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I just bought a used L-03 today with a LR Baggs SL from Reverb for 1500 including shipping. Can’t wait to get it. Love what I am hearing here.

Tried them all...chose a custom shop deluxe songwriter

Both nice but I would keep the guild

grossartig Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland

Both superb guitars but side by side the gibson sounds muddy and lacking dynamic in comparison 👍

1994 00-05 here. Small bodied but not a parlor guitar. Somewhat rare. Not many made.

warm and tame and beautiful is what i am hearing. what a gorgeous guitar. man, you're really beginning to dig deep into boutique territory with you guitars 'n things!

Great review. I always look forward to a Unicorn. felt the tonewoods were too "woody" but not in a good way. My ears felt a lot of restraint and not much chime at all. Good if you played Black Sabbath and Neil Young in double drop D or DADGAD tuning. It looks very nice but it sounds like a what I would expect a unicorn of a guitar in Redwood over Walnut. I do have a Larrivee OM-3 which is Moon over Bhilwara and that Bhilwara is more of a mahogany adjacent type of EIR, it is discontinued now. Not sure if it was discontinued because of its Unicorn status or they just ran out of the woodpile. I love it though.

Cool Uk here

Hi, sounds lovely. May I ask how much you had to pay for the whole process? Thanks!

Flat top strings? Which side is flat and how do you orientate it 360 degree's it would take a years to restring a guitar

A versatile Martin to be played over and over! Congratulations!

Rosewood back and sides not maple! Usually Taylor's come with Elixir. And it's out of tune.

It’s great that you chose multiple genres for your demos, they are the most pleasant on guitar review CZcams

Great review, all your reviews are great Dave. This is a unicorn that you do not see much or less a thorough review. Great playing too. I like your choice of music and not some Billy Strings fast bluegrass. Thanks !!!

I have a question, what model of sj200 is that? Why does your say standard on the headstock? I’m looking for new ones and they don’t have it written

Sj 200 in this vid all day! Tone so warm and nice!

¡¡¡Obras de arte poderosas!!, capaces de llenar cualquier vacío existencial con su gran sonido, ¡un sonido para despertar!!.

I gave you a like once you stopped talking and played the guitar. Sounds great. You are very good at playing.

I just bought this guitar at a guitar shop in Santa Cruz, CA. I played many high end guitars, and I'm with you; it felt the most comfortable and being a finger picker, it was perfect for me. Thanks for the video.

Shame I live in Melbourne Australia, would love to get my hands on one of these. ❤️🎶

The shinny one sounds definitely better.

Sounds expensive

This is the 800th yt video (along with my own experience) I'm a hog guy through and through. Rw in all guitars sounds constrained to me. Not bad by any means, just doesn't fill in the nuanced tone gaps mahogany does. To my ears at least. Cheers.

Love your collection of guitars! and thanks for the review - love the sound of this Rosewood J45 deluxe!

Question: the flat strings you put on - are those also 13-56 gauge like the original strings? I own the same guitar (really enjoying it) and was thinking about swapping strings (and maybe even going lighter gauge).

I often use D'Addario Flat Tops as well. Although, on some acoustic guitars, the D'Addario Half-Rounds actually sound better. Sometimes we just have to think 'outside the box' so to speak and let our ears dictate which strings suit any particular guitar best.

Sounds great! 👍

I commissioned Atkin to build an acoustic baritone guitar, which was excellent. They are based near the the historic city of Canterbury, in Kent, UK. I would highly recommend anyone to buy a guitar from Atkin if they have the necessary funds to do so.

Nice demo. I own this and its big brother, the e10ss/v, which is basically the same guitar but as a slope-shouldered dreadnaught, so a bigger sound and better strummer, and both are just wonderful instruments. I often think that, if I ever really stripped down, I'd own those two and my old Yamaha laminate to take to campfires and other places where I wouldn't want to worry about my guitar. The sound is beautiful (especially if you love mahogany back and side guitars, which I do), and it plays like a dream.

Playability question: is this guitar more on the low action slinky side, or is it one of those harder to play acoustics?

The strings really work in softening the tone, sounding great!

What did the action measure out of the box? Just ordered mine.

I thought it was rosewood back?

OK! I should stop watching CZcams videos about guitars. I just ordered an L-11 reissue from Sweetwater. Anticipation is makin me wait!

Wow! Great playing! Appreciate all the great tunes! How's the bass end? Is this as tinny as most Taylors? Thanks again , really enjoyed!

I have same guitar and year too. Great tone from then. A keeper.

What strings / gauge

At one point I had a Gibson dreadnaught with a plasic bridge. I got my friendly luthier to make a rosewood bridge to replace it, which transformed the tone from being absolute cr*p to excellent. Only guitar collectors would prefer a hollow plastic bridge, no musician worthy of the name would be able to tolerate it..!

Fun vid. Would be neat to hear the Atkin vs my Gibson LG-2 Banner since they're both aged.

I totally agree with you, I have a 2001 Nick Lucas custom elite maple back and sides Ebony bridge and fretboard 1 3/4" at the nut .

I have a 2003 Blues king with an even shallower body than the L-00 (I think ?) at 4 3/16 at the widest point (back peg) and 3 7/16 where the neck joins the body. It also has a long scale. Would you measure your L-00 and post the two measurements for me?. I keep mine tuned down a full step & it roars....good vid....Thanks !

Yeah I can hear the intonation issues you will work it out...Nice guitar congrats...

oooooh, i am quite envious! i really want to check these out .. . visually, this is a stunner!

I was in my local shop looking at martins and Taylor’s. Walked out with an LV-09. Love it to this day

Man that sounds good! Think I'm finally going to pick up a new GS Mini. Plus, its the anniversary edition haha.

I’ve just bought one of these to throw in the car for when I’m on the move. Great tone and nice looking but out of the box was virtually unplayable due to high action. Once sorted should be fine.

excellent demo showing the versatility of that MiniGS

Isn't it a mahogany back and sides? The W32j was the jacaranda version if I'm not mistaken. I have the W30 and W32 (mahogany) and they are spectacular, as well as their maple dreadnoughts

Maple? It looks like Rosewood???