Guitar player - help a bass player out

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Guitar player - help a bass player out

Posted: 1/23/2006 8:27:11 AM EDT

Ok, I have been playing the bass guitar for about 20 years now and would like to broaden my musical horizons. I have decided to get an acoustic/electric guitar and learn how to play.

I would like your recommendations for a guitar that meets these specs for under/around $500, not including case/bag/etc. I have so far looked at some Alvarez and Takamine models and been fairly impressed, but would like more info.

Preferences:
- natural finish
- Built-in pickups and electronics
- slightly wide neck to accommodate thick bass-player fingers

So, what do you guys suggest?

Posted: 1/23/2006 8:29:35 AM EDT

[#1]

This is all you need

Posted: 1/23/2006 8:30:46 AM EDT

[#2]

any reason you're going with acoustic / electric?

Posted: 1/23/2006 8:48:14 AM EDT

[#3]

Eww. Dont play regular guitar, its for pansies

. Try the double bass. Play some classical music.

Posted: 1/23/2006 8:48:52 AM EDT

[#4]

I want to be able to play and be heard without an amp but still sound good through an amp or a PA.

tc6969 - oh, yeah, I have spent way too many $ at MF not to know them well. Any specific model of guitar you can suggest?

Posted: 1/23/2006 9:33:33 AM EDT

[#5]

As a bass player who decided to dabble with acoustic guitar, I faced a similar choice not too long ago.

If you don't have a moral objection (it's much like the 1911 vs. Glock debate) the Ovation CC057 Celebrity or CC257 Celebrity Deluxe are hard to beat for the money. However, they do have the round fiberglass backshells. Many traditional musicians look at them in much the same way that 1911 aficionados look at Glocks-sterile modern technology.

Doesn't bother me, I play Steinberger basses so I'm already a heathen in their eyes!

Alternatively, if you insist on all wood, the Ibanez Talmans feel pretty good and get decent reviews.

Whatever you do avoid the Fender Telcoustic and Stratacoustic. Pieces of !@#$.

I suggest checking the reviews at Harmony-Central.com to see what others have to say.

Futuristic

Posted: 1/23/2006 10:02:56 AM EDT

[#6]

+1 on HC , but keep in mind some people there are shit bags and like to fuck up the reviews on gear .
+1 on the Fender Tele/Strat coustic being shit .

Look into a Seagull or Washburn for bang for buck guitars .

Posted: 1/23/2006 10:12:03 AM EDT

[#7]

Man, you can't get enough work as a bass player? Guitar players are a dime a dozen. Never enough bass players. I am surprised more guitarists don't switch to bass.

Posted: 1/23/2006 10:22:27 AM EDT

[#8]

Well, I'm a bass player that plays guitar. It simply gets boring playing bass by yourself and difficult to sing along or entertain by yourself.

My advice is if you are good at bass, you will pick up enough guitar to get along and would be better off buying a good guitar up front rather than having two down the road.

If you insist, I'd look at Epiphone and if you can find a Sigma DR7 used from the early 80s snatch it.

Posted: 1/23/2006 10:23:22 AM EDT

[#9]

I just picked up an Ibanez AEG10NETNG acoustic/electric. It is based on a classical guitar with a wide nut (2") and the nylon strings are softer that a regular electric. It is my introduction into 6 strings

. I play a fender jazz.

Posted: 1/23/2006 10:43:17 AM EDT

[#10]

Call Estebon.

Posted: 1/23/2006 11:22:04 AM EDT

[#11]

That's "Esteban."

Posted: 1/23/2006 11:24:41 AM EDT

[#12]

I'd buy used. You already probably know enough to give the guitar a good look over.

Posted: 1/23/2006 11:26:39 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Call Estebon.

Posted: 1/23/2006 11:55:53 AM EDT

[#14]

This is an awesome acoustic electric guitar. I played one with a set of Elixer's on it, and it's my next guitar purchase after I build my Jazz clone with a MM pickup in it.

www.music123.com/Alvarez-AD70SC-i126093.music

Posted: 1/23/2006 6:39:33 PM EDT

[#15]

Ok, that Alvarez looks nice! Keep the suggestions coming!

Posted: 1/23/2006 6:59:34 PM EDT

[#16]

keep an eye out for deals here

www.larriveeforum.com/smf/index.php?board=6.30

If you can spend $700 you can pick up some really nice guitars used.

Posted: 1/26/2006 10:06:43 AM EDT

[#17]

Here's a baby taylor ... nice guitar for $275

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=127198

Posted: 1/26/2006 12:43:42 PM EDT

[#18]

The local guitar shop has a bunch of Ibanez and Alvarez stuff coming in next week. I am going to try that stuff out and use my tax return to get something, although nothing I have tried so far was quite as nice as some of the Takamines I have tried.

Posted: 1/26/2006 1:13:23 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Here's a baby taylor ... nice guitar for $275

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=127198

I use one of these when I decide to slum it and play guitar.

It's a great guitar for the money...I have rarely seen the sound/build quality in a similarly priced instrument, ever.

I slapped one o them Dean Markley hole pickups, and it sounds like a dream, even through a live PA.

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