Hi all,
I'd like your input between the Guild GAD F-20 and the new Takamine G406S New Yorker. I currently own and enjoy my Guild F-30, but I also need a smaller bodied guitar because of neck and shoulder pain.
I'm looking for something close to a 00 size. I've watched demos on YouTube of both guitars, and they are totally different.
Here's the Guild:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE0EHD4lRz4
And now, the Tak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWEt0Bfc5MI (jump to 1:50 to get to the playing)
Here are my other concerns/questions:
1) Is the neck carve on the GAD-F20 the same as my F-30?
2) Anyone know anything about the Tak New Yorker I'm speaking about, or have experience with other Taks. I played the Tak EF261SAN, and it was nice, but I thought overpriced. The neck on this guitar was good, but when I played a G series Tak, it was awful. So, I don't know about the neck of the Tak New Yorker???
3) The Guild, I think, is smaller, and it has a more compressed sound, as much as you can tell from a YouTube video. The Tak seems to have more sustain and "jangle," if you will.
4) There's no place where I can play either guitar locally or even within reasonable driving distance, so I'm trying to gather as much info as I can to make an intelligent decision. That's where the experience of all of you on the forum comes in.
5) I'm concerned about the string spacing on the Tak. I have played an OM Tak and found the string spacing bothersome, even though I'm mostly a strummer. So, how does the Guild compare.
Any and all info/experience you can share is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I'd like your input between the Guild GAD F-20 and the new Takamine G406S New Yorker. I currently own and enjoy my Guild F-30, but I also need a smaller bodied guitar because of neck and shoulder pain.
I'm looking for something close to a 00 size. I've watched demos on YouTube of both guitars, and they are totally different.
Here's the Guild:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE0EHD4lRz4
And now, the Tak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWEt0Bfc5MI (jump to 1:50 to get to the playing)
Here are my other concerns/questions:
1) Is the neck carve on the GAD-F20 the same as my F-30?
2) Anyone know anything about the Tak New Yorker I'm speaking about, or have experience with other Taks. I played the Tak EF261SAN, and it was nice, but I thought overpriced. The neck on this guitar was good, but when I played a G series Tak, it was awful. So, I don't know about the neck of the Tak New Yorker???
3) The Guild, I think, is smaller, and it has a more compressed sound, as much as you can tell from a YouTube video. The Tak seems to have more sustain and "jangle," if you will.
4) There's no place where I can play either guitar locally or even within reasonable driving distance, so I'm trying to gather as much info as I can to make an intelligent decision. That's where the experience of all of you on the forum comes in.
5) I'm concerned about the string spacing on the Tak. I have played an OM Tak and found the string spacing bothersome, even though I'm mostly a strummer. So, how does the Guild compare.
Any and all info/experience you can share is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.