Prefer mahogany or maple, most of the time. Owned three D55s and a D50,
sold them all. That said, very fond of my JF55 and AF50RE!
sold them all. That said, very fond of my JF55 and AF50RE!
Just noticing: It appears, as we all get more seasoned, most of us grow a serious appreciation for mahogany as a main tonewood. This is really interesting.
Hey beecee, what model Wechter do you have?
- and any of the major tonewoods, given the variety of build formats that exist, is capable of perhaps surprisingly producing the right stuff. It’s one of the coolest things about guitars, imho!
... I want and need more clarity as I got older. Wait, we still talking about guitars, right?
When I pick up my Martin D 35 after a week or two, it sounds so overblown, and it is the driest rosewood dread I've played. It takes a while for my ears and technique to adapt. Play it for a week, and my Guild D 35 sounds sterile until my ears adjust. After two days it's what was I thinking. Pick up my 00 15 and think, why do I own this? A day or so later the incredible midrange get through to the brain cells. My Texan seem impervious to this phenomenon. If my Texan sounds off, it's string change time. It takes me months or longer to know a guitar. I rotate through four very different guitars, a week or two at a time. Rarely back and forth on the same day. I play some songs on a particular guitar. Some songs are played on all of them, but differently. This is one of the big advantages to having a diverse collection. When I got my Martin D 35, I suddenly was playing Eagles and Niel Young a lot. When I got my 00, it was Jimmy Rodgers, Guild D 35, classic country back to Hank Williams, Porter Wagoner, etc. The Texan lead me to Towns Van Zandt and Guy Clark, Steve Earl and more. The 00 get Willie Nelson too.
The same thing applies to my songwriting. Guitars lead me in different directions.
I had a hog-backed F212XL built in New Hartford. Beautiful thing. Couldn't compete with my JF30-12, so I unloaded it. And the rosewood Oxnard F512 is a touch above the JF30-12, so.....
Sound clip?F212xl couldn’t compete with the JF30 !? depending on what sound you want , ya think ? Apples to oranges ? Lol
My 212xlce is a outstanding guitar she has it all overtones , balance , clarity , sustain .
She’s a tone machine!!!!
Great see what you did now, now I got to play her .
Sound clip?