A few years back I sold an Alvarez rosewood/spruce OM type because I didn't care for the neck and I really really didn't care for the small, low vintage style frets. My finger joints hurt when I played it. Silly me. I should have had it refretted and I could live with neck.
As a result, just about all my acoustic GAS since has been directed at a OM or 000 or even more likely 00 sized rosewood/spruce guitar.
Things I tell myself:
All my current guitars don't get enough playing time even with my past five years of heavy composition and presentation online of pieces.
I have a perfectly acceptable rosewood/spruce dreadnaught, isn't that close enough?
Do you really want another guitar to keep hydrated in the winter?
What guitar would I get rid of to make room this one? Will I feel the same way about that guitar as the Alvarez I sold?
How much difference is there really between guitars? Yes, I know we AGF types focus in on any differences, but most people just hear "Guitar music" whatever we play.
So on this matter I'm in balance, never able to decide to buy or to not. If I came upon a really good sounding 00 to OM rosewood spruce guitar with a neck I liked that felt was an affordable price, I expect I'd fall for it though.
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Guitars: 20th Century Seagull S6-12, S6 Folk, Seagull M6; '00 Guild JF30-12, '01 Martin 00-15, '16 Martin 000-17, '07 Parkwood PW510, Epiphone Biscuit resonator, Merlin Dulcimer, and various electric guitars, basses....
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