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Falcon Blue Acoustic Guitar
by DixieChick101
This for me, is one of my smaller reviews, it was written last year on Ciao and I thought I might as well show you people on dooyoo. Enjoy.
Falcon Blue Acoustic Guitar
My mom says I've got enough guitars now; I have two acoustics and one electric. I know most of your guitarists out there say that's nothing, but I ... can see where she's coming from, we have totally no room.
This guitar was my third guitar. I got my electric for my birthday last year and brought my second one quite cheap at a boot sale, lets just say it wasn't the best guitar in the world, so when I started to earn some money again I decided I needed a steel string acoustic guitar. I walked into the shop and the prices were well into the hundreds, but this falcon guitar was the last one in stock and I managed to get it for under £70.
It's more for beginners, because it's under £100, but I love it. It's got quite a sexy look to it, and I'm not disappointed to play it in front of people.
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The Good Points
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The good points that the guitar has is that it has a beautiful sound, especially when I learnt how to play it right. The colour is lovely; it's a deep blue colour which blends into the black outline, it looks very stylish.
The capo's are easy to apply to this guitar and have no problem when playing the guitar when they are on.
When I brought it the strings were very hard to play on, and my guitar teacher said because they were a gauge 12, and the best ones to use were 9. I changed it to a 10, because that makes the sound of the strumming sound much better.
The strumming sounds lovely and it works really well with strumming songs but not as good as my nylon one for picking.
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The Bad Points
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The bad points about the guitar are that the body is huge, I am 5"4' and do struggle to get my arm across it comfortably. As long as I have it on the strap though, it's alright.
Even from the minute I brought it, it was covered in finger marks. The paint or something picks them up so easily. I once managed to find out that my sister had been using it because it had her hand print (quite small compared to mine).
The strings are also very hard to use to start with. It's almost impossible to push some of them down, especially if they are on the first fret.
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Final Opinion
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I'm not really an expert on guitars, I can just barely play 6 songs, but this guitar is value for money and is lovely to play.
Even beside the differences, you can work around them. I do think it's a fantastic guitar for beginners and is buyable.
The price ranges from £30.00- £70.00, I unfortunately paid around £60.00 which was quite annoying; it's a cheap acoustic guitar but is as good as a more expensive guitar.
Please comment.
(C) Kirsty
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Yamaha FG-700 MS
by frostokov
In a hail of mediocre and indistinguishably cowboyesque acoustic guitars, the FG-700 sets a standard. Despite the least attractive name in the history of production lines, the "FG-700" retaliates with superb aesthetics and a build quality that could put greek architects to shame.
Another instrument buoying Yamaha's ... reputation as a mast of excellency in the market, it begs the question how anyone could derive such a prolonged sustain, delicate register and harmonious altitudes of pitch. The cutting higher strings on this guitar lay waste to the concept of a harp, the lower - if amplified - would threaten a bassists' future job prospects.
Primarily it is the versatility with which the guitar is laden such strength, breathing life into any genre to which the artist may contribute. This all-round excellence is reflected in the 2005 MIA "Best Acoustic Guitar" award that the instrument wooed, a badge of honour adjacent to The Mail on Sunday's zealous appointment as "Best Buy".
Perhaps the most enthralling feature of the guitar is its resilience and continual declaration of quality, which, despite sounding pretentious and unlikely, is true. Having owned one for over a year, using it frequently and accidentally as a futon, giving it what can only be classed as "the stick", it is virtually identical to one which hasn't undergone active student duty. Perhaps the only downfall in the overall instrument is it's lack of Electro-acoustic feature; while cheaper models boast multi-band EQ's, the FG-700 stays the tradition (It would also be ridiculously simple to acquire an acoustic guitar pickup for a reasonable price or microphone, solving this minor issue).
Comparatively, on a rack with models in excess of its aesthetic appeal and price quote, the FG-700 has defined the ideal criteria that one looks for in a relatively-budget acoustic guitar. Exploring more expensive models has only ended in a return to this triumphant beacon of luthierism, the star of the undervalued.
As trite cliché's would have it, this acoustic rounds all corners. It appeals to every sense, even taste once, and does it with a soul. Exhibiting quality that is usually measured in carats, the ripping sound and intricate attention to visual detail appoint this instrument your next musical purchase.
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Gibson SJ 200
by Joe1976
Users of the SJ200-Elvis Presley, Pete Towshend, Jimmy Page and Bert Jansch, at 1500.00 pounds - 12,000.00 pounds, it is hardly something to rush out and buy, this is an investment, money in the bank, but enough about the price, for now.
The "Super jumbo 200" SJ200 is made with AAA flame Maple, it is not a solid top, ... meaning that the part where the sound hole is (the top), it comprises of two separate pieces of wood, this may mean nothing to a Lehman, but for someone looking for a serious gigging guitar with both bright and trebled tones, it means everything. With the unmistakable "Moustache" bridge piece and thick tortoise shell pick guard with flower design, the guitar is seldom mistaken.
I played one for an hour once before telling the shop steward it was "too big", as a finger picker, the neck is set beautifully on these guitars, I blistered my already hardened fingers with it, every album and concert with an acoustic piece will somewhere in there, have a J200, from the soft picked notes that hum gently away to a bright and trebled sounding strum, there is little in the way of competition for the big Gibson
I have plans to buy one for my 40th Birthday, or failing that, a lottery win, but I WANT ONE!!!
Overall these are not for beginners who have a rich daddy
They take a few years to "Open up", or weather-like getting a new fence, you have to let it breath, let it grow with you
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