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Garland
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Decisions, decisions- May 21, 2021 7:30:11 GMT -5 ancient1 likes this

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Post by Garland on May 21, 2021 7:30:11 GMT -5

Last night, my playin sucked so I was perusin- I remembered I had been attracted to these in the past and they are very reasonably priced-

orangewoodguitars.com/collections/highland-collection

this one really caught my eye and the inside of the case it comes with is a red/wine color- yes, it come with a case, which makes the price even better

orangewoodguitars.com/collections/highland-collection/products/ava

then, as my favorite British poster has put forth- there are these

www.ami-guitars.com/guitars/1-series/omt-1ste

also reasonably priced-

add the Gretsch fetish I have goin on and lordy, lordy, lordy-

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SO MANY GUITARS/SONGS, SO LITTLE TIME

Guild D140 Natural
Epiphone Dove Pro (limited edition)Alpine White
Luna Artwood Vintage Distressed Folk Body
Washburn HG75SEG-0 (gave to my youngest son)
Gretsch 5420T in Aspen Green
Orangewood Ava w/LR Baggs Lyric
Martin 00015M w/LR Baggs Lyric
Lag T118ASCE-BLK
Guild D240E
A-M-I J45 clone
Squier Affinity Telecaster in White

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Decisions, decisions- May 21, 2021 8:28:36 GMT -5 ancient1 and Garland like this

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Post by Derick on May 21, 2021 8:28:36 GMT -5

Garland,

Now as you know I like swapping and changing my guitars, three guitars this month I think.
The main reason is I like guitars, I like setting them up to get the best out of them, for the way I like.
Now not to sure why you are getting so many guitars, maybe for the same reason as me.
But if you are buying guitars to get a better guitar than you already have, its going to be hard to beat your Martin 000M-15, but whatever the reason, keep on playing and enjoying them, and don't forget the videos.

Faith Mercury, Parlour Guitar.
Tanglewood TW40 Sundance Historic, 12 freter. Solid Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides.
Takamine GY93E-Nat, Parlour Guitar, solid Spruce top.
Epiphone ES339, semi acoustic Electric guitar,
Fender Mex Stratocaster, White with Maple neck.
PRS se Custom, 24 fret, Mahogany back with Maple cap.
Tanglewood TW 45 Re Sundance Reserve, All solid wood, Cedar Top,Mahogany back and sides.

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Decisions, decisions- May 21, 2021 12:42:40 GMT -5 ancient1 likes this

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Post by blues90 on May 21, 2021 12:42:40 GMT -5

The Orange wood is all solid wood yet the spruce top will be louder and brighter than the Martin. Maybe you are now more into all solid wood acoustics. Nothing wrong with just a solid wood top.

This video may help if that's the case.

2004 Seagull Grand S series

2020 Recording King Dirty 30's RSP-7 Tobacco Sunburst
2020 Ibanez AC340 000/ Grand Concert
2020 Luna Gypsy mahogany parlor
2021 Recording King 0G6Nat

Three hand built Fender Stratocasters
One Hand build own design odd ball.

Garland
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Decisions, decisions- May 21, 2021 18:42:56 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Post by Garland on May 21, 2021 18:42:56 GMT -5

blues90, I just looked at a MartinX though which has laminate sides and back- I looking at the spruce tops- I have the Luna and a Mitchell and the Washburn- but, the Martin mahogany showed me there is a difference in sound quality-

Derick,not sure why I'm so into gettin different guitars- maybe because I've never been able to just satisfy my wants and I can now- and, the different brands offer different attributes-

Playin at playin guitar-

SO MANY GUITARS/SONGS, SO LITTLE TIME

Guild D140 Natural
Epiphone Dove Pro (limited edition)Alpine White
Luna Artwood Vintage Distressed Folk Body
Washburn HG75SEG-0 (gave to my youngest son)
Gretsch 5420T in Aspen Green
Orangewood Ava w/LR Baggs Lyric
Martin 00015M w/LR Baggs Lyric
Lag T118ASCE-BLK
Guild D240E
A-M-I J45 clone
Squier Affinity Telecaster in White

