Re: OT - acoustic pickups, etc

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

Well, I'd say it's decent for that, not outstanding. It's really made to 
try to cover a lot of bases, from classical playing (has a nice neck, 
not flat like a shredder's axe) to folk, so it doesn't have such a 
distinctive flamenco sound out of the box. I use La Bella strings (red 
tops) which help give it a good brightness, the bass sound isn't as 
snappy as a really nice acoustic flamenco with pegs and everything, but 
I think you'd be happy with it for a live situation.

(Here's 50 seconds of me playing it rumba-style through a PA - 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJUtuCtXraY ).

However, one of the reasons I brought it up here is that /golpes/ don't 
come through the onboard pickup very well, hence I'm looking for a 
second sound capture source to help with that.

Hope this helps!

Mine is an older model, before they added the onboard tuner, that's a 
great addition.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com
> Hey Daryl,
> great that you bring this guitar up,in fact ive been
> doing research on it all day(rather on the Takamine
> EC132C) since i need one soon for my cuban son
> group.The onboard tuner and quick battery access is
> one of the main reasons i am looking at them i think
> they are the only guitars that feature that.
> i have an old spanish raymundo that is about 20 years 
> and love its big flamenco sound coming out of such a
> thin cutaway.But when the battery dies live is a pain
> in the ass to replace!plus for this type of music i
> dont want to have anything on the floor not even a
> tuner so this makes it a good candidate.But tell me
> how "flamenco" is its sound?
> cheers
> Luis
>