hello fellow acoustics. i was able to try a fernando/fernandes (its either of the 2) acoustic yesterday in JB.. and i was blown away by the sound of it. bassy round sound, and bright sound. im not sure of the body, it has a ROUND JUMBO shape but MEDIUM in size. so i guess its a medium jumbo, slightly smaller than a regular dread. get the idea?
my question is,
1. does that kind of body really give a bassy round sound? very much diff from dreads? it had so much boom compared to takamine dread that i also tried..
2. i cant believe it was a fernando/fernandes guitar? are they this good? is it because of the body or wood, that this guitar sounds good? sounds like it has solid top.. but i doubt it cos it was averagely priced around 7k.
i currently own an ibanez dread pf series solid top. but the sound is very diff from the fernando.
the things to consider in the tone of an acoustic are: the shape, the materials used in making the thing, the design and the intonation. all guitars will sound different from each other and, just as each guitar is different, each person here will have their own opinion about a guitar. more importantly is to ask, what do YOU think about the guitar in comparison to the other guitars you've played?
i will try any guitar just to see what it has to offer and I can't say that I am fickle about acoustic name brands because, really, I don't care for chasing ém down on that criteria alone since I ain't in buying guitars for the collector's value. i play my acoustics - a lot - and if it can't deliver live or in the studio, well, thats a bad dollar spent in my book. Whether or not it is a Fernandes, a Taylor, a Lowden or a Martin, if it plays well, feels good and gets the creative juices flowing on
YOUR part, go for it.