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It won't matter if I change guitars for every song as it will make me go through the tuning before each song if the key changes.

Thanks, working on it. I found it very interesting how different different acoustic guitars sound from each other. I guess the bracing and woods make a pretty big difference. The Rocksmith game has been kind of annoying as it makes you retune the guitar constantly and its tuner is way off. I have to tune my guitar wrong every song and then tune it properly again when I am done with my tuner.

Picked up an acoustic to start lessons with. Really like everything about it. Martin OMC-160 GTE. Not a rosewood body (Ovangkol) so a bit cheaper but I like the weight and the sound seemed pretty great. I liked the idea of having the electric capabilities though I probably won't use it. I even had a guitar player at the shop play me some music on it and several other Martin's and Taylor's and chose this one.

I am still on the hunt for amps but this one seemed to be pretty good for $400. The guy that built my guitar is going to give me lessons though I have to drive to Springfield to his studio instead of doing them in the store a couple miles from my house. Evidently he records and videos the lessons so I can see them later and he can only do that in his studio. I am going to check out Action Guitars this weekend which is about 4 miles from the house. http://www.actionguitar.com/ Looks fairly limited in stock but might have some interesting amps I guess.

Ended up going with a lower end shop build that seems to be put together pretty well. Chose this over the Reverend guitars and some refurb MIM Strats. They have a giant machine called a PLEK that they setup each guitar with that is supposed to be something worthwhile. Don't know what all it does but it is noisy and they charge $250 to set up you guitar in it unless you buy one from them. Locking tuners, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. Picked this up on a whim as it has a a Celestion G12M Greenback speaker and EL84 tubes. Sounded great in the store.

I also really liked this small brand acoustic 12 fret. Kind of strange but sounds great.

Any of you guys know the AXL brand of amps. The medway special model they have here is nice. Evidently they are owned by VHT but all I see are cheap guitars they make. They also have a little Chickenhead tweed amp that I like. The only VOX amp they have is a used solid state amp. I am buying a shop built guitar that the shop Dusty sent me to built. Strat body with Texas special pickups and some custom neck. Sounds good and has been pleck'd which is some giant machine they have here for setting up guitars. Seems good for use with rocksmith.

Yeah unfortunately not enough time to make it down there this trip.

Going to head to the Sanctuary again this afternoon to try to narrow it down. Craigslist here in Dallas is full of great guitars I wish I could take back with me. Everything in DC Craigslist seems to be overpriced garbage and I have yet to find a guitar store up there similar to this one. Might end up shipping guitars home before I leave.

Happy Birthday Jacob.

They had a lot of Taylor's and GC and a few at Guitar Sanctuary but I have not tried any of them. Thanks for the chart link.

I actually played the 000-28 EC at Guitar Center today. guitar sanctuary only had a used martin Dreadnaught. I can comfortably play the Dreadnaught but I think I liked the 28 better. What size is that considered to be?

Tried a bunch of different guitars. Could not tell a whole lot of difference in sound between most of the acoustics but I really liked the Collings Dreadnaught, mostly based upon looks and build quality. I tried several electrical guitars and several matchless, VOX and Mesa amps. Electric guitar was a lot of fun and the difference between amps was pretty dramatic. I really like the Mesa amps but the VOX seemed pretty good for a bit less. This is the Collings I was looking at.

Back in the states. Going to a concert tonight at guitar Sanctuary so I hope I might be able to hold some guitars. Not sure I even remember any chords at this point.

The DGT is $2300 but they also have a Modern Eagle II in green for $3200. Matching green guitars?

That is a DGT in Eriza Verde. Trying to get pricing info as I am not sure if it is a $4k guitar or a $20k guitar. Sometimes I see one that looks cheap and find it is expensive as Hell while the ones I think look great are cheap.

Guitar Sanctuary just posted this pic of a couple used PRS they just got in. Digging the green one. Funny enough I was reading about their customer appreciation party and a friend of mine from High School is playing the party. Would have been nice to make it to that one. Could have gotten him to help me pick some guitars.

I was actually looking at the S2 Line from PRS as they are made up the road in Maryland. I also was looking at this 408 on Sweetwater.

Thanks for the advice. The number of options available for each model of guitars leads me to believe I really need to do some research. I have been looking for a new hobby to blow cash on. This might be a good choice. Might buy one of those Martin guitars as I think you have to have at least one Martin for the tone. Then I can see if I actually take the time to remember how to play. Anyone tried the rocksmith game with a guitar. Seems like a decent refresher course as I am going to need some serious work I think.

I decided not to necro-bump Bryan's 2009 thread as it was kind of specific and not in my budget. I played through high-school but have not played in 20 years. I am looking to get back into playing and I am looking for a great acoustic and a decent electric setup to start with. I am thinking about looking into a full custom for the acoustic but it is pretty hard to figure out how they handle from websites. A few decent shops around my parents place in Dallas that I intend to check out when I get back there this weekend. First on the list is http://www.theguitarsanctuary.com. Has a decent selection of factory and small shop guitars to try out. I know there are several players here at HC. Anyone have any favorite acoustic makers that I should look in to?

Good to hear. Whenever I have had surgery I have found that a lot of the lack of motion, weakness has been more mental than physical as it just seems like you are going to hurt yourself when you do something that feels a bit off. Once I get over that I usually heal very quickly.

This is the new one, not the one from November. Evidently the master cylinders failed in the races and everyone rode off cliffs and into trees or something.

Looks like another SRAM recall. Hydraulic road brakes have a stop using immediately recall after numerous failures at the Cyclocross races last weekend.

Damn, I didn't realize that was on tonight.