Reply With QuoteWow!She's a beauty! That is an awesome price also. Sumi
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NGD Acoustic! Art & Lutherie
After much testing, the acoustic that spoke to me the most was the Art & Lutherie Spruce dreadnought. While the Seagull Coastline S6 Cedar and Yamaha FG730s were very close, the full, clear, resonate tones and incredible neck of the $360 A & L sealed the deal.
The build quality is absolutely perfect on this guitar. The tuning pegs, nut and compensated saddle, materials, and workmanship are of a much more expensive guitar, but it was the beautiful sonic expressions of the guitar that sold me.
Specs:
Back & Sides : Wild Cherry
Neck : Silver leaf maple
Top : Spruce (Pressure Tested Solid Top)
Fingerboard & Bridge : Rosewood
Finish : High-Gloss Custom Varnish Finish
Tusq® nut & saddle by Graphtech
Proudly handcrafted in Canada.
I love the SW Indian style rosette. The compensated saddle was a plus.
Full frontal nudity shot
Simple, clean bound headstock
Cherry back and sides
Baby got back!
Last edited by Tig; June 24th, 2010 at 09:28 AM.
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
Regular Fretter
Wow!She's a beauty! That is an awesome price also. Sumi
Guitars,Warmoth Tele,90's Fender Strat Plus/Fender CV 50's Tele/Parker p-36/Fretlight/Custom Strat(Fender body/warmoth Clapton neck,tonerider pups)Larrivee L03 mahogany acoustic
Amphs/66 Super Reverb/60's Bandmaster head and 2/12 cab/Blues jr//epi valve jr/supro super/ ZT lunchbox/Mahaffay Little Laneilei 3350/Pignose g40v
Pedals/Voods Rodent/MXR carbon copy/Duncan Pickup booster/Ts9/Rat/ts10/Line 6 tone port uk2
Line 6 M13
Banned
Congrats! I have the same thing but with the Cedar top. And I got it on sale for the ridiculous price of $250! I, too don't like the wider neck on the Seagulls, which are essentially the same guitars otherwise (I had a S6 for a while but couldn't bond with the neck). I think the tuners are a bit creaky, but the guitar still stays in tune well. IMO, the Yamaha falls far short compared to the A & L. I advise anyone in the market for an acoustic steel string would do well to check out the Godin lines (Seagull, Art & Lutherie, Simon & Patrick, Norman).
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Hey, don't tell me about that kind of price!Originally Posted by Heywood Jablomie
The many Yamaha's I played at 2 different stores varied quite a bit in quality. The one that I really liked was great, but going 1 or 2 levels down was like night and day. The lower ones were cr@p!
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
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Sorry. I did feel a bit guilty posting that, but figgered it might be helpful to anybody who's currently shopping.
Last edited by Heywood Jablomie; June 24th, 2010 at 10:17 AM.
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Congrats, congrats!
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Regular Fretter
Beautiful guitar. Congratulations.
Guitars: Charvel/Jackson CSM-1G, DeArmond M-75, DeArmond Starfire Special, DeArmond S-73, Epiphone Collegiate UK, Squier 51, Michael Kelly Patriot Custom, Harmony Sovereign, Taylor 310, Takamine 12 string, SX thinline, Fender MIM Strat, Ibanez JTK30,
Amps: Earth Sound Research G-2000 Super Guitar head into Avatar G212H cab, Fender Sidekick 20 Chorus, Peavey Classic 20, Peavey Classic 30, Peavey Express 112, Fender Super Champ XD, Vibro Champ XD
Effects: Digitech EX-7, Digitech RP-250
Master Fretter
Nice. Congrats!
I'm a big fan of the Godin companies. I think they make great stuff.
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350
Amps: Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 + Avatar B212 / Genzler 12-3, Acoustic B20
Pedals: Pod HD500X, Diamond Compressor, Tech 21 VT Bass, Sonic Research Turbo Tuner
Advanced Fretter
Beautiful. I really like A&L. I want to pick up one of their Ami parlor guitars for travel.
Patrick
Regular Fretter
Nice guitar. They look better natural than those odd sunbursts they do.
Hub, the Ami parlours are really good but try to find a shop with a few. I got to try 4 or 5 once and they varied a lot in sound. I'd have bought the "best" one if I hadn't had the money for a baby Larrivee. Despite the Larivee quality it was really close.
Electric: Fat strat > Korg PB > TS7 > DS1 > DD-20 > Cube 60 (Fender model)
Acoustic: Guitar > microphone > audience
Advanced Fretter
Thanks for the tip Mark.
Patrick
Banned
Hey! I have one of those "odd sunbursts"!
BUT, it's actually because I did what you recommended. The shop had four A & L dreads to choose from, in different finishes. I spent about a half an hour playing all four until deciding on the one I thought sounded the best, and yes, they did vary. So, the one that sounded best turned out to have the "cedar antique burst" finish - well, at least it isn't blue. I didn't let the finish influence my decision, only the tone. I do agree that the burst is pretty sloppily applied. Otherwise, the finish is quite good.
I sanded down the saddle to lower the action a bit, and the thing plays quite well.
Master Fretter
I haven't seen one in person, but I think the bursts look pretty cool from the website. I tend to like almost any and all finishes, unless they're kind of lamely trying to copy someone else's creativity on the cheap.
I suppose that's as dangerous a statement as saying "I will never like ____," but whatever.
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350
Amps: Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 + Avatar B212 / Genzler 12-3, Acoustic B20
Pedals: Pod HD500X, Diamond Compressor, Tech 21 VT Bass, Sonic Research Turbo Tuner
Contributing Member
Nice! Congrats! That is a pretty close to vintage martin looking headstock (and bridge) they got going there. I bet it sounds and plays great!
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
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
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Thx! I'm looking at this guitar to be the acoustic equivalent of what the Squier Cool Vibe Strat's and Tele's are in the electric world. Really good quality for the price, as long as you choose well.
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
Regular Fretter
That's a beauty! Congrats.
Play your guitar daily!
Banned
Interesting....my A & L doesn't have the binding on the headstock or where the back joins the sides. The photos on the website don't show that, either. You must have the rare limited edition one.... Nice!
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See, that's what an extra $100 gets you.Ya' earned that one!
My internet shopping search found the best deal for the Spruce HG is$429, so I'm still happy with my deal.
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
Banned
No problem! Got a link?See, that's what an extra $100 gets you.
My internet shopping search found the best deal for the Spruce HG is$429, so I'm still happy with my deal.
But I did get a good price on a guitar that normally has a street price of $310 - I got lucky because my local shop decided to stop selling the A & L line, and was blowing them out.
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