edgarmadhook
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To begin with, a huge "THANK YOU!!" to Neal for being so patient with my getting the money together for this. He's a great guy & could easily have sold it in the time it took me to get my arse in gear. I'm eternally grateful.
I rarely post here. I'd originally signed up 4 or so years back up to get much needed advice on a D50 that I was very tempted by, for sale in the US (I'm in London). In the end the guitar got lost in the post & when it finally returned back at the seller's door (thankfully it didn't end up in a USPS incinerator) I was in need of the cash so got a refund. It transpired that the packaging label had been damaged so it only made it as far as the East coast.
Fast forward to now. I'd originally hoped for a '73 D50 as it's my birth year. In the end I settled on a '77 that Neal was selling. It had the same features of the '73 & I'd played enough of them to know they were, 90% of the time, great sounding dreadnoughts. We chatted a little about what I was getting & it didn't take long for me to make my mind up....
This guitar sounds incredible! I thought it had new strings on it until Neal pointed out it could maybe do with a string change. Ha!!
I've been playing a '73 Eko Ranger for years. Seriously, for £100 those guitars are amazing and hold there own against plenty of similar era Gibsons & Martins. If you're in the money for a budget entry dreadnought I'd strongly recommend finding a well-played one. They're boat anchors but have that gorgeous rich mahogany tone. Still, I felt the time had come to upgrade to a better constructed, better sounding model & no matter how many guitars I tried I always ended up wanting a Guild.
I'm totally sold on spruce now. It's great to finally appreciate what a good solid top can give (Eko Rangers are laminate topped). This D50 has all the rich, warmth of the Eko but is way more balanced & brighter, plus it has thinner nitro-cellulose laquer (as opposed to the famously thick poly on the Eko) so I'm guessing it's louder. It certainly weighs less.
Happy days!!!
I rarely post here. I'd originally signed up 4 or so years back up to get much needed advice on a D50 that I was very tempted by, for sale in the US (I'm in London). In the end the guitar got lost in the post & when it finally returned back at the seller's door (thankfully it didn't end up in a USPS incinerator) I was in need of the cash so got a refund. It transpired that the packaging label had been damaged so it only made it as far as the East coast.
Fast forward to now. I'd originally hoped for a '73 D50 as it's my birth year. In the end I settled on a '77 that Neal was selling. It had the same features of the '73 & I'd played enough of them to know they were, 90% of the time, great sounding dreadnoughts. We chatted a little about what I was getting & it didn't take long for me to make my mind up....
This guitar sounds incredible! I thought it had new strings on it until Neal pointed out it could maybe do with a string change. Ha!!
I've been playing a '73 Eko Ranger for years. Seriously, for £100 those guitars are amazing and hold there own against plenty of similar era Gibsons & Martins. If you're in the money for a budget entry dreadnought I'd strongly recommend finding a well-played one. They're boat anchors but have that gorgeous rich mahogany tone. Still, I felt the time had come to upgrade to a better constructed, better sounding model & no matter how many guitars I tried I always ended up wanting a Guild.
I'm totally sold on spruce now. It's great to finally appreciate what a good solid top can give (Eko Rangers are laminate topped). This D50 has all the rich, warmth of the Eko but is way more balanced & brighter, plus it has thinner nitro-cellulose laquer (as opposed to the famously thick poly on the Eko) so I'm guessing it's louder. It certainly weighs less.
Happy days!!!
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