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• frater Prodigy

  May 2010 Posts: 763

  Mateos does the leftie thing,: since he's discounting right now I suggest you contact him soon (the model B is in your price range)
  
  P.S.
  Patenotte is not the way to go if you have small hands as you stated in another thread: those necks are huge!
• Musette New

  May 2010 Posts: 96

  Thanks guys.
  I think i'm gonna keep searching and saving.
  'till now it seems that my best options are:
  Go for de Dupont Nomade
  Go for the Gallato RS1939
  Save more, a lot more for an MD100
  a Manouche (although i saw at their website that you must add like 125 extra bucks if you are left handed)
  a Gerónimo Mateos
  a Shelley Park
  
  PS: Ive seen Mustache's website, but even his basic model gets over my price range.
• Charlie Ayers Salt Lake CityProdigy

  May 2010 Posts: 287

  There's a used MD20G here:
  
  http://www.gruhn.com/
  
  See "misc flat tops" under inventory.
• Musette New

  May 2010 Posts: 96

  She is beautiful, but $2850, i think i must sell mi kidney!
  At least my car.
• marciero Southern MaineNew

  May 2010 Posts: 120

  the point is, a not-so-great guitar will make you work to get a better sound out of your hands. I think that can be very valuable.

  trying to make a cheap guitar sound good can really improve technique! I once heard Wrembel play a cheap Aria in a class setting, and while he played it, it was the best guitar in the room.

  
  I've heard this argument before, but I don't buy it. Even good guitars sound shitty when not played properly. Conversely, the many of the inexpensive ones sound pretty okay when played properly. What the cheap guitar will not do is respond to subtleties in your playing that allow you to make refinements. Where the cheap guitar punishes poor technique, the good instrument rewards proper technique.
  
  Mike
• Jazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG

  May 2010 Posts: 3,707

  One thing I have learned over the years is that a really good instrument is REALLY responsive.
  
  It's the garbage between the notes that separates the men from the boys so to speak. If you have learned to play on an unresponsive instrument it may surprise you how sloppy you sound when playing a really responsive box.

  The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed