Tried A Fender Acoustasonic Today.

[GAD]

Aaaahhhh


Then the amp(s) - followed by pedals . . . .

And a Strat sounds different than a Tele which is way different than a Les Paul and then of course you need a Guild and the Guilds are just different enough that you need one of each, and then...

 

[Nuuska]

Yup - WES has been a long-time- LTG:er w amazing resistance of hoarding gazillions of Guilds

But - in order to give a word of defence - he has given us some - and not just a few - demonstrations of good music w the "pitiful" amount of Guilds he had at the time.

Many others of us - including me - should maybe pick up and start some serious demonstration of music we make.

 

[twocorgis]

I've been wanting to try a Godin A6 Ultra but no one has those 'round here. I don't want to order one off Reverb without playing one first.

I've only played on Acoustasonic Fender, and like you, I didn't like it. As far as the Godin A6 Ultra goes, they have been on my radar ever since I first heard Martin Sexton play one, and I think it might have the best tone plugged in of any acoustic-electric I've ever heard. I'm not sure what kind of post processing he uses, but I loved it. I've also become a big fan of Godin/Seagull. My "beater" guitar is a Godin Maritime SG SWS ("Solid Wood Series") that I bought in need of a little TLC, and I just love it. It doesn't give up much to my Gibson WM45, and I have less than $200 into it.

It's already a little beat up, so I don't have to worry about anything further!

 

[walrus]

...I would be downgrading from light gauge strings to custom lights, as it's just getting harder...

Finally! I was waiting for you to enter my string gauge realm!

 

[adorshki]

Funny thing happened the other day....was out walking the neighborhood with my wife, and I told her I would be downgrading from light gauge strings to custom lights, as it's just getting harder. She usually just rolls her eyes at such musings I will have but this time said, well, I think it's time you get an electric.

Keep it up and in a few months you'll be able to play air guitar.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Finally! I was waiting for you to enter my string gauge realm!

EJ26s. I am a fan. People love them. The Amazon reviews are very positive.

 

[adorshki]

EJ26s. I am a fan. People love them. The Amazon reviews are very positive.

I finally threw down on a set of SpiderSilk Incorrosible Squeakless .0009-.0042.
BOGO at $84.00/set in GC.

 

[Rocky]

I think the gigging solution is two guitars, one electric and one acoustic. Anything else, to me, is an unsatisfying compromise.

Two totally different instruments, tuned identically.

It doesn't keep me from searching for the grail.

 

[crank]

I'm mostly looking for an acoustic sound that's easier to play than my dreads. Occasional electric sounds would be a nice color to ad.

When I was gigging regularly with the modern country band our Rhythm guitarist got a Taylor T5 but it was not working out for him or us so he went back to his Tele.

 

[Bernie]

Thanks Mavuser for the info. Don't know Mike Hauser, but it helped me to find more about this guitar...
Crank, this one has the 2 outputs the Acoustasonic doesn't have, which is one thing you've regretted. A bit of it can be heard starting about 4'54" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr9SCOsaWlk (it's called Godin Multiac Steel Natural HG). Only one output was used though.

 

[twocorgis]

Thanks Mavuser for the info. Don't know Mike Hauser, but it helped me to find more about this guitar...
Crank, this one has the 2 outputs the Acoustasonic doesn't have, which is one thing you've regretted. A bit of it can be heard starting about 4'54" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr9SCOsaWlk (it's called Godin Multiac Steel Natural HG). Only one output was used though.

Odd that there's none of these on Reverb, just the older model (that's a slothead, ugh). Looks like a super cool guitar.

 

[walrus]

EJ26s. I am a fan. People love them. The Amazon reviews are very positive.

Yep. Been using them for years!

 

[jp]

This guy installed an LR Baggs piezo pickup into a Guild M-75 Artistocrat and got some decent acoustic sounds out of it. Not a bad choice either.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

If you mostly like to play plugged in, the best sounding guitar you're likely to find is probably a Cole Clark. That's what they're built for.

You haven't said how much you can pay. Reverb.com usually has a couple for under $2k.

Re acoustic guitar amps. In most ways, they're solutions looking for something to solve. Their portability is a plus: They're sort of a PA in a box. For a solo show, you can get all set up in five minutes versus half an hour. But with an XLR adapter or two, you can do the same thing with a two-channel electric guitar amp.

So for acoustic gigs, I like: good guitar > good preamp > good PA. Even better: no amplification at all!

 

[crank]

I've already gone to light gauge strings. I'm looking to spend no more than 1K

I have a pair of Compact Bose L1's along with plenty of bigger PA gear and a couple tube amps for electric. I too see an acoustic guitar amp as completely unnecessary.

 

[chazmo]

F-20

I like this idea, @crank ... You could find an old player-grade instrument (or recent MIC) and electrify it with a good blended pickup system. Good thought. The purpose-built acoustic-electrics are (I agree) overpriced.

I'm ignorant though, and haven't played any of the instruments mentioned before. Good luck in the hunt.