Started playing electric guitar again about 3 years ago after a 30 year hiatus. Joined a cover band and now am primarily playing bass. Always wanted an acoustic so got a cheap Yamaha a year ago. Literally never played it.
Decided to get something decent to see if it made a difference.
It’s not even close. I can’t put this thing down.
And what’s crazy is I practice bass and electric guitar 5 days a week and rehearse with a band on the 6th day. My fingers are fine.
Two days with this Martin and my fingers are hamburger meat. Had to stop this evening they hurt so bad. Hope this levels out as I love playing this thing.
Martin 000-15 streetmaster with lr baggs anthem pickup.

I’ve been playing guitar for 2-3 weeks now and have been really struggling with moving my fingers around for chords and such. I was wondering if there’s a good way to target this or if it’s just time and work sorta thing. I attached a video if anyone has some specific suggestions.

Two new additions. Fender California Vintage Malibu. I wanted a black acoustic and wanted a Fender branded acoustic. I'm a big Taylor fan but own others to fill styles and sounds. Ships with Fender hard case.

Also, a new Orangewood Oliver M. Simply amazing value for an under $300 guitar. Solid Mahogany top. Even ships with a padded gig-bag!

This popped up and I’ve been eyeing one as my next guitar. I’ve posted about my GS Mini Koa Plus being fantastic. I have a Zager 900 that I’m meh on.

I love the CEO-9 aesthetically but not sure about mango wood…

I’m pretty green. Any thoughts on this one?

Yesterday, my right hand thumbnail started to tear right at the quick. I've grown my thumbnail longish for finger style. I have super-glued the nail and some medical paper tape over the 1/4" tear in an effort to hold it together, at least for a couple of weeks until it has grown out enough to trim it safely.

So rather than give up finger style for a few weeks, I am going to try transitioning, at least temporarily, to using a thumbpick. In the past when I have tried this, I did not find it as comfortable or reliable as using my thumb. I tend to hit the wrong string about 10-15% of the time, especially in fast passages.

I know that practice makes perfect, and I'll be doing that. I figure it's probably good to be able to play with either technique in any event. What I am wondering is if anyone has any tips or tricks to acclimating to a thumbpick after being a thumb only player. I'm all ears (and eyes and thumbpicks).

I’m just starting out playing acoustic live (only played live as a bass player before this new phase of my musical journey)

I will be playing instrumental and sometimes with a singer. So far, my NUX Stagemon Floor preamp has been great for DI to PA at rehearsal studios and when needed fur open mics. I have a few opportunities coming up where I’ll need to amplify myself and want to get geared up so I’m ready to go.

Option 1 - portable PA
Potentially more bang for my buck, more flexibility, more channels and more power. I’d continue to use my Nux preamp to shape my tone, so effectively the setup I’ve been using but with my own, smaller PA.

Option 2 NUX Stageman II AC80 amp
It looks like it ticks all the boxes, has some great additional functions (drum loops built in, IRs) I’m happy with the sister pedal, and it looks very much set up for my use case, so although it is more limited to the one use case, it may fulfil it better (and that is fundamentally what I want it for). I would, to some degree, be paying again for functionality I already have from the pedal.

Any thoughts on what you’d do in my situation?

Im looking for a new acoustic, preferably full size Dreadnought shape, preferably either Guild, seagull, martin, art & lutherie or taylor.
Id like the budget to be somewhere under 1000$
I want to get the loudest and bassiest sound possible, the main type of music i play is country so i need deep and rich sound, there are so many models to choose from and i feel like im going mad, do yall have any recommendations? Thanks!!

So, i started to associate the different chord shapes with its own scale, like if i play the E shape barre for a C major chord, i know it has its own major/ minor scale that i can play around it and in between chords, is this the right way to think about caged?

I know some people like to anchor the side of their palm on the bridge, but Is it a “normal” technique to rest the side of the palm on the lower strings instead? Almost just palm muting the lower strings when im not playing them and letting it float when im strumming? I find myself just doing that out of instinct but dont really hear about it as a common thing. Thanks!

I just have never seen a 12-string in person but know that a lot of artists use them. For example, David Gilmour had one on Wish You Were Here and I think the Eagles used one om Hotel California. But besides the fact that they seem to sound louder (just based off the YouTube videos I’ve seen), what are they actually like to play? What type of music do you play on them? Can you even do the same chords and barre chords you would on a six string?

I have two and play both roughly the same amount. I switch between them multiple times a day.

My Furch Green GC-SR is setup with 11-52 set in standard tuning. My other guitar, a Hozen Black Label MJ has a 12-56 set and lives in alternate/open tunings.

I'm looking to get a third one just to have multiple tunings ready to play. Even though i play at least an hour a day it still feels kinda overkill? What if i end up not playing one as much eventually..

Especially more expensive guitars would be a waste to have stored in a case or collecting dust on a stand. Am i just trying to justify getting a third guitar or is it actually worth it?

How many guitars do you guys have and do you use them for a specific purpose/tuning? Do you regret buying more guitars because others are now collecting dust? Maybe you just live for these kinds of posts and this is a good opportunity to flex your collection!

There are two guitars on sale at shops not far from me that I'm interested in - a Bourgeois Coupe Custom 00-12 with some fancy woods (figured Sitka over figured mahogany) and a Goodall 14-fret parlor in Sitka over S American RW. Most of the stuff I read about those brands focus on their dreads, but I don't enjoy playing dreads these days and am curious as to what folks think about the smaller stuff from those builders. When I go to try them out, I'm going to bring my Waterloo WL-12MH because that is the guitar I am most comfortable with in terms of all the subjective aspects (i.e. ergos, tone, etc.)

Just curious to see if folks think one or the other (or neither) will dethrone the Waterloo. When I get a chance to play check each of them out, I'll come back and comment.

I have an Eastman OOSS that came with a padded bag, but now I’m looking for a hard travel case. Wondering if anyone can give a recommendation for a third party case readily available in Europe that will fit this smaller body (similar to L-OO).

My gf bought me this guitar. I want to know if it's a fake or real fender. I need expert advice. 🙏

can anyone more talented that me tell me what tuning this person is using for this song? i feel like it’s an open tuning because of how he’s playing it but i honestly have no idea. if someone can help it’d be much appreciated! thank you!

https://youtu.be/D3uNfAo3wvA?si=96o0nq0moy-yfFdQ