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Here is a video of the guitar, not enough playing but you may get the idea

Just put them on my Southern Jumbo forgot how good they were

When I tried them out (back in the day when the Seattle Guitar Center had good guitars), I tried it against the D28 I had, a regular HD28 and the HD28V. To me the torrified hit all the sweet spots, the HD28V had a neck I didn’t like and was really too boomy

I have the same lineup almost! HD 28 baked top, southern jumbo, JF 30, love them all

I have an HD 28 baked top that in many ways is a perfect guitar, does everything well, deep and resonant but not too boomy, articulate but not too dry

I have a Guild, a Martin and two Gibsons but I've lusted after the new Taylor 614, they sound fantastic

Can I add confusion to say that I love my Southern Jumbo and when I compared it to the J45 in the store it was much more versatile and better at fingerpicking and flat picking, it had a more articulate tone while not taking over

It was!

Yes, I think the honest description scared people off, but you can’t even see it and I can feel it on my right arm when playing but who cares? this is the actual guitar, played by someone more talented than me.

First of all, like many, I am far kicking outside my coverage when it comes to comparing my playing ability with my guitars. But I feel like I did good every time I pick up my Nick Lucas Maple. I got it used on the acoustic guitar forum that was discounted by 2/3 off the original price because someone left a humidipack against the body where you can't see and the finish was messed up. No one would buy it due to the description, so kudos to me not caring about this stuff. Great guitar with sunbeams light on them.

There’s one in my town, I’m going to check it out in a week

Congratulations, I love my southern jumbo.

I like them on my Southern Jumbo

He says he's still banned so 🤷‍♂️

Ok I'll tell him

He says he asked and never got an answer? Any moderators want to PM me and I'll tell him?

I have a Martin HD 28 VTS (baked top). I chose it over the HD 28 vintage because it was drier and not as boomy. That being said it is still more resonant than my other guitars. I have Nick Lucas maple that’s really deep but not resonant, a Guild maple jumbo that’s not resonant at all and my beloved Southern Jumbo that I wrote about earlier that’s gotten deeper as it’s aged but not boomy. I love them all, and just to be clear, the number of guitars is not an indication of my ability just happenstance- two of them I got used because they were just great deals impossible to pass up

I love hybrid strings. I have a maple Guild JF 30 and the DR Rares bluegrass gauge are the best

Thanks for all the replies. The Southern Jumbo now has become the one I reach for due to the changes.

So I've read about opening up with guitars etc and wanted to know what the process is for that- how and why does it happen? Also in what way does it open up? The reason why I'm asking is that I've had my Southern Jumbo for about four years now and the tone seems to have changed- I've always liked the guitar but sometimes it was a struggle to find the right strings etc., But now the tone is just uniformly deeper and richer no matter what, not as choked. Does this make sense in terms of opening up?

Sunbeams on my Southern jumbo were great

I have a JF 30 6 string 92 or 93, absolutely love that guitar, hope yours is great

These are songs I learned a bit ago but I like to keep working on them:. Windy and Warm and In Christ there is no East or West (John Fahey version)

They are tanks. Really versatile guitar, sounds great fingerpicking and strummed. Not a lot of bottom end, DR Rares sound great on it.

Maybe I'll try them on my Guild JF 30 Maple