. intonation is fucked. It's unfortunate, cause i really like the sound. I inherited my brother's acoustic, which i cant' remember the name of, but it's a less expensive guitar that has a decent sound and is super comfortable to play.

I really, really crave a very nice classical guitar. one of my favorite types of stringed instruments to play.