Epiphone Blues Deluxe - I wanted a hollow body and had several players I respect recommend it to me. Bought it on-line (never again) and it was the hardest thing I ever tried to play. I usually do my own set-ups and thought I just wasn't getting this one so I took it to a luthier. He pronounced DOA. Luckily, I traded it for half what I paid for a pretty basic breedlove acoustic for my late wife. She loved that guitar and my best memories of her are of her playing it, so I guess it all worked out in the end.
1 2009-12-24 17:13:33
Re: Your most disappointing guitar... (45 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
2 2009-11-24 14:41:17
Re: I fell in love with a Tacoma cedar guitar at a shop over the weekend (11 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I am 55 years old and been playing since I was 7. I have owned a lot of guitars over the years and most of them were cheap. My only advice to you is don't go cheap. Having an instrument that is is easy to play and sounds like you want it to makes you pick it up more often. That's when you get better. Remeber, there are a lot of people playing golf with top of line clubs that are never going to join the PGA. It just makes the experience more enjoyable. As far as the seagulls go, they are a really nice guitar. My cousin bought a 12 string (I don't know the model) and it meets the first requirement. Get one that you can tune to concert pitch and leave it that way. Best bets are high-end guitars. You get one that you can't leave at concert pitch, you'll regret it every time you want to play with others. I've rambled too much.