Topic: Which guitar for blues?

[plop72]

bought a Recording King yesterday (http://www.recordingking.com/guitars_ros626.html).
Think the guitar is gonna be delivered somewhat at the end of the week.
Can?t wait to get my fingers on that guitar 
It ?s the second guitar i buy. My first was a yamaha g228 which i bought when i was a teenager..

[Parlor Picker]

Looks like my kind of guitar! Let us know what it sounds like.

[alyoung]

I know Brownie McGhee used a Martin D18 and Gary Davis a Gibson J200, but I believe that for blues, you need a guitar smaller in the body than a dreadnaught. I use a 1920s parlor-sized Stella and a Martin 00-17 from 1949, and both are great ... although the Martin tends to be the gig guitar because it has a bit more punch and versatility than the Stella. It's all also all-mahogany, which seems to be an ideal blues wood in guitars. I've tried a couple of Martin's "15 series" all-mahogany instruments and been impressed by them. So .... what about a Martin 00-15M or 000-15M? Each has an RRP of $US1499 ... not the cheapest on the block, but not a ruinous price for quite a good wee box (and if it's anything like my 00-17, it'll be good for slide too).

Al Y

[Mister Steve]

I liked the shorter 25" scale on a not so-deep not-so wide dread body style cheapo Yamaha F335 enough to get one for Christmas.  Price tag: $149, but can be had for less around $100 when Guitar Center has a blow out.

Pick up one with the inside label having all the details coming out of which factory in Indonesia "in accordance with specifications of Yamaha Corporation."  Better QC and pretty pretty clean.

Top: quality spruce lam natural.  Sides and back: meranti lam (a South East Asian mahog) used for furniture, house construction and coffins...you gotta love it.

Strings: D'Addario EJ22's...jazz nickle wound 13's.

[Annette]

I still think an archtop is still the best allrounder you can get - I have a 1940's Cromwell (by Gibson) archtop which can be used for everything - jazz (which i don't play - but others have) - fingerpicking - chopping back up work - slide - unfortunately mine has got a socking great hole in the top which used to hold a vintage selmer pickup!

I still have the pickup - but I need an electronics wizz to rewire it!

[ArthurBlake]

Bolt on necks generally mean Taylors which imo have no soul. Of course old Gibsons and Martins are still the best, but also check out the new Guilds some of which people on this forum absolutely love.

Hmm, Collings use bolt on necks, and they have plenty of soul IMO - better than any martins I've played
My own guitar is an Ayers, which is made in vietnam, to Australian specs. It's a lovely guitar and was cheap. All solid wood construction. Bolt on neck. Ayers used to do some with slotted headstocks, but I don't think their newer guitars have them.

AYERS Rocks !!!!!!!!...... lol..... I couldn't resist that mate... now I'm sure some are thinking, "What the Uluru is he talkin' about"............ maybe you just gotta be an Aussie to appreciate that one.
                                  P.S. sorry that there was no blues content in that.

[matt milton]

Atkin L1 replica, their "Robert Johnson" guitar:

http://atkinguitars.com/Historic_L1_Series.html

[Parlor Picker]

Every Atkin I've heard and got my hands on has been excellent.

[ozrkreb]

I've got a Recording King 626 and I absolutely love it. Took it to Sedalia just yesterday for a few hours:

bought a Recording King yesterday (http://www.recordingking.com/guitars_ros626.html).
Think the guitar is gonna be delivered somewhat at the end of the week.
Can?t wait to get my fingers on that guitar 
It ?s the second guitar i buy. My first was a yamaha g228 which i bought when i was a teenager..