Thought I'd post a long awaited NGD!
Travelled down from Scotland to Morpeth to pick this special guitar up last night. S/N AA000077
The previous owner had it for around a year, seems to have bought it to try out owning one and then sell it on (was a big Guild fan with two lovely flat top acoustics he has owned for a while). Before that it was in a shop (Music Street in Huntingdon), but that's as far back as I can track it's history.
Everything seems to be stock besides the bridge being swapped out for a Benedetto, but I still have the stock (rosewood?) one. Definitely a well used and played guitar, but kept in pretty relatively good shape for a 27 year old guitar. Also at some point in its life a tone knob was added to the pickguard. The pickup is fine, dead quiet noise/hum-wise. I may change it for a Lollar Johnny Smith when I get the guitar in for a setup, it seems like that would just slot in fine but leave an extra gap where it meets the pickguard.
I'm curious to hear other AA owners: what strings they've used to make the guitar louder acoustically?
Right now it has D'addario Chrome 12s. After playing it for a while at home I was surprised by how similar the acoustic tone is to the A150 Savoy I also have. The Savoy may actually be a touch louder but has different strings on (Thomastik Jazz 13s). Obviously the fit/finish and other features are incomparable, but makes me appreciate the A150 even more for what it is.
Now...pictures!
Travelled down from Scotland to Morpeth to pick this special guitar up last night. S/N AA000077
The previous owner had it for around a year, seems to have bought it to try out owning one and then sell it on (was a big Guild fan with two lovely flat top acoustics he has owned for a while). Before that it was in a shop (Music Street in Huntingdon), but that's as far back as I can track it's history.
Everything seems to be stock besides the bridge being swapped out for a Benedetto, but I still have the stock (rosewood?) one. Definitely a well used and played guitar, but kept in pretty relatively good shape for a 27 year old guitar. Also at some point in its life a tone knob was added to the pickguard. The pickup is fine, dead quiet noise/hum-wise. I may change it for a Lollar Johnny Smith when I get the guitar in for a setup, it seems like that would just slot in fine but leave an extra gap where it meets the pickguard.
I'm curious to hear other AA owners: what strings they've used to make the guitar louder acoustically?
Right now it has D'addario Chrome 12s. After playing it for a while at home I was surprised by how similar the acoustic tone is to the A150 Savoy I also have. The Savoy may actually be a touch louder but has different strings on (Thomastik Jazz 13s). Obviously the fit/finish and other features are incomparable, but makes me appreciate the A150 even more for what it is.
Now...pictures!
