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09-09-2017, 01:26 PM
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NGD - A funny thing happened at GC today...
Had some time to kill before an appointment today, so I stopped in my local GC for a bit. Went to the "high-end" room, which sadly isn't so high-end anymore, and nothing there was too inspiring. Started playing some less expensive models...Yamaha, Fender, Epiphone, Ovation...and was actually more impressed with some of them--especially a Yamaha 830 model (I think).
I was about to leave and was drawn to the looks of this smaller bodied mahogany guitar. Turns out it was an Ibanez Artwood model AC240-OPN. It was on the top hanger, so the sales person had to get it down for me. It was really cool looking, and very clean inside & out. It's an all-mahogany guitar with a solid top, 1.77" nut width, 2.20" string spacing @ saddle., 24.9" scale, rosewood fingerboard & bridge, X-bracing, dovetail neck joint, bone nut & saddle, and an equivalent body size to a Martin 000/OM. I sit down, tune 'er up, strum a simple chord progression, and can't believe what I'm hearing. I do a little fingerstyle noodling and everything is just right with this guitar...great feelings neck, plays incredibly well, sounds big, and beautiful mahogany tone for days! I seriously can't believe it, so I take it to 3-4 other areas of the store to make sure it was nothing to do with room acoustics, etc., and nope, sounds great everywhere. I have a couple other folks play it for me to get the listeners perspective, and it sounds incredible...in fact, one of the guys said, "If you don't buy that, I am, so PLEASE don't buy it."  So here I am...not at all looking for a guitar; in fact, I'm actually trying to pare down. But, this guitar is pretty darn amazing, and here's the kicker...READY... $299.99!!! I don't know anything about Ibanez acoustics, so I don't know if this is characteristic of them or just an anomaly, but I don't care. I'm weak, I'm smitten, and I have no choice but to buy it! Sales person says, "Let me see if we have one unopened in the back", and I say, "Absolutely not...I want THIS ONE!". Salesman throws in a nice freebie micro-fiber wiping cloth, and I pick up a set of Retro's to try, since it needed new strings and every mahogany guitar I've had sounds great with them. This was a good day--beyond surprising and took me completely off guard--but a good day indeed! 
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09-09-2017, 01:29 PM
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Congrat's!
Cool post btw. 
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09-09-2017, 02:19 PM
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You stopped to kick tires and actually bought a guitar
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09-09-2017, 02:38 PM
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I'm pretty sure that's my next guitar!
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09-09-2017, 02:42 PM
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Wow that is almost the same thing that happened to me a couple years ago!
(except I bought the one that was in the unopened box. They're THAT GOOD) If you didn't get a case for it, Roadrunner makes a classical guitar sized case that fits it like a glove. I think this is the one: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Road-Run...ssical-Case.gc Enjoy! PJ
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09-09-2017, 03:28 PM
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HNGD! I need to check these out again. The couple of times I've played one at GC, I wasn't smitten, but folks seem crazy about them. Maybe I'm just not calibrated to hog tops. The AVC6DTS seems to be the same basic guitar with a solid Sitka top, and the one I played a few times seemed outrageously good for the price.
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09-09-2017, 03:30 PM
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Congrats!
I keep eyeing those every time I pop into GC. Now I'll have to try one.
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09-09-2017, 03:33 PM
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Nice, I love mine. Perfect fit for my voice.
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09-09-2017, 04:42 PM
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09-09-2017, 04:59 PM
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09-09-2017, 05:04 PM
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Cool story!
Congrats and enjoy... ♫
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09-09-2017, 06:49 PM
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Very cool guitar! Enjoy!
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