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Post by gwlee7 on Jan 31, 2021 14:51:38 GMT -6
I have a beater (old Alvarez R10 I think) that I have been using and it just doesn’t really sound or play all that great high strung. I was wondering what some of you are using. I was thinking a cheaper but still decent like some of the smaller bodied Yamahas or a baby Tayor.
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Post by ragan on Jan 31, 2021 15:17:36 GMT -6
I've always wanted to try this and never have. I've got a couple of guitars that I mostly just keep for sentimental reasons. I should high-string one of them and give it a go.
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Post by Johnkenn on Jan 31, 2021 16:20:39 GMT -6
I strung up a cheap First Act and it sounds great.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 1, 2021 7:52:31 GMT -6
I’ve got a Danelectro 12 string that I got for like $80. Not huge into the electric 12 sound, but if you pull off the 3 Normal EAD strings it turns it into a different flavor.
I know it’s not an acoustic but it’s a great layer.
I’ve tried it with the baby Taylor. Save your money those things don’t stay in tune and are pretty worthless unless it’s for a kiddo or you’re hiking the AT
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Post by gwlee7 on Feb 1, 2021 12:04:54 GMT -6
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Post by Ward on Feb 1, 2021 17:54:15 GMT -6
I have a D18 specifically made for high-strung. It's nice to have decent intonation on a high strung guitar.
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Post by drbill on Feb 1, 2021 18:47:03 GMT -6
I bought a used Mitchell MO-100S/PK (GC house brand) for high strung applications, and it's one of the best guitars I have. Plays better than my martins and sounds like a dream. Wish I had another and I'd leave one in open tuning and one standard.
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Post by Quint on Feb 2, 2021 9:49:22 GMT -6
I bought a used Mitchell MO-100S/PK (GC house brand) for high strung applications, and it's one of the best guitars I have. Plays better than my martins and sounds like a dream. Wish I had another and I'd leave one in open tuning and one standard. Well, hell. For those kind of prices... I would never have guessed that a GC-branded guitar at that price would sound good at all. I'm assuming that your Mitchell is a Gibson style acoustic? Do they make Martin knockoffs too? |
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Post by drbill on Feb 2, 2021 9:54:42 GMT -6
I bought a used Mitchell MO-100S/PK (GC house brand) for high strung applications, and it's one of the best guitars I have. Plays better than my martins and sounds like a dream. Wish I had another and I'd leave one in open tuning and one standard. Well, hell. For those kind of prices... I would never have guessed that a GC-branded guitar at that price would sound good at all. I'm assuming that your Mitchell is a Gibson style acoustic? Do they make Martin knockoffs too? I don't know what or if its a knockoff. But it's a small body parlor style guitar. 000-18 size. Wonderful sounding. It's quite possible I just got lucky or maybe it just likes being high strung. I bought it for $105 from a local retired guy who buys trashed guitars and refurbs them. Fancies himself a luthier. But it was set up great, he put in a bone nut, etc.. Best $105 I ever spent on a guitar. |
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Post by Quint on Feb 2, 2021 10:00:45 GMT -6
Well, hell. For those kind of prices... I would never have guessed that a GC-branded guitar at that price would sound good at all. I'm assuming that your Mitchell is a Gibson style acoustic? Do they make Martin knockoffs too? I don't know what or if its a knockoff. But it's a small body parlor style guitar. 000-18 size. Wonderful sounding. It's quite possible I just got lucky or maybe it just likes being high strung. I bought it for $105 from a local retired guy who buys trashed guitars and refurbs them. Fancies himself a luthier. But it was set up great, he put in a bone nut, etc.. Best $105 I ever spent on a guitar. I tend to prefer parlor style acoustics to dreadnaughts. I'll definitely have to check this out. 12 fret or 14 fret? Edit: I see that it's a 14 fret. I'll have to see if they have a 12 fret version. |
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Post by Ward on Feb 2, 2021 10:38:36 GMT -6
I bought a used Mitchell MO-100S/PK (GC house brand) for high strung applications, and it's one of the best guitars I have. Plays better than my martins and sounds like a dream. Wish I had another and I'd leave one in open tuning and one standard. They're affordable. Buy two more. You 'NEED' them. You know you do. You would offer me the same kind advice, you know you would!  |
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Post by johneppstein on Feb 3, 2021 18:40:50 GMT -6
My high strung acoustic is a Squier Strat.
Well, almost.
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Post by gwlee7 on Feb 3, 2021 19:33:48 GMT -6
My high strung acoustic is a Squier Strat. Well, almost. Thinking about an electric too. |
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Post by theshea on Feb 6, 2021 6:32:03 GMT -6
seagull s6 with natural finish. sounds wonderful with nashville tuning, warm n woody. also sounds wonderful with standard tuning. really a very very good recording acoustic guitar but ugly as hell: i would never ever be seen playing it live :-)
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Post by sean on Feb 8, 2021 8:20:22 GMT -6
I also have a beat to hell Seagull S6 that I had a friend cut a new bridge specifically for high strings. It's due for a set up but defineitely useable. The cedar body works well for this application.
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Post by kcatthedog on Feb 9, 2021 15:45:00 GMT -6
My X's mother's mint CBS masterworks from the sixties: don't ask , her Mom gave it to me  It just adds that special zing ! |
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Post by thehightenor on Feb 13, 2021 2:47:20 GMT -6
Why do most people go for a cheap guitar for high strung guitars - is it that bad for the guitar all that extra tension?
I'd like to try it - should I buy a cheap second hand guitar first?
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Post by kcatthedog on Feb 13, 2021 5:39:00 GMT -6
Well the strings are thin so I don’t think so but you are not really going for big tone more the higher end shallow sheen to compliment other guitar parts or to sit one place in the mix, so don’t need all the range of a more expensive guitar ?
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Post by gwlee7 on Feb 13, 2021 14:19:11 GMT -6
Why do most people go for a cheap guitar for high strung guitars - is it that bad for the guitar all that extra tension? I'd like to try it - should I buy a cheap second hand guitar first? For me it’s more I just don’t want to have dedicated a higher end guitar to such a limited purpose. |
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Post by thehightenor on Feb 13, 2021 14:31:15 GMT -6
Thanks guys - that makes sense.
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Post by Ward on Feb 13, 2021 18:46:36 GMT -6
Why do most people go for a cheap guitar for high strung guitars - is it that bad for the guitar all that extra tension? I'd like to try it - should I buy a cheap second hand guitar first? For me it’s more I just don’t want to have dedicated a higher end guitar to such a limited purpose. For me, it's worth it just to hav on hand because it's one more thing that clients know I can deliver on. |
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Post by gwlee7 on Feb 13, 2021 19:12:49 GMT -6
I like having one strung up because I am lazy. |
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Post by Ward on Feb 14, 2021 8:06:16 GMT -6
LOL!!!
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Post by johneppstein on Feb 17, 2021 13:24:48 GMT -6
Why do most people go for a cheap guitar for high strung guitars - is it that bad for the guitar all that extra tension? I'd like to try it - should I buy a cheap second hand guitar first? There is no extra tension - if anything the tension is much lighter.
I think that mopst people use a less expensive guitar for Nashville/High Strung guitars because those are generally what's left around the studio when you need to string a guitar that way for the odd song.
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Post by robschnapf on May 4, 2021 6:57:18 GMT -6
I have an old Stella set up high strung..
Works great.
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It just adds that special zing ! 
