Which guitar should I look at for a "beater" that I can bring camping and not worry about if anything happens to it? Laminate would be good too because it's more stable with weather changes. I fish a lot too, but wouldn't mind sitting lakeside, play guitar for a bit, fish for a bit etc
I have played a few Asian Guilds. There's a few of them that are like meh largely because they used 2x4s for bracing so the top doesn't really move, but then there's some others that really surprised me. I played one F-250E, the strings were ancient and one was broken (probably rusted through to be honest). This guitar still impressed me. With dead strings it was still the best sounding guitar for three figures I played that day between two stores. The demos I've heard are also pretty solid. It doesn't sound like a maple F50/F55 but nothing about this guitar's sounds "cheap" either. Kind of interested in the F-240E too. I played a D-240E and that was a big setup up from the other guitars in the store for $750 and under, but it wasn't quite the F-250E either.
The other thing that comes to mind is shop for a used Taylor 112ce or 114ce. Decent electronics, and I might even be able to squeeze the a smaller body under the backseat in my truck. B
I have played a few Asian Guilds. There's a few of them that are like meh largely because they used 2x4s for bracing so the top doesn't really move, but then there's some others that really surprised me. I played one F-250E, the strings were ancient and one was broken (probably rusted through to be honest). This guitar still impressed me. With dead strings it was still the best sounding guitar for three figures I played that day between two stores. The demos I've heard are also pretty solid. It doesn't sound like a maple F50/F55 but nothing about this guitar's sounds "cheap" either. Kind of interested in the F-240E too. I played a D-240E and that was a big setup up from the other guitars in the store for $750 and under, but it wasn't quite the F-250E either.
The other thing that comes to mind is shop for a used Taylor 112ce or 114ce. Decent electronics, and I might even be able to squeeze the a smaller body under the backseat in my truck. B