Isn't she lovely....

Hi there

This is my first post in a forum. My name is Michel (I‘m male), so „Mitch“ is fine with me :-).

I am 44 and from Switzerland. I do wish to apologize for my english. Not that easy to talk about specific stuff in a foreign language.

I have only started to play guitar 2 years ago. Between work, family life with two small kids and playing soccer in the local 40+ Team, there isn‘t much time to practice, so my level is basically open chords, a bit of picking. But mainly easy strumming, open chords. Nonetheless I love taking my Guitar out and play, even if it is just for a couple of minutes. Just something magic about it.

My current guitars are:
Faith Saturn HiGloss (bought new two years ago, 2014 model - Dreadnought - Engleman/RW for folks who don‘t know the brand)
Martin 000-15m (from 1999 - bought last year from a good friend for half nothing)

So i started on the dread. I am fortunate to have a good friend who owns quite a lot of high end acoustics, that I get to try out. Boucher, Martins, Santa Cruz and a Patrick J. Eggle. He gave me the Martin 000-15 cause I liked it and he didn‘t play it anymore.
So after trying these Guitars and going to shops to play other ones, I came to the following conclusion:

I love the OM/000 size. It is plenty good for me as a bedroom player. Even strumming open chords, I actually prefer the intimate, more focussed and compressed sound. Not sure those words are the appropriate words to describe the sound but I think you get the point. So basically I don‘t miss the volume and fullness of a dread.
And I like to add singing at some stage.

I love to play with bare fingers, also strumming. Play with a pick occasionally, also for learning purposes. But my attack is at most a medium one. With or without pick. At the moment...

To give you a quick idea what music I like to hear and try to play: I like David Gray a lot, especially his album White Ladder. He has a few “tutorials” on youtube on how to play his songs from White ladder and I am trying to play those

https://youtu.be/xH0pRZXhyfg

https://youtu.be/5cVm46CL-YE

Also I love the way John Paul White plays. I love the tone David and John Paul get out of their Guitars. You noticed, both these artists play a Martin 000-18

Now the all hog Martin is nice, it has a sound on its own, sometimes when played with bare fingers, well just gently played it can be great. I don‘t like it that much when played a bit louder and stronger, surely it is my poor playing. I say this cause compared to my mates Eggle OM, it is missing something a spruce top has. Don‘t get me wrong, it is great...but as a second guitar, maybe not as the only acoustic.

So I come to the point, sorry I wrote too much above, surprised myself actually....

I am looking for an OM/000, spruce top, 1 3/4 nut, I prefer ebony fingerboard. AND it will be my only guitar, i will most likely need to sell my other two acoustics to fund a new one. Also I like/prefer the idea if one guitar (don‘t laugh), at my level and life circumstances the next years, It doesn‘t make sense. I rather have one I love and play everything on it then having a few and they don‘t get played. Also money is tight.

So I am looking at EASTMAN, read all there is in this forum (great Forum btw) there is a local shop with a little selection of it. Unfortunately just the lower range. There was a E1OM, some AC models and a E10OOsv. I really liked the neck and playability of the E1OM. The neck seems a bit chunkier than the Martin 000-15m, which I like a lot. I am tall and have long enough fingers, so I can handle a wider nut and chunkier neck.

Questions:

The way I play at tho moment, which OM from the Traditional series would suit me best?

What would an Adi top give me that I won‘t get out of the Sitka ones? (Bedroom playing for myself without digging in too much, volume no issue)

What would a thermo cured top add I could benefit from? Would it make the Adi toped ones more interesting for my style?

What back and sites would you suggest? Which would be more versatile going fwd?

Now, after reading all the discussions on this forum (sorry to bring up similar or same topics again), listening to countless videos and my experience with my mates guitars and the ones in the shops, I tend to mahogany back and sites with a Sitka top. The E6OM. Funny it is advertised as THE fingerstyle guitar. From the videos I have seen, it sounds great strummed with the appropriate attack. Am I wrong?

Also, there is the E6OM-TC coming out later this year, how would that compare to the standard one? Would it lean towards the sound I love, i.e. in David Grays video, posted above? David and John Pauls 000-18 are both vintage ones.

Lots of people recommend a RW back and site on smaller guitars, to give it more bass, sounding fuller and maybe more interesting with the more complex tone. Also for strumming. Would you say owning just one Guitar that size, it would be „better“ or more versatile going fwd, having one with RW b&s?

