Best Guitar -- Dirks Guitar Music Forum

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, [3], 4 ]

Subject: Best Guitar

Author:
David

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 04:56:59 03/31/04 Wed
In reply to: Ashley 's message, "BEST GUITAR (EVER)" on 13:56:10 06/19/03 Thu

I used to live near one of the best classical guitar stores in the country, Guitar Solo in San Francisco. I would come in every day and play different guitars by famous makers from all over the world. Innovations are occurring all the time, and exceptional guitars are being made by all the top flight luthiers, but I preferred the guitars made by John Gilbert of Woodside, CA (now retired), and his son, Bill Gilbert. They were consistently exceptional. Their guitars (cedar top, Indian rosewood back and sides) had great clarity, resonance, loudness, range, depth, expressive power, true intonation in all positions, the works. The first string (the singing string) had a lot of punch. I played a Gilbert in a multiplayer concert with a lot of very fine guitars on display, and many people commented to me afterward that the Gilbert was far and away the best guitar heard that day.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]