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Author:  zac_in_ak [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:37 am ]
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Ok I am throwing some gas on the fire

Also what after making your choice please post your style of play and
rationale...inquiring minds want to know..ps please list your time playing

Thanks...let the mayhem begin
Author:  Don Williams [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:41 am ]
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What's that third option? A doughnut?
Never heard of a doughnut guitar before...
Author:  jonhfry [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:10 am ]
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I have been playing about 17 years, I played electrics for years. I got bored playing in bands for about 10 years and really did not improve alot. About 2 years ago I seriously got involved with finger style playing and have not plugged a guitar in since. I have an om and an auditorium. I play daily for about 1 to 3 hrs, and have been building less than a year.


I am building 2 oms now and am anxious to build a parlour with an armrest, but that is not til later. I have not played a parlour enough to know if i would prefer it yet.
Author:  Heath Blair [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:17 am ]
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mmmm... dough... nut. i love my dread, but i guess if i just had to have ONE... id have to split the middle and reach for the OM. it just makes sense if you play all different styles of music. at least to me anyways.

Author:  Don A [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:27 am ]
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I'll probably be the lone outcast but its a dreadnought for me. I even like them for finger picking.
Author:  Gary L [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:08 pm ]
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Classical. Ahh, its expressiveness, broad tonal palette, and rich history that comes with such wonderful and varied pieces to play!
Author:  James W B [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:03 pm ]
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000-12 fret 24.9 scale.great reach and feel.
                          James
Author:  Bill Greene [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:07 pm ]
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[QUOTE=Don A] I'll probably be the lone outcast but its a dreadnought for me. I even like them for finger picking. [/QUOTE]

Not so fast! Mine is a dread, too. But then I like hard driving bluegrass rhythm, and flatpicking. But thank goodness I can have more than one.   
Author:  John Lewis [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:56 pm ]
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A Ukulele.

Why? Because there isn't anything as cool as a 300 lb. dude ripping into AC/DC's "Back in Black" on a tenor uke. Yeah, baby. Woo-hoo.
Author:  KenH [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:57 pm ]
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I play a combination of bluegrass/country/contemporary Christian/classic rock on my guitars and by far the easiest playing and best sounding guitar is one I got from Frank Finoccio that he calls a "prima"


this guitar is somewhat like a dread and somewhat like an OM. I guess you could say it is a combination of the two. It has plenty of punch like a dread, and great mid and upper range tones like the OM too. awesome sounding guitar!


As of right now, Dread's and these Prima's are my complete line of guitars.

Author:  old man [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:45 pm ]
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Ask me again, when I finish my first OM.    I've played a dread for 40 years but, unfortunately, I peaked about 1974.

My 2nd choice is my b**j*!!!


Ron
Author:  zac_in_ak [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:29 pm ]
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[QUOTE=John Lewis] A Ukulele.

Why? Because there isn't anything as cool as a 300 lb. dude ripping into AC/
DC's "Back in Black" on a tenor uke. Yeah, baby. Woo-hoo. [/QUOTE]

John wait till I finish my soprano a 270lbs 6' brown guy in an bright orange
aloha shirt ripping out riders in the storm!
Author:  Mark B [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:11 pm ]
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i mostly play on archtops, and or other instruments.


MEB
Author:  Sam Price [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:44 pm ]
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I am currently building for myself an OM, the same size and shape as my Celtic Cittern- and will make a good addition to the two D***d****ts and beater OM I own.

D***d****ts are great versatile instruments with a good range, but I do want something with more presence in the trebles. The other OM is a gigging guitar, and only sounds great plugged.

I recently had been expressing interest in the A****d**n, but that was short lived.

Author:  Sam Price [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:48 pm ]
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/\ Sorry, I forgot to add my playing style is mainly folk/fingerstyle and some CCM
Author:  Colin S [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:57 pm ]
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I voted for OM/OOO, but could not possibly really only have one guitar. The very minimum would be a OOO and a classical. You can't play Terrega on a OOO! Also I would need an lute 8 or 10 course.

Colin
Author:  JJ Donohue [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:39 pm ]
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000-12 fret for me...25.4" scale
Author:  Dave Anderson [ Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:04 am ]
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I love OM/OOO guitars and I play mostly fingerstyle with some flat pickin'.
Author:  DannyV [ Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:09 am ]
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Having always been a fan of Chet Atkins acoustic sound, I made my first
build a nylon string. I have a couple of steel strings but they have seen little
us since I finished my classical cutaway. I highly recommend anyone who
plays fingerstyle should have one in the arsenal. They are very expressive in
all aspects, big or small sound. It didn't take me long to figure out a thumb
pick worked for me. I have played it almost every day for 6 months and it
has kinda breathed some new life into my playing. And hey, good enough
for Willie, good enough for me.
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:18 am ]
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There is nothing like playing a classical in an ensemble, and having a drunk in the crowd yell, "Play Free Bird!"
Author:  John Mayes [ Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:06 am ]
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I'm making myself a GRand Parlor (00 size) right now. Some of the
zootmans flamed mahogany, Lutz top, brazilian trimmings...
Author:  Matt Henley [ Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:14 pm ]
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I think I fell in love with the guitar at about age two when I first heard
Norman Blake flatpick a D-18. It's dreads for me.
Author:  Heath Blair [ Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:19 pm ]
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if you have not been officially welcomed to the forum matt, let me be the first to say, welcome!
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