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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2635426, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;ve wanted a Martin M 38 for many years.&nbsp; It&#039;s not as &quot;assertive&quot; (sound-wise) as a dreadnought but it is MUCH more comfortable with its thinner body and balanced upper and lower bouts.&nbsp; Great fingerstyle guitar.&nbsp; Eventually my dream guitar became a Lowden (don&#039;t remember which style) because of the wonderful mellow and balanced style.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a Takamine Santa Fe, purchased when new (1981?&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to go look).&nbsp; I should sell it since I never play it these days.&nbsp; I grew to hate the thick narrow neck.</p><p><br /></p><p>~15 years or so ago I was ready to finally buy a Lowden but after sitting in Guitar Rez (Austin) for a few hours playing my dream Lowden and a carbon fiber guitar , I took the latter!&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t believe how great it sounded since my only prior non-wood guitar experience was with Ovations and they sound like nails on a chalkboard.&nbsp; Yeah sure, I bought an Ovation in high school when I just <i>had</i> to have a 12 string so I could play Stairway to Heaven in its full glory <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, but I got over that quickly and sold it.&nbsp; What horrible guitars, those Ovations!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Composite Acoustics GX was a much better choice given my environment for the last decade.&nbsp; High humidity takes a toll on fine wood instruments.&nbsp; The wide thin neck, low action, and lack of truss rod of the CA guitar suited my needs perfectly.&nbsp; Now I should get back into it... music has all but disappeared from my hobby list since taking up coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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