there's so many things one do not know... Fortunately, most of them it is possible to live happily without knowing, but sometimes I start wondering:
What about these different shapes of (acoustic) guitars - dreadnaught(?), jumbo, concert... ?
A good overview anywhere?
Lars
...only thing I know how to do is to keep on keepin' on...
LARS kolberg http://www.facebook.com/sangerersomfolk
Largest ito smallest
Jumbo, with rounded bouts
Dreadnaught body - the 'standard' size and shape
000, Orchestra, or Folk - I think concert fits in here as well (I've ony seen classicals refered to as Concert sized)
Parlour, 00 or even 0 sizes, basically Travel guitars -
"Things may get a whole lot worse/ Before suddenly falling apart"
Steely Dan
"Look at me coyote, don't let a little road dust put you off" Knopfler
quick response - thanks Primeta! So nothing more enigmatic than that.
(I looked up dreadnought: "A battleship armed with six or more guns having calibers of 12 inches or more." LOL)
Lars
...only thing I know how to do is to keep on keepin' on...
LARS kolberg http://www.facebook.com/sangerersomfolk
It was a nice marketing ploy when they appeared...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Guitars
"Things may get a whole lot worse/ Before suddenly falling apart"
Steely Dan
"Look at me coyote, don't let a little road dust put you off" Knopfler
So it is originally a Martin thing - interesting. Occationally I feel a slight Martin GAS - have never played a guitar more expensive than $500 - Good not to know what I'm missing. Tempted to "pull into Nazareth" when I win in the lottery though ;)
...only thing I know how to do is to keep on keepin' on...
LARS kolberg http://www.facebook.com/sangerersomfolk
I have a Martin D-28 L in my guitar list for future someday.
Actually HD-28 is discounted in a Norwegian netshop these days almost 20% off - still approx... $3500 though...
http://www.riff.no/butikk/product_info.php?cPath=26_41_706&products_id=3167
Lars
...only thing I know how to do is to keep on keepin' on...
LARS kolberg http://www.facebook.com/sangerersomfolk
Here's a link that will give you the general dimensions of all the body styles.
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
I have had the possibilty to play on a friends Martin D28 and make a direct comparison with my own D28 clone from Tanglewood.
I can´t say that I found the Martin D28 having a much better sound quality.
And definitly not > 10 times better as the price difference shows.
Tanglewood TW28STE (Shadow P7 EQ) acoustic
Yamaha RGX 320FZ electric guitar/Egnater Tweaker 15 amp.
Yamaha RBX 270 bass/Laney DB 150 amp.
http://www.soundclick.com/kalleinsweden