The E8OM doesn‘t seem to be around much? Not many reviews or videos? There is some by Jeff Monkman which sound great. A bit dark but quite nice. Wonder if playing with bare fingers makes it too dark sounding...? Especially myself with my limited playing? Would I miss the sweetness I love in David Grays and John Paul Whites playing? Or would it bring advantages to my style? Would a good player make either guitar sound nice and sweet, or bass heavy and interesting...?

A reputable dealer in europe (TFOA in the Netherlands) carries a E8OM, E20OM-TC and non TC. There are three E10OM-tc ordered. And a E6OM-TC to be ordered later this year. I did contact them, asked for advice. Told them the same I did here. Their advice: E10OM.

Tbh the E40OM and the E20OM-TC are out of my price range. The later being cheaper with EUR 1‘950.-
The E10OM-TC will be EUR 1‘690.-
The E20OM EUR 1‘650.-
They are absolutely the limit. Depending what I could get from the sale of my 2 acoustics.
The E8OM is EUR 1‘290.-
The E6OM would be EUR 1‘050.- the TC which is coming in later in the year will probably be around the price of the E8OM. Note, as a non European Union country we get 21% VAT taken from sale price. But there will be 7% VAT added in Switzerland plus customs. So in the end maybe 10% off altogether.

I asked the sales guy to get the E8OM and play it and tell me what he thinks. He said it is superb, really good dynamic approach and strong balanced sound.
The looks sure are good, herringbone trim. Love it. Prefer this looks to the E6OM. But at the end it is not just the looks that does it.

Considering everything, I have a strong feeling I might Really like the thermo cured E6OM.

Thanks a lot for your help. Hope my english is readable. And sorry I wrote that much.

Regards from Switzerland
Michel

Open to trades - Larrivee OM or OOO, Taylor or Larrivee 12 string.

I bought this guitar a few years ago, but I just bought yet another guitar (on the forum) and I am adhering to a newly instituted marital rule that requires that 1 goes out for any other that comes in.

I have replaced the pickup with a hand wound Kent Armstrong PAF ($175 value) and I have changed out the tuners to a set of Grovers Rotomatics with Ebony knobs. I've also replaced the pickguard with a newer one from Eastman that has Schatten tone and volume wheels.

I found that the guitar was feeding back at louder volumes when plugged in so I had a pair of custom F-hole plugs made (Doug's Plugs) that help tremendously. Many people play these guitars as acoustic swing instruments and of course the best acoustic volumes are achieved without the plugs.

The case is a bit worn but all latches work and there is no structural damage

It has a unique archtop sound being a solid mahogany back and sides instrument as opposed to maple.

It's pretty. Right now the intonation and set-up are exactly to my liking but you may have other tastes. It does not look brand new when close but the blemishes show true character and will help portray you as a player of deep and interesting experience.

This guitar in very good condition except for a variety of small dings and scratches and also checking in the nitrocellulose finish. Please look closely at the photos in the Reverb ad.

Here is a link to the Reverb ad:
https://reverb.com/item/31983246-eas...-2009-sunburst

Please PM me with any questions.

Neck Material:Mahogany
Fingerboard:Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius:12"
Neck Profile:Traditional Even C
Nut:Bone 1 3/4"
1st Fret String Height:.022"
Fretwire:22 Medium Jumbo Jescar 47104
Scale Length:25"
Body Style:Cutaway jazz guitar
Body Dimensions:17" x 3 1/8"
Body Top:Solid Spruce
Body Back/Sides:Solid Mahogany
Truss Rod:Single Acting
Binding:Top, Back Fingerboard, Headstock
Binding Material:Ivoroid(top)/Black 3 ply.
Logo: Pearl Headstock
Finish:Nitrocellulose
Hardware Color:Gold
Pickguard:Ebony
Tailpiece:Rosewood on Brass
Bridge:Adjustable Rosewood Bridge
Tuners:Grover Rotomatic
Case:Hardshell Case

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I spotted a vid of Molly Tuttle demonstrating some of her awsome guitar technique. Along the way she mentions that she uses Dunlop 207 jazz picks - so I ordered a couple, maybe hoping a scintilla of her talent might rub off on me (fat chance). They are quite hefty - 2.1mm thick, and when I use them the tone I achieve is really dull. How does she do it? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etg152GcDgI

Hello all.

Anybody know what the specification for the knobs is for a T386.
I am presuming metric (6mm), 20 spline, split shaft, standard depth

Just want to check in to make sure I order the right ones - had a spline mismatch in the past - not great.

Cheers all

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Just heard this on the radio and wanted to share it with you. Great artistry on guitar and voice (fancy trying to score Ella's vocal line?) :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkat1kt0Kpk

This is probably something I'd chase if not for the fact that I'm swamped and skint.

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru...p?t=572454