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This is one of the most amazing instruments I've ever played. I owned a couple of X500s and felt like they were going to be too much guitar for me, but I don't get that feeling with this guitar at all. I'm not entirely sure why yet, either.
I read in one of the catalogs that the back is made from wood usually reserved for making cellos. It sure is beautiful, but I think that kind of explains why it feels so different. When I was in high school I played in orchestra and band and was generally surrounded by music. I lived in a nice area and so some of the kids had some pretty killer instruments. I think that this guitar reminds me of a really well-made cello. It's somehow on another level than the normal stuff I play, and that goes for those X500s, too. They're not even in the same ballpark.
The guitar came with flat-wounds and I generally dislike flat-wounds. But the guitar sounds SO good that I can't imagine changing anything. It's refined and elegant.
The nicest acoustic I have is the DV72, and that's a pretty killer guitar, but compared to this it's just a guitar. This is an orchestral instrument.
I'm smitten.
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This is one of the most amazing instruments I've ever played. I owned a couple of X500s and felt like they were going to be too much guitar for me, but I don't get that feeling with this guitar at all. I'm not entirely sure why yet, either.
I read in one of the catalogs that the back is made from wood usually reserved for making cellos. It sure is beautiful, but I think that kind of explains why it feels so different. When I was in high school I played in orchestra and band and was generally surrounded by music. I lived in a nice area and so some of the kids had some pretty killer instruments. I think that this guitar reminds me of a really well-made cello. It's somehow on another level than the normal stuff I play, and that goes for those X500s, too. They're not even in the same ballpark.
The guitar came with flat-wounds and I generally dislike flat-wounds. But the guitar sounds SO good that I can't imagine changing anything. It's refined and elegant.
The nicest acoustic I have is the DV72, and that's a pretty killer guitar, but compared to this it's just a guitar. This is an orchestral instrument.
I'm smitten.