Garland The Mostest Bestest Member Posts: 4,661 AKA: Gdjjr Thistime Location: Texas! Playing guitar since: off and on since 1960, a lot more off than on	Decisions, decisions- May 21, 2021 21:44:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Garland on May 21, 2021 21:44:31 GMT -5 Derick, blues90, read the comments from Orangewood web site orangewoodguitars.com/collections/guitars-1/products/ava
	Playin at playin guitar- SO MANY GUITARS/SONGS, SO LITTLE TIME Guild D140 Natural Epiphone Dove Pro (limited edition)Alpine White Luna Artwood Vintage Distressed Folk Body Washburn HG75SEG-0 (gave to my youngest son) Gretsch 5420T in Aspen Green Orangewood Ava w/LR Baggs Lyric Martin 00015M w/LR Baggs Lyric Lag T118ASCE-BLK Guild D240E A-M-I J45 clone Squier Affinity Telecaster in White

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Decisions, decisions- May 22, 2021 5:48:33 GMT -5 Garland likes this

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Post by Derick on May 22, 2021 5:48:33 GMT -5

May 21, 2021 21:44:31 GMT -5 Garland said:

Derick , blues90 , read the comments from Orangewood web site

orangewoodguitars.com/collections/guitars-1/products/ava

Garland,

Orangewood guitars have loads of great reviews, they have really attacked the market quite aggressively.
If you look on YouTube, Orangewood guitars have supplied a lot of influences with there guitars for review.
The comments that are quire common state how bright sounding they are, which is a good thing if you are looking for a bright guitar.
They appear to be good value, and I think they have to be bought direct from them, but have a very good returns policy if for some reason you want to return the guitar.

Faith Mercury, Parlour Guitar.
Tanglewood TW40 Sundance Historic, 12 freter. Solid Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides.
Takamine GY93E-Nat, Parlour Guitar, solid Spruce top.
Epiphone ES339, semi acoustic Electric guitar,
Fender Mex Stratocaster, White with Maple neck.
PRS se Custom, 24 fret, Mahogany back with Maple cap.
Tanglewood TW 45 Re Sundance Reserve, All solid wood, Cedar Top,Mahogany back and sides.

Garland
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Decisions, decisions- May 22, 2021 6:34:13 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Post by Garland on May 22, 2021 6:34:13 GMT -5

Derick, yes the reviews are positive- the written ones I posted there were, I beleve, 2 that weren't totally satisfied, but Orangewood made good on the return and swap for different policy so the not totally positive turned to positive- the one I'm interested in is the Ava- and it comes with a case- currently the price on the web site is 745 bucks with a case- so, thats around 600 bucks for the guitar-

Anyway, brighter is what I'm looking for from a spruce top which hopefully equate to a little more clarity, with some sustain- I seem to not be gettin my point across about clarity of sound- that is vitally important to me- remember my complaints about my lap top speakers? Muffled sounding- not that my mahogany guitars sound muffled, but, I wouldn't call them bright/clear either- the strings I've put on them offered up some clarity, but, still the mahogany just has a different quality sound than spruce-

Playin at playin guitar-

SO MANY GUITARS/SONGS, SO LITTLE TIME

Guild D140 Natural
Epiphone Dove Pro (limited edition)Alpine White
Luna Artwood Vintage Distressed Folk Body
Washburn HG75SEG-0 (gave to my youngest son)
Gretsch 5420T in Aspen Green
Orangewood Ava w/LR Baggs Lyric
Martin 00015M w/LR Baggs Lyric
Lag T118ASCE-BLK
Guild D240E
A-M-I J45 clone
Squier Affinity Telecaster in White

TonyKgull Global Moderator Posts: 6,425 Location: Ontario, Canada	Decisions, decisions- May 22, 2021 10:33:18 GMT -5 Garland likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by TonyKgull on May 22, 2021 10:33:18 GMT -5 Garland, If you want the best orangewood guitars, make sure, if you get one, you get one from Florida.
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