Name: Humbert Humbert !7c/iuGlcFg 2005-08-03 21:14
Hello. I�ve been considering to buy another guitar, more precisely, a jumbo acoustic cutaway. After visiting my local acoustic guitar dealers and playing what they offered, I�m left unsatisfied. Thus I�m asking for help here, on the internet. Of course, I�ll give a detailed background of myself to better help you guys recommend me a good acoustic jumbo cutaway. I am strictly an acoustic guitar player. I mainly play fingerstyle, with the very occasional strums. I�m the owner of 4 guitars: A Washburn Dreadnought - D12SNM (which I love, plays like a $2000 Taylor), A Hondo Dreadnought � H-18E, A Simon & Patrick Cedar 12-string, and a cheap Vantage electric (which I never touch). I want to add a jumbo cutaway to my collection. I�m mainly looking for a guitar with a balanced tone, but since I play with a thumbpick, I�m looking for a guitar with a darker/more distant bass, since playing with a thumbpick already brings out the bass strings. I don�t want the bass to dominate over the mid range and treble. Also for the looks of the guitar; I want the guitar to look as natural as possible. As little polish/coat, and absolutely no paint. Reasons are twofold: I want a guitar with the potential to grow, and I prefer the look of a more natural guitar. Lastly, perhaps the most difficult criteria of them all, I want all of this under $500 CND (or about $350-400 US). I understand this may seem unreasonable, but I�m a starving university student. But feel free to recommend me guitars of other price range. Since there�s a budget involved, I want the tone of the guitar to take precedence over ease of play. I�m willing to sacrifice ease of play for better sound. Of course, I�ll do more research after, but your suggestions will help me immensely to narrow down the jumbo cutaway for me.