Congrats on the new "000". Solid wood, $150, nice tone, seems like a winner to me.
I got this Silver Creek T-160 on a Black Friday special from Music 123. It was a fantastic deal at $150 shipped. The guitar has great sustain, and loves open tunings.
After being without an acoustic guitar for a couple of years, I really began to get the itch to have another one. We recently moved to a house after living as boarding school dorm parents for 6 years, so it was ok to have a louder acoustic (I wouldn't disturb anyone). I read about these OOO sized guitars online--apparently Silver Creek is Musician's Friend/Music 123's house brand. These guitars are solid wood (with spruce tops and mahogany backs and sides) and built to the specs of 1930's era Martins, including a large pyramid volute on the neck.
Here is a clip of some chords and finger picking I did in Open D tuning. Thanks for looking and listening.
Guitars:
Fender Am. Std. Stratocaster (1990)
Carvin DC-127 (2000)
Fender Baja Telecaster (2016)
Recording King RO-10 (2016)
Gibson Les Paul CM (2015)
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Boss Katana 50
Effects:
Boss Tuner
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Electro-Harmonix LPB1
Congrats on the new "000". Solid wood, $150, nice tone, seems like a winner to me.
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There's also a negative side."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Guitars: Dean Sweet Wood 00R, Martin D2R, Guild D60, Guild D35NT, Morgan Monroe M30, OS baritone Uke
Those Silver Creeks can't be beat for the price, which at times is ridiculously low. The early ones needed serious set-up work but once done they perform wonderfully. They have tremendous and loud balanced mids and trebles. I would prefer a little more Martin HD-28 type deep bass. But what comes out of the box is more than adequate. And I'm told that the bass can be immensely improved by a qualified luthier simply shaving a little more of the scalloped braces which appear to have been left a little thick for structural integrity. One friend I know had the job done for about $80. The only troubles I have had is the fit of the cases on the 000-size models. I had to order the third case before I got one into which my 000 size T-160 and T-170 would fit. Fortunately they paid the UPS charges both ways each time I shipped one back. My D-160 and D-170 fit fine. I have noticed that occasionally when friends have ordered one of those that were on sale with plus another $100 rebate on top of that, the guitars arrived with more cosmetic issues that they should have had. Factory 2nds maybe? By the way, I paid for all four guitars with the sale of one high end dreadnought I had which, sound wise, was a poor second to the Silver Creeks.
Mucho congrats, man! Sounds like a GREAT deal!
bigG
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Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Cherry Mahogany, Peavey HP Signature EXP, Epi Sheraton II, Fender Standard Fat Strat, original 1982 Made in the USA Fender Bullet (w original HSC)/ 2005 Martin HD-7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition (#102 of 250), Martin M-36 (0000), Martin OM-21, Martin 000-15M, Hohner EL-SP Plus Parlor acoustic
Amps: Swart Space Tone 6V6se, Swart Night Light Power Attenuator/compressor/stereo line-out, Peavey Windsor Studio, Vox AD50VT, Fender Super Champ XD, Vox DA15, Marshall MG10KK, '83 Peavey Bandit 65
Pedals: Cry Baby 535q wah, Bad Monkey OD, Boss DS-1, Sabine FuzzStortion, HardWire RV-7 Reverb
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They are getting big reviews on the acoustic forums I visit, including the unofficial Martin forum. For what they are, folks seem to really think they are great values. Congrats!
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
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Funny you should mention this! I had picked one of these up a couple of months back when MF made a mistake and simulataneously offered it as their "Stupid Deal of the Day" for $200 at the same time a $100 MIR deal was underway. So final cost--$100! Though I haben't received the rebate check yet....
I bought it as a donation to the music program at our church, and just so happened to be playing it last evening before our annual Live Nativity service. Plays and sounds great. Not as loud and bassy as a dreadnought, obviously, but it has a nice sweet, round tone. Just a great value for a solid wood guitar!
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