4 Guitar Comparison- Can you tell them apart?

[Treenewt]

UPDATE: Results in post #23 on page 2

2 Eastmans, a Larrivee and a Lowden walk into a bar...can you tell them apart?

I have my good friend's Lowden O35 (cedar/Rosewood) at my house for a few days and I figured I'd take the opportunity to do a quick ABCD with this phenomenal instrument and my personal 3:

Eastman E8OM-TC Torrified Sitka and East Indian rosewood
Eastman E2D-CD Cedar and Sapele Dreadnought
Larrivee OM-03 sitka and mahogany

I played the same piece on all 4 guitars. It's long, but it was fun to do! Honestly, I was surprised by how well my stable held up to "the big boy!" I'm grateful to be able to have tools such as these to use.

I recorded them with a par of Presonus PM2 mic running through my Focusrite Scarlett. No EQ, no reverb, just straight up. I ran through this one after another, so there was as little change as possible.

Can you pick them out?

[Jamolay]

I think the first is the Larrivee and the last the Lowden. Can’t tell the others.

[llew]

Matt...my take away was how well they all sounded. Not sure I could distinquish one from the other but if I had to guess I say the Eastman's were 3 & 4? Probably dead wrong!

[rick-slo]

As recorded the second one sounds like the Lowden

[Treenewt]

Thanks for listening along y’all. I’ll post the order tomorrow.

[Sadie-f]

Cedar & sitka in the mix make it harder. I'd pick 2 and 4 as rosewood, 2 as the lowden, leaving a harder choice between the mahogany & sapele, I'll go with 3 as sapele and 1 mahogany.

Your mics are good enough that differences between all 4 are clear, I feel an sm81 might make these easier to distinguish.

Agreed, you sound fine on all 4 takes.

[brencat]

Nice playing as always Treenewt!

I hear a richness in #3 and I think that’s the Lowden. Here’s my guess on the order:

1. Larrivee OM
2. Eastman E8OM
3. Lowden
4. Eastman dread

[docwatsonfan]

nice demo!

1 E8 OM
2 Lowden
3 E2D CD
4 OM 03

I think I have 4 right ... I've had my share of Larrivees.....and maybe 1
not sure about 2 and 3.....

[TBman]

#3 Lowden, #4 Larrivee, the 1st and 2nd are Eastmans.

Like I really know,

[Ben Rennes]

Great demo that sound comes from the hands of the player
My guess :
#1 Larrivée
#2 Eastman Dread
#3 Lowden
#4 Eastman OM

[sinistral]

My guess is 1. Lowden, 2. Eastman E2D-CD, 3. Larrivée, 4. Eastman E8OM-TC.

[mcduffnw]

I'm guessing...

1. Eastman E80M 2. Eastman E2D 3. Lowden 4. Larrivee


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[jaymarsch]

Originally Posted by TBman

#3 Lowden, #4 Larrivee, the 1st and 2nd are Eastmans.

Like I really know,

My ears are with Barry on this one. Have no clue if it’s right but always fun to take a stab at it.
Best,
Jayne

[Stonehauler]

I don't know which is which, but I like 3, followed by 4. Both seemed to have slightly better sustain, less of a muddly lower end, and crisper mids - BUT...this could just be how they were played. I would be pleasantly surprised if those were the Eastmans.

[sinistral]

What is interesting—and great—about the demo is that, while the guitars definitely sound different from each other (although 3 and 4 are closest to each other to my ears), without seeing the guitars to potentially bias one’s assessment, it isn’t so easy to identify which guitar is which.