Meet my new guitar!

Congratulations

Nice looking guitar. What model is that?

Thanks Wes, its a Fender DG-5

Niceee! I've been wanting an electric Fender Acoustic.
with one of those tannish brown amps they have in guitar stores. I could play on one of those alllll day and night.
Congrats on the NEW baby.

Anyway, heres my new source of sore fingers!

Lovely guitar! Fender's are great!
Here's my Fender (I call her Fiona or Fifi for short). She's a DG22

That's my bobtail cat, Skyler, hanging out in the back.

And, this is what Santa brought me this year........

(Haven't named her yet!)

Hey and I thought I was the only one with aFender. Love that mandolin Elektra|!

Oh I named my Tilly after the soundwood(Basswood-latin for that tree is Tillia)

Nice guitar! I've been in the market for a new acoustic guitar. I've played some fenders at GC and like the feel of them. But how do they stand up against the test of time? Any problems after you've had them for a while?

I've had my DG22 for a little over 3 years now and, to me, it sounds better now than it did when it was new........... of course, that could possibly have something to do with my playing ability sounding better now than it did three years ago!!! :D I don't believe you can go wrong with a Fender. They're excellent guitars.......... most people think Strats or Tele's when they think Fender, but they also make wonderful acoustics!
Love that mandolin Elektra|!

Me, too!!!!! And, thanks!

Hey, some nice instruments there.

I especially like that mandolin.

Santa must like you more, I got some strings and a christmas song book.

I am eyeballing a new Larrivee though.

Minorkey, as we in the south would say: "that guitar shore is purty!" :lol: :D But seriously, it's a beauty. I absolutely love Fender guitars, electric and acoustic, and I really like yours.

Nice, at first I thought it was the same as mine, but mine is a DG-4... I wonder what the difference is? Probably about 1.

martin-6,

I would think the difference may be in the tonewood used. Mine is Basswood throughout, (with a nato neck and rosewood fingerboard/bridge) a strange choice as its a very soft wood, easily damaged, and very light, but it sounds nice! Does the DG-4 has a compensated saddle?

On a different note, do mandolins usually have a dot at the 10th fret instead of the 9th? I saw a thing on frets.com once where a guy chopped a bit out of the fretboard to move an inlay dot to an adjacent fret.

couldnt answer that, never got that close to one, tho i'd like to! I know they have a very short neck cf. a guitar!

On a different note, do mandolins usually have a dot at the 10th fret instead of the 9th? I saw a thing on frets.com once where a guy chopped a bit out of the fretboard to move an inlay dot to an adjacent fret.

Yes, the dots on a mandolin are at the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th (double dots), 15th and 17th frets.