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Sea Gulls are nice. A buddy of mine played a Sea Gull, and it had a nice matte finish on the front. It had great low end, and well defined mids. My only problem with it was the action. Once it was played for about a week, and the strings got a little old, it became a little painful to play.

The Taylors, on the other hand, have awesome action. Nice and low, with little to no fret buzz. Great highs, but not much low on the 640 CE.

BTW - since we into guitars... I also play a Fender Telecaster, white pick gaurd. It's a solid 2 inches of Ash. After playing a 2 hour show, your back aches. On the upside, you could toss it downa fligth of stairs, and only have to worry abotu your stair being damaged. It's a real cockroach. It, too, has a nice low action...

pickard-

i dont even own an electric. i mainly just play chords and rhythm, and just play alone, so never really felt the urge to get an electric. i cant solo very well at all, but i can lay rhythm track with the best of 'em..

i used to go play with my buddies alot a few years back. he would let me borrow his gibson SG, running thru his marshall big stack, and i would just bang away. that thing was like a tank with strings. big, heavy, loud, and it could blow your head off.. he now lives in austin playing in a couple of bands.. and he still plays the SG..

bigjohn

I know virtually nothing about guitars. I am astounded by the artistry of people who play them well, and in awe of the craftsmanship of instrument builders.

The Pacific Northwest has a vibrant community of instrument builders, and my alma mater, Pacific Lutheran University is regularly the site for the convention of the Guild of American Luthiers. I do not know the percentage of Lutheran Luthiers.

Tacoma Guitars is in my hometown, and apparently makes nice and innovative instruments.

Warmouth Guitar Products is the leading manufacturer of Fender replacement necks, and has loads of other interesting stuff. They are located in Puyallup, my current place of residence (which is just a few miles towards Mount Rainier from Tacoma).

The craftsmanship is astounding on guitars. Not only must the isntrument be braced properly for strength, but the woods must all match or "meet up" tonally to produce the sounds that they do. If you thought that speaker selection was hard, try buying a guitar. Between the eye-candy factor, guitars all sound so distinctively different - and they all feel and play differently too.

My Taylor is drastically different from the Martins that I also demoed. The Taylor was bright and crisp, a little "thin" maybe, but the playability was very high, and the string "separation" (the ability to distinguish one string from another when playing chords) was awesome. Compare that to the Martin, which has a thicker neck (more like a Gibson Les Paul), a bigger, rounder sound, just a playable, but notably "muddier" or "darker" when playing chords. It's very much like speaker tastes - "laid back" vs. "up front" etc. Neither are "better," but they are different.


On a side note - I, too, unfortunately, do not find as much tmie to play my guitars. I moved into a real small apartment after college, went to law school, and foudn basically no time to play (except when I'd do a show at a bar, which was once in the bluest moon). I'm looking forward to moving into my new place in the City (Dupont Circle) in a short time. The place is much bigger, and I hope to be able to keep my stuff out and more accessible than it is now.

anyone have some old material they don't want? sheet music, books, etc.

Tacoma makes a great guitar.

Unique bridge.

^billy

1964 Martin D28. One of the last made of Brazilian rosewood. 1965 Martin D12-20. The first year they were made. I'm the original owner of both.

beautiful boxes, Jack.

^billy

Thanks Billy. Wish I could still play them. Arthritis. I still love them though.

WOW, jack.. really nice.. i wanted a martin soooo bad when i purchased, just too much money for me at the time.

i am currently trying to convince a guy here in town to sell me his seagull, and i am always on the lookout for a martin D-41.. i like all the fancy stuff on it.

bigjohn