I'm helping a friend choose a guitar today.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (220266)
Walnut Creek, California
September 17, 2020 1:03pm CST
He's actually the father of a friend who was my student at the College some 15 years ago. He came here to escape South Africa about a year ago, and will be moving (with his wife) to Germany in a few months. Her family is originally from Germany. He and I were swapping songs at a BBQ the other night (I brought one of my guitars).
Anyway, he's a good guitar player and singer, as well as a drummer. He wants to buy an acoustic-electric guitar that he can play here and then take to Germany with him. We're going to head to Guitar Center today to see what's out there. I hope they have some nice Martin DX1Es there. Those are good quality inexpensive Martin acoustic-electrics.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
17 Sep 20
i love my Taylor (acoustic) I haven't tried electric acoustic, is it worth it?
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@TheHorse (220266)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Sep 20
@DocAndersen Yeah, you probably don't need an acoustic-electric. Once in a blue moon, I plug my Collings OM-1 into my Fishman amp and "blast," but I mostly play pure acoustic around the house.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
18 Sep 20
@TheHorse i will have to go look and see what the model is. I use it for me to play around with. I haven't played for a human other than my wife and kids in many years.
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@FourWalls (69030)
• United States
18 Sep 20
I personally recommend one with strings. 
Best of luck!
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@TheHorse (220266)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Sep 20
@FourWalls Well, we had to barter a bit to get the bottom E-string. I told the salesman I would teach his part-time-model daughter (who plays classical violin and studied musical theory in college) about the nuances of good love-making if we got that bottom E-string. He went for it. I think we got a good deal. (Dang it, I have to stop eating Stroganoff!)
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
17 Sep 20
Always the electric conversion with Europe but you are the perfect person to help him
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
17 Sep 20
@myklj999 lol can you tell I’ve never had an electric guitar
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@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
19 Sep 20
@TheHorse Electric guitars amp are available in all European countries. There is a guitar shop not far from us and I have seen amps for sale at a very wide price range. A good Fender Mustang would cost the same price he paid for the guitar, but there are many cheaper.
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@LindaOHio (181717)
• United States
18 Sep 20
How nice of you to help him out. You will help him make a good choice. Hope you had a great day.
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@TheHorse (220266)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Sep 20
@LindaOHio I'm gonna bring my amplifier out to their house so we can "jam." I have an acoustic-electric guitar here that plugs in (it's actually the one shown in the photo).
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@TheHorse (220266)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Sep 20
@Bensen32 It should be fun. Hey, do you want to hear one of my acoustic finger-picking songs? They're "in the cloud," but I can forward a link. That's my favorite style. I get nothing if people listen. That's my favorite style, but it's not the kind of thing you can jam with others to.
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