I Was Tempted

Garland,

It maybe a fantastic guitar.
But considering I have never heard of this make and know absolutely nothing about it, I would personally give it a miss, there are a lot of excellent guitars, by well-known makes, at less than this price, I would bet the resale value would be next to nothing, so for theses reasons I would pass on this guitar.

Not very long ago my wife said to me instead of buying two cheap acoustics and I mean Cheap and one $100 dollars more all in 2021 I should buy a nice one.

I was not a process I chose, I didn't get the first three I have very close together. When I was looking for a second acoustic I was going to get this Fender CP-100 which was $200 and played a few you tube videos of the Fender and the other one I liked the EL-00. She said just get the EL-00 it looks and sounds better. I thought about it for a while then decided the EL-00 was better. Later out of wanting another parlor size I got the Fender CP60-S which was the same price and at least had a solid top. All I had was the 2004 Seagull S series Grand and at the same time before I got the Seagull an Art and Lutherie AMI which was all laminate called the Almond model. It was a 12 fret and I really liked it yet at that time maybe a year went by and I needed the funds so I sold the AMI. That was also a 2004 model and came with a nice tan Godin gig bag made for the AMI.

I never felt an acoustic had to cost me as much as some do now to get a good playable acoustic.

PRS makes a nice parlor size yet it's still a laminate back and sides and costs $500 and comes with a gig bag. I have seen the videos and don't feel it's worth $200 more than the Ibanez AC340. They haven't even been on the market long enough to prove them selves for one. I'd rather have my Old Seagull which in my opinion is a better guitar. Certainly today if seagull still made these it would cost more than $500.

My point is , just speaking for myself, any acoustic has a body and neck and some bracing design and tuning keys and saddle and frets , a finger board nut bridge pins , truss rod. Also who put all the parts together at the factory , was the wood used to make any part stable , who can warranty wood , what they cover is workmanship in most cases.

No debate, some are much better made and have better everything and a name everyone knows. It's not like I haven't played acoustics in the $3000 range yet to be honest they didn't sound 10 times better or even 2 times better and every single one of them will need work done at some point,it's wood with quite a bit of tension trying to turn it into a bow.

There's Gibson and Martin who made it all possible then Taylor who took things further, Godin who has been around for a while and should have never gone to the set neck design.

Everything else is basically based on these ideas. I'm not young so if one of mine turns into a bow I could replace it or live without one. I don't have to find some way around sending one in for repair to be told I mistreated it in their eyes. So far I haven't had to deal with that. Now Seagull said they are covered for life to a point. The old terms and conditions apply. I was told by seagull since mine was discontinued if anything went wrong they would not do a thing. This was before they dropped all the parlor size models.

I feel it's a great thing when anyone finds their brand/brands and really like them, no matter what they cost. Music is the goal , the guitar is the tool plus practice to reach ones goal.

Garland,

"None of this means I'll get one- I've seen lots of girls in my time that I really liked looking at-that doesn't mean I'd want to marry them"

No but you may want to put them across your knees and give them a good strumming.

Derick, blues90, I, being introspective like I am, was giving the subject of my acquisitions a lot of thought this AM whilst havin me coffee and cigarette on me patio watchin the world wake up here where I stays-

It comes down to, to be succinct- so many guitars, so little time- I say that about the songs I want to learn as well-

It seems, I'm tryin to pack a lifetime into a short time- there are very few regrets I have about my life- not stayin interested in guitars is rapidly makin it to the top of the list of regrets-

The psychology behind the regret(s) and the recent acquisitions and interest is a quandry I ponder on, although, it's not really, technically speaking,that difficult- it does offer up somethin for me to think on-

A conclusion I've reached: I can resist anything but temptation-

I think Sweetwater and Reverb should be against the law- to protect me from me-

Derick, if there was a convenient store I would likely go that route as well- the GC's web site sucks for inventory (and they, corporate, know it) and I'm not going to make the 1/2 hour drive (one way) to trust luck that they'll have somethin worth the hassle of the traffic-

And when I get the table my son is supposed to be putting legs on for me I will spend more time playing with set ups- right now my coffee table is all I have- it's okay for minor stuff like string changes, but it's a PITA because I have to get me tool box onto the couch from where it's hidden and spend a lot of time bent way over because the coffee table ain't tall enough- the table will have 2 shelves for keepin stuff on which will be dream/blessing