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Looking for silent practice instrument at low budget.
Willie
HamburgNew
I am looking for a guitar that can be played with a strong attack without loudness; like the Yamaha silent guitars or the Aria sinsonidos, but at a lower price. Are the Anygig guitars https://www.anygigguitar.com/de/collections/nylon a reasonable alternative? (The steel string versions are not available at the moment, so I would buy a nylon model and use those special Thomastik steel strings). Or is there any other solution?
I asked a luthier if remodeling an old archtop would make sense: removing top and bottom, installing an extension of neck/fingerboard and so on. But in his opinion it would be rather laborious to prevent everything from collapsing.
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Sounds like what you need is an el cheapo solid body electric guitar…
Will
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
Or a cheap D hole, and stuff it with T-shirts.
I'm wondering if one of the cheaper Traveler models might be better as they have both headphone and guitar jack outputs. Via Reverb or E-bay.
Use your existing guitar and try @bones trick: stick ear plugs between strings at the bridge area, very effective.
Thanks for all the hints! Unamplified e-guitar still is to loud for playing at night, traveller guitars with small bodies are even louder. As I am starting to seriously learn rest stroke technique, I have to hit the strings really "hard", that is why I thought of buying the anygig guitar:
I will try stick-earplugs-between-strings respectively similar approaches using my "real" guitar.
Check this one out Willie…good price…
https://reverb.com/ca/item/40164743-any-gig-travel-guitar
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
@Lango-Django Thank you, but this price is not really good:
Anygig Travel Guitar Electric AGE SE Black – Anygigguitar
traveller guitars with small bodies are even louder
I was thinking of the Traveler brand as they do something similar to the Anygig rather than travel guitars in general.
But probably still more than you want to pay.
The Hofner Shorty is another option that is about USD 150
Snap dragon guitars in the UK make a cheap version of the Yamaha silent and it’s free shipping.