onewilyfool Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I know my friend ONLY likes Dreads....I prefer small bodies......any preferences out there in Gibson Forum land??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 We're still talking guitars, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I've got a real nice Dreadnaught-type... It's all that. But I wants me a small-body, too. I'm open to suggestion, as long as the folks who make them have all the tools in the factory to make it look good. Waiting for info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I like them both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I've got a real nice Dreadnaught-type... It's all that. But I wants me a small-body, too. I'm open to suggestion, as long as the folks who make them have all the tools in the factory to make it look good. Waiting for info... I all seriousness, (strange thing for me), I certainly prefer the sound of a dread.... LOVE the sound of a Super Jumbo too, but I'm too short to play one comfortably. I have my small-bodied Jubilee, and while I like to play it, and it's the guitar I keep in the family room for when I just want to play something without a hassle, it doesn't get the sound I truly like. It's VERY comfortable to play, but when playing with others, I get drowned out, (which ain't always a bad thing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Jannus....WHY oh WHY do you keep putting pics of that J-300 on the board???? Every time you do, I drool.....lol I like them both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 . Mostly jumbo. Hey Jannus - I thought you were going to sell yer J-300 CW. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I prefer large bodied guitars, mainly dreads, but I also like small bodied and probably will like them more once i learn fingerstyle a bit more. I like my Furch OM a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 . Mostly jumbo. Hey Jannus - I thought you were going to sell yer J-300 CW. B) I originally purchased the Western Classic to flip. Was looking to generate additional funds for another small bodied Martin. I listed it for a week or two and in that time, no one showed interest and I realized what an amazing instrument I had. I pulled my sale ads and have no plans to sell any time soon. She's a keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboiir Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 20 plus years ago.....Jumbos and Dreads........Now trying to replace my jumbo to find a small body that can produce. (sound that is) Just played a Keb mo and a '57 000 Martin classical. Both nice, but......I have to say small bodies for comfort and ease. Would play it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponty Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I have been in a dilemma for years! I have always liked small bodied guitars, but as I am mainly a strummer, the jumbo/dread sound is better for me. I want a small body with a big sound - any suggestions? My 000-28 custom just doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devellis Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I find standard, square-shoulder dreadnoughts really uncomfortable. But, somewhat surprisingly, slope-shoulder dreads and super jumbos feel really comfortable. I like small bodies, too, but the big sound and comfortably narrow waist of a super jumbo is tough to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I want to like small bodies but I've never gotten on with one. Guess I like to feel some air moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 I have been in a dilemma for years! I have always liked small bodied guitars, but as I am mainly a strummer, the jumbo/dread sound is better for me. I want a small body with a big sound - any suggestions? My 000-28 custom just doesn't work. Ponty...if you can try a Collings OM-1....hog back and sides.....the smaller body Om size with the hog makes it a great trummer and finger style. I'll bet your 000-28 has a lot of overtones,,,,great for fingerstyle...probably gets muddied up a bit with strumming??? Good luck on the quest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I like tone wherever I find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboiir Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Yeah, a small body with full sound. That'd be the one. Will have to search for that Collings OM-1. Where I live, pickins' is slim. Appreciate the tip. Was thinking about that 000-28 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponty Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I once considered the Santa Cruz H, which is of course based on a Gibson L-00. The deep bodied L-00s of the 90s were very nice too. I will have to look at some of the OMs mentioned next time Im off the Island - that is Bermuda, an acoustic guitar waste land! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I like em' all! Short and skinny....And Long and tall. They all can make a beautifull sound when 'stroked' "just right"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestapol Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 In acoustic guitars I prefer a big body...love my Guild F50 for its strong Blues sound. In electric guitars I prefer smaller bodies...the Blueshawk is my favorite, and I also love the Fender Mustang and Duo-Sonic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDuff Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Even though I love finger picking I find it difficult to get over how ridiculous I seem to look with a parlor guitar. Though it is probably greatly exaggerated in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinGuitar Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I've always felt most comfortable with a dread. I've heard great sounds from smaller (and larger) guitars, but the dread always felt and sounded right for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pschaafs Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Both! And the in-between sizes too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretplay Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 For years I played a J45, in fact I'm on the second set of frets on it. Then I learned from Doyle Dykes about short scale guitars and they often come with small bodies. My first was a Gibson Cascade,light and fast great second guitar in a band but finger style only. My second a Gibson CJ165 great all rounder. and only recently I have bought a Martin 00028,so I guess I've got the lot. Can't beat em in my opinion,comfortable and bright sounding solo and great second guitar with a first rhythm player on a dred. I also have a parlour 12 fret. I use it to compose and just play at home,very nice it is too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayfingers Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I like small bodies, and the Nick Lucas is the most dread sounding small body, though I like my Roy Smeck too. Excuse the fuzzy photo. When I got my Nick Lucas, which has Madagascar Rosewood B&S, and is a custom job, I played some late 90s maple bodied ones, and they sounded great, but I don't think they have the dread sound going on as much as my rosewood, and I'd love a hog one! The Roy Smeck sounds great, and was the first serious acoustic I got, but it, and my AJ, gave me shoulder problems so I play the Nick Lucas mainly. I have a fairly narrow guitar criteria, reissue 30's Gibson 12-fretter signature models - I think I may have exhausted the market, except for maybe a Radio Grande. Clayfingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 For me, I find something about the martin 000 size to be something beyond words, but I can try. The 000 size the way Martin does it seems to fit even better than I can understand why from the first time I played one. Even though it is "small" it seems to disappear into my lap like an electric. Soundwise, I also am impressed with the amount of sound, and to me they seem as loud as a dread without that very low bass fundamental that sometimes does not really add to the character on some dreads. Having said that, while I don't own a dread right now, I have a thing for Hummingbirds that are bright sounding. They just sound so damn rich and sweet. I have played a couple that if I was able to buy them I am sure I would have spent hours and days. There have been a couple Martins that got to me. One was my freinds d-18, best sounding flat top I have ever played. And on the less excited, When I was shopping, I enjoyed the heck out of a few of the rosewood ones, the d-35 and d-28. I guess I could sum it up by saying that I prefer 000 size for both tone and feel, but the few VERY best ones I have played happened to be the dread size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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