Am I the minority these days????? Cutaway vs. Non Cutaway

davismanLV · Jul 11, 2020

For the Taylor DN-K which is no longer in production there is a page on the Taylor website that has information and specs regarding this build. HERE

Just for reference if anyone is curious. What a nice guitar, @GAD !!!

fronobulax · Jul 11, 2020

I actually have been known to use frets above 12 on bass and thus there are things I can't play on a B-50 because there is no cutaway. But I like it that way and the solution is to have multiple instruments and not demand or forbid a cutaway. I also note my answers differ whether I am responding from aesthetics or playability.

JohnW63 · Jul 11, 2020

I don't have any acoustics with a cutaway, but one. The Ovation I had to send to Fixit to get fixed. I don't play that high on the frets as often on it as a full electric, but I do often enough to like having the option to get there.

This is it, before I owned it.

Ovation Book Elite Rebuilt in 2010

www.ovationtribute.com

HeyMikey · Jul 12, 2020

I’ve come to really appreciate a cutaway on those few songs where it matters.

I sold my NH F30 specifically when I bought a NH F30ce because I needed a cutaway. My DD6mce has a Florentine cutaway and I love it.

beecee · Jul 12, 2020

This is it, before I owned it.
Ovation Book Elite Rebuilt in 2010

Beautiful guitar, a work of art but I chuckled while reading. Owner requested they replaced the top.....which necessitated a new bowl ... and he chose to replace the bridge. So basically all he got back from Ovation was the original neck?

Interesting that on an Ovation site they'd mention the bolt on bridge hampers sustain vs the replacement bridge he had installed.

bobouz · Jul 12, 2020

For anything happening at the 14th fret & beyond, I typically go with an electric. So all my flat-top acoustics are non-cutaways except for one. It's a mini-jumbo shaped 2007 Gibson CJ-165, one of only two years where they made it with soundhole pickup controls rather than a box on the side (which visually doesn't work for picky old me).

Ren-era CJ-165, with 15" maple body & 24.75" short-scale:

mavuser · Jul 12, 2020

things i don't like:

-bee stings
-long goodbyes
-surprises
-cut away dreads

richardp69 · Jul 12, 2020

I used to be one of those who was confident that q cutaway equated to less volume/tone so I stayed away from them. My New Hartford D 50 CE has cured me of that misconception. What a really good guitar that is.

HeyMikey · Jul 12, 2020

bobouz said:
For anything happening at the 14th fret & beyond, I typically go with an electric. So all my flat-top acoustics are non-cutaways except for one. It's a mini-jumbo shaped 2007 Gibson CJ-165, one of only two years where they made it with soundhole pickup controls rather than a box on the side (which visually doesn't work for picky old me).

Ren-era CJ-165, with 15" maple body & 24.75" short-scale:

Nice! I came very close to owning one of those (got outbid on eBay) before I got the F30ce. I really dig the look and concept, How do you like it?

NewOM240 · Jul 12, 2020

F312 · Jul 12, 2020

I used to be one of those who was confident that q cutaway equated to less volume/tone so I stayed away from them. My New Hartford D 50 CE has cured me of that misconception. What a really good guitar that is.

Ralph

bobouz · Jul 12, 2020

HeyMikey said:
Nice! I came very close to owning one of those (got outbid on eBay) before I got the F30ce. I really dig the look and concept, How do you like it?

The CJ-165 is very similar in size to my ‘73 F-30R, with both having a 15” small-jumbo body. They are super comfortable to play, but very different in tone. Being maple, the 165 is punchy & percussive while still having a sweetness of tone that’s highly satisfying. Seems like more & more, I end up reaching for the smaller bodied guitars!

twocorgis · Jul 12, 2020

I was never crazy about cutaways on acoustic guitars until I got my F50ce. It's just a flat out terrific guitar, cutaway or no cutaway.

Br1ck · Jul 12, 2020

I'm thinking maybe 5% could actually use a cutaway, and 5% of those actually do. I don't like how they look either.

fronobulax · Jul 12, 2020

Made to be played or made to be looked at? If your playing style requires access to the high frets then it doesn't matter how ugly it is - you suck it up and have a cutaway. If you like the appearance, so much the better.

Cougar · Jul 12, 2020

HeyMikey said:
...My DD6mce has a Florentine cutaway and I love it....

I'm just not a fan of cutaways. I happened into a New Hartford F212XLCE that was really a nice guitar, but I just couldn't dig the cutaway, so I let it go.

On the other hand, I would not have had any problem with this burst DD12MCE, which was on reverb and I missed picking up by that much.

walrus · Jul 12, 2020

HeyMikey said:
I’ve come to really appreciate a cutaway on those few songs where it matters.

+1.

walrus

Shakeylee · Jul 12, 2020

i prefer no cutaway on my flat tops and one cutaway on my electrics

Coop47 · Jul 12, 2020

I like playing them, but don't like looking at them.

walrus · Jul 12, 2020

Coop47 said:
I like playing them, but don't like looking at them.

Ha! I don't really know what this means, but it made me laugh out loud!

walrus

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