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johntherevelator · Unread post by **johntherevelator** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 1:16 pm

juineaux wrote:Do you Have a lakewood? I was thinking about a martin, but everyone has told me that the quality has gone down over the years. Another choice is taylor, but I played a couple and they are really just not my style. any other guitar ideas-

larrivee if you wanna spend that much money

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 1:49 pm

No I personally don't have a Lakewood, but I know that they really are great guitars. Dave has one, I think. I would take a good, hard look at an M-32.

http://www.samusic.com/archives/lakewood_m32.shtml

http://www.samusic.com/archives/lakewood_m32b.shtml

There are a couple of reviews on it. You can buy it from those guys for $1650 (a STEAL!!!!) and they give you FREE OVERNIGHT shipping on it. AAAANNNNDDDD, you have a ten day trial period with it, so that if you don't like it, just send it back free of charge.

Here's a quote from that second review:
"Summary - $1650. One thousand six hundred fifty dollars. I'm hesitant to use words like "bargain" and "value" when referring to a guitar as fine as this M-32, but it has to be one of the best guitar values at any price. Certainly, in the $1500-$1700 zone where so many buyers find themselves, I find few guitars as satisfying. This is just a great guitar that's a pleasure to hold and play, the kind of instrument that you can't put down even though you have lots of other work to do.

Our customers have written us with lots of praise for their M-32s, but rather than reproduce all their comments here, I'll just note one telling fact: We have the easiest return policy in the business. If you don't like your guitar, you can just send it back for a full refund. Occasionally, we get guitars returned. That's to be expected given the subjective nature of acoustic instruments. But with these Lakewoods, the return policy is moot--no M-32 customer has ever returned his guitar. I suppose it's also worth noting that since early June, no M-32 has lasted in the shop more than 1 day--they all get spoken for before they even arrive.

I love this guitar. Our customers obviously do, too. I recommend it without reservation."

I really think that at that price ($1650) you're going to have a hard time finding anything that even begins to compare. I mean, just consider the raw materials of the instrument alone. You NEVER EVER NEVER find an Englemann spruce top on a guitar for less than, oh I don't know, $2500 at least. I'd REALLY take a HARD look at that deal if I were in the market for a new guitar.

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 4:54 pm

ticohans I just got done listening to some of your stuff. Very nice. very very nice!

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 4:57 pm

Thanks, man. Which stuff did you listen to??

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 5:01 pm

everything on the top link. I liked some more than others, but they were all well done!

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 5:15 pm

Im guessing you use some weird altered tunings like myself?

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 5:16 pm

yep. one of my favorites is EABEBE. FUUUUUNNNN stuff!

I'm curious: which ones did you like, and which ones didn't you like, and if there was any particular reason, why?

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 9:22 pm

actually ive been using EABEBE also, but I cant quite get a hold of it. If you flat the A to an G# you get a cool sound. I use alot of tunings though. I like DADGBD, DADGAD, DADDAD for my d tunings, but my voice is alot more comfortable in the F and G range. FGDFCD, FGDGCD, DGDGBD. I have some more if you want to swap some it would be cool.

johntherevelator · Unread post by **johntherevelator** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 9:30 pm

i enjoy these wacked out tunings too, but its such a bitch to have to tune in and out of them
maybe if i had like 100 guitars it wouldnt be so bad...

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 10:35 pm

yeah, it does get a little hard live when you only have one guitar(like me

) But alot of these tunings are really close to each other. Once you get in one G tuning you can change to a different G tuning really quick. Ive gotten really fast at changing my tuning on stage, takes me less than a minute to get to almost all the ones I use. It just takes pratice(sorry that sounds dumb, to pratice tuning your guitar, but it really does help) Ive noticed my ear has gotten alot better since i started doing these tunings. Standard tuning is still my favorite though-

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 10:40 pm

Standard tuning is still my favorite though-

yeah...you can't beat the practicality of such a natural tuning...

oh yeah...I like the songs alot by the way :lol:

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 11:28 pm

thanks, also Im very new to playing the slide guitar, i hope it didnt throw anyones ears off.

tell me if i should keep the slide or not- thanks

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 11:29 pm

juineaux wrote:thanks, also Im very new to playing the slide guitar, i hope it didnt throw anyones ears off. tell me if i should keep the slide or not- thanks

Just work on it...at times, it sounds great...the trick is getting your finger to slide behind it so you wont get all of the strings scratching at your ears :wink:

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