Holy veerage, batman!
The meek F50 and the Legendary J200
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taabru45
Enlightened Member
Say West....what's your wayward twin brother up to these days anyway...? :lol: Steffan
jgwoods
Member
I had a J-200 for a while. It was one of the few guitars I ever really made money on when I sold it. It was nice, impressive to look at, but kind of stiff and you had to beat on it to get anything out of it. It needs medium strings or heavier and it didn't finger pick well at all I didn't think.
Since then I bought a J-185, short scale, strums and fingerpicks great, its a real winner and I'm keeping it along with my GSR F-40.
I haven't played the Guild Jumbos. I wouldn't buy another J-200 and much as I love the J-185 the deep body does make it a little hard on the shoulder. It's easier than the J-200, easier than a dreadnought, but not as easy as the Guild. Now if Guild would make a short scale model...
taabru45
Enlightened Member
This old folk is reading your response on a workday, Ridge...what gives..... :? :lol: Steffan
West R Lee
Venerated Member
Ridgemont said:Oh don't mind me, I don't mind the veer. Anything to keep you old folks busy. :lol: You can always tell there is a vicious veer in the works when you get 20+ responses in about 2 hours on a workday.
:lol:
West
West R Lee
Venerated Member
Chazmo said:
:lol: :lol:
West
jgwoods said:
Interesting. In all honesty, I hear more bad things about the J200 than good...but that may be because I hang around the Guildies. I did not know that about the J185 (shortscale, deep body). Sound like something I would try. As far as the Guild small bodies go, they are quite comfortable even the deeper body of the F47s are pretty easy.
I have not had too much shortscale experience until recently with my F30. Who would have thought that only ~1/2" would make such a big difference.
West R Lee
Venerated Member
taabru45 said:
He's a guidance counselor. He took classes from the Lee Ermey School of counseling............He's a practicing therapist for the ACLU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APwfZYO1di4
West
West R Lee
Venerated Member
Taylor Martin Guild said:[quote="West R Lee":23fuwykd]taabru45 said:
Well put Steff. Do you ever feel like life it too short and there's not time to bead around the bush? Lord I know I do that with my kids, but I THINK they still love me.
West
Only the part about the beads and the bush.[/quote:23fuwykd]
Beat, bead....what the heck? :wink:
West
Ian
Senior Member
HEY ridge,
Thanks for posting the question. As you know I've tended towards the smaller bodied guitars of late ( in fact I reckon if they get any smaller next I'll be playing a UKE...), but Saturday night we went to see a guy by the name of Adam McGrath, lead singer of Lytellton band "The Eastern"( no I havent been able to find a link to a video clip), who played an Epiphone copy of a Gibson Jumbo. It was so cool it got me thinking about Jumbo's and big guitars so on Sunday when the wife went out, I put a strap on the D55 and had a great thrash. I'd gone away from playing the D55 as I usually played sitting down and it was just too big, but with a strap on standing up it was fine !!!
I suppose you are looking for one to fingerpick, whereas I'm a Strummer (Hi Joe !!!), but I'd really have to play one first to see how they fit. Quite confusing all the different models though, also the GAD's of similar designation seem to be a different size again.
Cheers, Ian
Thanks for posting the question. As you know I've tended towards the smaller bodied guitars of late ( in fact I reckon if they get any smaller next I'll be playing a UKE...), but Saturday night we went to see a guy by the name of Adam McGrath, lead singer of Lytellton band "The Eastern"( no I havent been able to find a link to a video clip), who played an Epiphone copy of a Gibson Jumbo. It was so cool it got me thinking about Jumbo's and big guitars so on Sunday when the wife went out, I put a strap on the D55 and had a great thrash. I'd gone away from playing the D55 as I usually played sitting down and it was just too big, but with a strap on standing up it was fine !!!
I suppose you are looking for one to fingerpick, whereas I'm a Strummer (Hi Joe !!!), but I'd really have to play one first to see how they fit. Quite confusing all the different models though, also the GAD's of similar designation seem to be a different size again.
Cheers, Ian
Don't hold back, Jim.cjd-player said:
Tell us how you really feel. :wink:[/quote:iyqqw6fr]
Right there on that with Jim; those bridges (and pickguard inlays) are hideous IMO. I sure love my SWD, though. Nice unadorned guitar with all the good stuff.
Best smelling guitar I own, too (Hi Chaz!). I've yet to play a J45/50 or J200 that I like. Gibsons are like that. If you find one you like, buy it!
West R Lee
Venerated Member
twocorgis said:
Right there on that with Jim; those bridges (and pickguard inlays) are hideous IMO. I sure love my SWD, though. Nice unadorned guitar with all the good stuff.
Best smelling guitar I own, too (Hi Chaz!). I've yet to play a J45/50 or J200 that I like. Gibsons are like that. If you find one you like, buy it![/quote:22q9qkc0]
SWD=Song Writer Deluxe Sandy?
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taabru45
Enlightened Member
Best smelling guitar I own, too
Hey Sandy, do you use a colone, perfume or essential oil? I know you have to not use alcohol on these, so maybe you put a touch on the tuners, if so, on 1 or 2, or more. :? ; cause, I have this new D50, and I'd like it to smell better too..... :roll: :wink: Steffan
Hey Sandy, do you use a colone, perfume or essential oil? I know you have to not use alcohol on these, so maybe you put a touch on the tuners, if so, on 1 or 2, or more. :? ; cause, I have this new D50, and I'd like it to smell better too..... :roll: :wink: Steffan
adorshki
Reverential Member
That's a rhetorical question, right?Ridgemont said:
West R Lee said:
Indeedy. They don't make the Ovangkol ones anymore either, and the Rosewood SWD has a semi ugly mustache bridge.
taabru45 said:
No never anything artificial! There's just something about the Ovangkol that smells really sweet. It sounds pretty good too. 8)
I was playing Goin' to California in drop d, and actually felt like Jimmy Page for a fraction of a second. :shock:
taabru45
Enlightened Member
twocorgis said:
Thats pretty good Sandy...I'm not all that sure that Jimmp Page knew what Jimmy Page felt like....at times....Steffan