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I've decided I want to add a jumbo to my arsenal. There are lots of used options in my budget. 1980s JF-30 or the smaller GF-50, 2012 New Hartford F-50, or 2020 Oxnard F-40.
One of the things I think I have sort of figured out (true or not) is that older wood sounds better. However, my lightweight '70 flatback D-25 fights the K&K pure mini (even with a good preamp and 7-band EQ) while the heavier '74 arch back D-25 with a K&K pure mini sounds so good it doesn't even really need a preamp.
A JF-30 is older, with an arch back and the GF-50 is older and flatback. The New Hartford is 11 years old with a arch back and the Oxnard F-40 is light, but with a flat back. I am not really looking for a big boomy wall of sound. Whatever it is, I need it to sit well in a mix (when amplified anyway).
I'm old enough that I don't want to wait for the Oxnard to be old enough to drive. Does the arch back make much of a difference in sound or how it works with a K&K (my very limited experience tells me yes, but I could be wrong)?
And no, without spending $4,000 on plane tix, I cannot compare them all.
Is there any hope of sorting out a better option? Or ruling out a worse one? Is jumbo just a bad idea in a band context? I strum, I flat pick, I use my bare fingers, but mostly strum.
One of the things I think I have sort of figured out (true or not) is that older wood sounds better. However, my lightweight '70 flatback D-25 fights the K&K pure mini (even with a good preamp and 7-band EQ) while the heavier '74 arch back D-25 with a K&K pure mini sounds so good it doesn't even really need a preamp.
A JF-30 is older, with an arch back and the GF-50 is older and flatback. The New Hartford is 11 years old with a arch back and the Oxnard F-40 is light, but with a flat back. I am not really looking for a big boomy wall of sound. Whatever it is, I need it to sit well in a mix (when amplified anyway).
I'm old enough that I don't want to wait for the Oxnard to be old enough to drive. Does the arch back make much of a difference in sound or how it works with a K&K (my very limited experience tells me yes, but I could be wrong)?
And no, without spending $4,000 on plane tix, I cannot compare them all.
Is there any hope of sorting out a better option? Or ruling out a worse one? Is jumbo just a bad idea in a band context? I strum, I flat pick, I use my bare fingers, but mostly strum.