yettoblaster
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Westerly arched back w Grovers.
It has only one real issue: it would need a neck reset soon as its saddle is already pretty much at the minimum, but it still sounds pretty good (light strings on it right now, and for the foreseeable future).
Also has its share of nicks and buckle marks, but no serious bashes. The frets are only slightly worn in the first position. The neck is straight (no back bow, but also no back angle).
No buzzes anyplace the way I play.
If I were going to use my usual preference in strings for acoustic whamming it wouldn't be too long and it would need a neck reset, but I have a perfectly good recent D40 (Tacoma) for those duties. But that's not what I bought it for...
...Lately I've been gigging my D40 at our lil' ol' dinner-jazz jobs because the places are pretty quiet. Usually I would use an electric archtop but the bass player and I both agree that my playing an acoustic makes the band sound really great (we have another guitarist on electric, and we're real compatible). The only flies in the ointment are A) I don't like exposing my nice new D40 to the gig life, and B) When I take a solo it would be nice to have just a bit of boost somehow...
...SOOoooo, when I spied this nicked up -but sound- veteran for REALLY CHEAP I knew it wasn't gonna be a Bluegrasser BUT, it already had an endpin jack and a pigtail inside! Perfect: I can just put my Lawrence magnetic soundhole pickup on this (it has a volume pot built-in), and roll it up a bit for solos, but still have the "acoustic sound" for rhyhm duties.
Excellent (and cheap at $399) solution to keeping my nice new guitar nice and new, but I still get the same neck and feel, and it sounds pretty good even with lighter strings than I would normally use for acoustic duties but will be fine with a little help sometimes from yonder amplification box! 8)
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It has only one real issue: it would need a neck reset soon as its saddle is already pretty much at the minimum, but it still sounds pretty good (light strings on it right now, and for the foreseeable future).
Also has its share of nicks and buckle marks, but no serious bashes. The frets are only slightly worn in the first position. The neck is straight (no back bow, but also no back angle).
No buzzes anyplace the way I play.
If I were going to use my usual preference in strings for acoustic whamming it wouldn't be too long and it would need a neck reset, but I have a perfectly good recent D40 (Tacoma) for those duties. But that's not what I bought it for...
...Lately I've been gigging my D40 at our lil' ol' dinner-jazz jobs because the places are pretty quiet. Usually I would use an electric archtop but the bass player and I both agree that my playing an acoustic makes the band sound really great (we have another guitarist on electric, and we're real compatible). The only flies in the ointment are A) I don't like exposing my nice new D40 to the gig life, and B) When I take a solo it would be nice to have just a bit of boost somehow...
...SOOoooo, when I spied this nicked up -but sound- veteran for REALLY CHEAP I knew it wasn't gonna be a Bluegrasser BUT, it already had an endpin jack and a pigtail inside! Perfect: I can just put my Lawrence magnetic soundhole pickup on this (it has a volume pot built-in), and roll it up a bit for solos, but still have the "acoustic sound" for rhyhm duties.
Excellent (and cheap at $399) solution to keeping my nice new guitar nice and new, but I still get the same neck and feel, and it sounds pretty good even with lighter strings than I would normally use for acoustic duties but will be fine with a little help sometimes from yonder amplification box! 8)
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