My guitar Brand preferences

Andy, that 12/ string Martin sounded absolutely beautiful, wow 😊😊😊

And you're Santa Cruz sound's great too, and just sharing my experience with a Gibson H/Bird I bought, my Son was getting a few Acoustic's from aliexpress which were easily the equal tone/wise to the H/Bird but had greater projection of sound, and That taught me something about the Chinese manufacturers, and they have my Respect 😊😊😊

Sir, hope your well. Enjoy your videos so much. Thanks

Wonderful tale of guitar acquisition. When I moved into 000s I considered Collings and Santa Cruz. Ultimately I settled on Collings. Maybe the pyramid bridge was the deciding factor. Tradition! Along the way I had the pleasure of speaking with Richard Hoover (of Santa Cruz} in person and Bill Collings on the telephone. Great respect for these guys!

My first guitar was a 1967 Harmony 1270. It traveled all over the world with me when I was in the Navy and I still play it. My next guitar was a Martin D12-35.It has a12 fret 1 7/8 th neck and slotted headstock. A friend of mine brought a 1961 Martin D12 - 20 but made the mistake of having the action lowered on it, which he regrets, but he still plays the guitar. The difference between the 20 and the 35 was the 20 has Mahogany back and sides where the 35 has Rosewood. When I bought my Martin D - 45 in 1973, I had them put a 1 7/8th neck on its due to the size of my hands.( I wear a size 14 ring). Several years ago I got a Martin HD28V, which is a great guitar but it has a narrow neck and I have a slight problem with it because of the size of my hands. When the first came our Taylor's ( Whom Leo Kottke helped design) were referred to as a poor man's Martin. JimClark

Looong forward to trying out a Collings 12 fret one of these days.

love to get my mitts on that collins.what an axe.

I did a list of my favorite brands. Bourgeois is number 1 so far. Thanks

Anyone else here seeing Molly Tuttle this coming Monday in Leeds? I recently subscribed to this channel and I've probably watched most of the videos. Lovely channel. I play a 1985 Takamine D-18 copy - it smells really old inside. I love it.

Thank You for the run down on your guitars. We have very similar tastes (12 fret, big body, wide nut). I'm an amateur Luthier and am trying to decide my next build. With your help I have now decided on building a 12 fret J45 Gibson style. Well, I said that wrong. I have already started it but was thinking of changing to a Gibson L-00 but thanks to you I will continue with the J45 style.

Hi Andy, Yet another good, entertaining video. Your Waterloo will be feeling sorry for itself as it didn't get mentioned in your "and I've also got a ..." guitar list at the end. Looking forward to the blues video: from what I've seen, you play blues quite well for somebody who doesn't regard themself as a blues player. Regards, Kev

Great to see you back Andy, and thanks for another interesting video

I'll be a nosy body so feel free to ignore, guess, or just make up an answer! ;) How many guitars have you owned? If you had to choose one that you either sold, or didn't purchase, which was the biggest regret?

Your comment on the Gibson J50 struck a chord with me (pardon the pun 😅) I absolutely adore the slope shoulder dreadnought body shape but never came across a Gibson J body acoustic that resonated properly or enough, long story short recently I stumbled across an Eastman E6SS-TC in a guitar shop that's incredible, the resonance is out of control, so much so I'm having to adjust my playing style to suit it, after years of playing very average dead sounding acoustics that I had to drive hard to get anything out of them this one is a cannon. It has the appearance of a J35 or J50 complete with the 24 and 3/4 scale but sounds very Mahogany rich and projective like a D18, I keep it tuned down a half step with a set of Daddario nickel bronze 13's on it and it sounds massive, because of the slope shoulder shape it still responds very well to finger style and lighter touch. I enjoyed your guitar journey story too.

I found this informative, useful and entertaining. Thanks Andy!

Michael Watts is a killer guitarist! I've followed him for years. Another nice, interesting video! Thanks! While all those guitars sound really nice, one strum on the Santa Cruz really grabbed by attention. The Gibson has an especially great sound for an archtop too. I saw a remark about Taylor guitars that was described how I always felt about Taylors....it's seems that all of the sound comes from the strings instead of the wood. Your guitars all look stunning!

Lovely, lovely stuff! We have exactly the same taste in guitars, Taylor don't call me either:-)....is it possible that you are my father? lol. cheers and i am looking forward to the next video. Best wishes from norway.

With all the specs on guitars and the knowing exactly what you like, as far as the neck width, frets and string width etc, did you ever consider having a custom guitar made for yourself. Did you ever think about building yourself one? The knowledge you have about guitars and their sizes and dimensions etc. I bet you could have built some nice toned instruments. Thanks for sharing your collection and history for each of your guitars, and why you prefer Collings.

I own 3 Taylor's...have had 4...and think you oughta have one, too. They are a fine instrument...you may enjoy one! Or two......

That Gibson sounds the best of all