Taylor GS Mini Mahogany Acoustic Guitar Product Review

Big Music product review of the Taylor GS Mini Mahogany Acoustic Guitar by our retail specialist and guitar expert Angus Marshall.

Mahogany Acoustic Guitar

Fender Tim Armstrong Hellcat Acoustic: Electric Guitar, Mahogany
Musical Instruments (Fender Acoustic Guitars)
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List Price: $449.99
Price: $299.99
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Fishman® Isys III System
Rosewood Bridge with Compensated Saddle and chrome die cast tuning keys
4-Ply Tortoise Shell Pickguard, Hellcat Position Inlays, Double Skull Inlays at 12th Fret, Tim Armstrong Signature on Truss Rod Cover, Cream Body Bindings, Black Painted Headstock, Urea Nut and Saddle, Black with White Dot Bridge Pins

Seagull S6 Original Acoustic Guitar
Musical Instruments (Godin Guitars)
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List Price: $507.00
Price: $419.00
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Tapered Headstock for precise and stable tuning and great for open tunings
Double Action Truss Rod
Made in North America

Fender T-Bucket 300CE Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Fender Preamp - 3-Color Sunburst
Musical Instruments (Fender Acoustic Guitars)
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List Price: $449.99
Price: $299.99
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D'Addario EXP-26 Phosphor Bronze Strings
Rosewood Bridge with Compensated Saddle and chrome die cast tuning keys
Includes Fender FTE-3TN Preamp with Tuner

Fender Hot Rod Design Series 968079027 T-Bucket 300CE Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Rosewood Fingerboard, Amber
Musical Instruments (Fender Musical Instruments Corp.)
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List Price: $449.99
Price: $271.00
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Quilt Maple Top with Scalloped X-Bracing, Laminated Mahogany Back and Sides
Fishman Isys III System with Active Onboard Preamp and Tuner
Mahogany Neck with 20 Fret Rosewood Fingerboard

Fender Acoustic Packs 950801106 Acoustic Guitar, Solid Spruce Top, Mahogany Back and Sides
Musical Instruments (Fender Musical Instruments Corp.)
(Amazon.com)

List Price: $349.99
Price: $199.99
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Mahogany Neck with Rosewood fingerboard
A Solid Spruce Top with Quartersawn Scalloped x-Bracing
Pack includes everything needed to start playing, with gig bag, chromatic electronic tuner, strings, picks and strap and instructional DVD.

Guitar Center Presents The Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection Featuring ...

By: Staff

Exclusive Guitar Collection Developed in Partnership with Eric Clapton, Guitar Center, Fender ® , Gibson and Martin Guitar to Benefit Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Centre  Limited Quantities of the Collection On-Sale in North America Exclusively at Guitar Center Starting March 21, 2013 

Guitar Center , the world’s largest musical instrument retailer, in partnership with Eric Clapton, proudly announces the launch of the  Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection.  The limited-edition collection will feature five Eric Clapton tribute, replica and signature guitars to be sold in North America exclusively at Guitar Center locations and online at GuitarCenter.com beginning March 21, 2013.

All guitars in the one-of-a-kind collection were developed in partnership with Eric Clapton, Guitar Center, Fender, Gibson and Martin Guitar, drawing inspiration from the guitars used by Clapton at pivotal points throughout his iconic career. The collection includes a replica Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton “Brownie” Tribute Stratocaster® guitar, Gibson Harrison-Clapton “Lucy” Les Paul, and Eric Clapton Signature Martin 000-28 and 000-45 models, as well as Eric Clapton “Crossroads” guitar straps from Ernie Ball.

Mahogany Acoustic Guitar- News


Gibson Jackson Browne Signature
Gibson Jackson Browne Signature
While vintage Roy Smecks were built with mahogany or Brazilian rosewood backs and sides, Browne chose English walnut, a sustainable wood that fits his environmental concerns. The guitar's top and scalloped top braces are made of Adirondack spruce.

Wechter TO-8418
Wechter TO-8418
The primary visual clues that this not a high-end guitar are the unbeveled edge of the pickguard and the plain-black back stripe. The TO-8418's back, sides, and neck are built with solid mahogany; the fingerboard and pyramid bridge are rosewood,

Brazilian Rosewood
Brazilian Rosewood
Brazilian rosewood continued to be a high-priced option for a wide range of flattops throughout the late 1980s as the acoustic guitar's popularity came roaring back, but unlike the old days, nobody used it exclusively, making side-by-side comparisons

Sound Enhancers
Sound Enhancers
Compared with the volume and sustain produced by a bowed instrument such as a violin or a cello, the acoustic guitar—whether strung with steel or nylon strings—has always been a quiet instrument. As a result, starting early in the

Steve Earle
Steve Earle
Everything on the guitar—the acoustic guitar, especially—makes a sound. The sound comes from the endpin to the end of the headstock. It doesn't just come out of the soundhole, or off the top of the guitar, or the back of the guitar.