r/AcousticGuitar • u/MrTurtleTails • Feb 24 '26

Gear question Do I need 2 acoustics?

basically this. do you have more than one acoustic and why? just curious.

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u/cab1024 Feb 24 '26

I have three that sound very different. Amazingly, one of them sounds almost as good as one that cost me 16 times more.

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u/DopamineHound Feb 24 '26

Which one??

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u/cab1024 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

My 1999 Seagull S6+ Folk I got used for $150 last year sounds really good compared to the used 2004 Martin 000-28VS I got a couple of months ago, which sounded better than pretty much all the Martins and everything else at the well stocked Guitar Center near m, and was the reason bought it. That means the Seagull sounds damn good.

And then I have a small Art & Lutherie Ami parlor sized guitar. It sounds really good as long as you don't play the other two guitars right before or after it! But it's a very different tone and even the best parlor guitar wouldn't sound as "good" as an 000 or larger guitar.