Review Demo - Guild M-140E
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- čas přidán 22. 10. 2015
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In 1966, Guild Guitars-then just 13 years into its existence-moved from Hoboken, New Jersey, to Westerly, Rhode Island. Today, many players and collectors love those Rhode Island-built instruments, particularly ones from the mid ’60s. They were well made at a time when some bigger companies were seeing quality slip, and several of these Guilds-acoustics, electrics, and basses-became axes of choice for young, rule-breaking players of the era. The Rhode Island instruments were also original and innovative: That cutaway dreadnought profile that’s so ubiquitous now was a pioneering move by Guild in 1972.
Guild recently changed hands after a few decades in the hands of Fender, moving its headquarters to Oxnard, California, where it’s now a subsidiary of Cordoba Music Group. Given this change, it’s no surprise the company would reassert its roots and history by lending the Westerly handle to this new line of Chinese-built acoustics. The guitars pay homage to Guild’s Rhode Island history in more than name, however. Several classic Guild body styles turn up in the line, including the concert-sized M-140E reviewed here.
With a solid Sitka spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides, the M-140E is an attractive guitar with just enough upmarket details to feel a bit fancy without spoiling the intrinsically attractive lines. It sports the same headstock logo seen on ’60s Guilds, a vintage-looking tortoiseshell pickguard, and open-geared tuners that add to the old-school effect. More luxurious details, like a mother-of-pearl rosette and rosewood headstock cap, are nice flourishes. And the Fishman Sonitone electronics offer amplification flexibility via discrete, soundhole-mounted controls rather than a hunk of plastic on the side of the guitar...
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Guys, I know you get a lot of comments about your recording process for these demos but I really think you should listen. The royer is a great microphone if you're trying to make a record but ribbon microphones aren't exactly known for there accurate picture of what a guitar sounds like. If you look at the frequency spectrum of any ribbon mic, you'll notice that they have a pretty severe high end roll off, which is why singer-songwriters like them because you can hear the sparkle of their voice rather than the guitar. But I want to hear the presence range of the guitar if I'm listening to a demo. An AKG C414 or a stereo pair of high end pencil mic's would work a lot better for what you're trying to accomplish with these videos. Also, try placing the mic around the 17th fret for a more accurate representation of the guitar if you choose a mono setup. If you want stereo, which I would recommend, try an X/Y pattern around the 17th fret about 10 inches away from the guitar. If you test these options out I know that you'll agree that they are better than what you are doing now.
Thanks
I just like the way you play my friend
Ugh, that sounds absolutely horrendous plugged in. Why do you guys insist on reviewing guitars plugged in? It sounds like the Sonitone pickup, NOT the guitar. You might as well be doing a review of the pickup.
+Jesse Watson Mic shouldn't be pointed right down the soundhole either.
To give you an idea of what it sounds like with the pickup. I've heard worse but yes, it's far from the best. Some of that piezo quack can be softened with DI pres and other effects direct in a live situation.
+Jesse Watson Totally agree. I´ve been looking for an acoustic, one with some kind of a pick-up. Leaning more and more towards a normal one, without pickups.
Why? Because all acoustics in their "pickup-mode" I´ve ever heard sounds inferior to the pure acoustic sound!
That muffled plastic sound is... yek!!
So, a non-PU guitar is what I´ll get!
Cheers!
MuscleDad420 Yes. You can use digital convolution effects to apply the impulse response sampled from a real guitar body to the piezo signal and it goes back to sounding plausibly like an acoustic. (The same kind of effect used for replicating the reverb of real spaces.) There's a pedal product that does this but I can't think of the name offhand at the moment. Will try to remember and get back to you.
+Admiral Quality The Baggs Lyric is pretty good. It doesn't sound as good as an external mic, but it carries most or all of the benefits of a piezo while sounding like an actual guitar (albeit compressed).
Great playing! I just received my Westerly Collection F-150CE (Jumbo) last Saturday. You can see a review and a song of it on my channel. Not a pro, so don't expect my playing to be like this video!
The Guitar by itself sounds pretty good for it's size...The pickup sounds aweful...I cant tell a difference between this one and the cheap presis t. A Taylor Exporession System 2 or the higher end L.R. Baggs sound way better.
Anyway I'm glad you showed the pickup in the video.
Cool review and nice playing, especially the slide-part!
Very nice.
Also, just because Nick Drake was pictured with a small-bodied mahogany Guild doesn't mean he actually recorded with one. The album he was pictured with a Guild, he actually recorded with a Martin D-28.
+Jesse Watson Unfortunately we may never know which guitar Nick Drake played on his recordings. Richard Thompson (who knows a thing or two about guitars) says he never saw Nick Drake play anything other than "a small bodied Guild". The person who ended up with the D-28 you mention speculated that it was bought by Nick after he'd recorded his three albums as he described it as "unplayed". Some tracks sound like a small bodied all mahogany guitar to my ears but whether it was a Guild M-20 or F-20 (as some have suggested) or something else entirely is (unfortunately) still open for speculation.
Ok, he did mention it has 1 3/4” nut. The Fender PM and Yamaha APX have 1 11/16” nuts.
this is a good review less talking more playing
I played one today in classical style flamenco type and the entire store stopped dead in their tracks like they were struck by something turned and looked at me and said that is something that is beautiful and that's always a good feeling the guitar does awesome bending and sustain of the strings so.ething he didnt showcase.
Company paying tribute to itself when it made quality guitars. Step back in the right direction?
between this, M120 , Bluridge 370 , and Eastman E10 Parlor ? What Would you suggest ? is Parlor guitars Suitable for Bending , hammer on pull off ?
i need a final decision i have budget 1100$
Did you get better? Anything is suitable for anything. Pick the one you like and playyyy.
I must agree with Jesse Watson's assessment that the guitar's poor pickup system negatively influences the sound of the guitar. At first listen I was tempted to criticize the guitar. It's the pickup that is of poor quality. Why was this done to begin with? Using a pickup rather than hearing the guitar; though, when all is said, a listener isn't really able to make a sound judgement given that it is distorted by way of CZcams compression.
can you get a left handed one?
I don't know why so many OEMs go with Fishman pickups. I've never heard a Fishman that I thought sounded decent. PG should review their acoustic guitars with more accurate microphones to better represent what they sound like. A good chunk of people watching these reviews don't gig in public but play quietly at home.
lol... I kept hearing him gasp between sentences... I couldn't stop
Ace Ventura!
😂😂😂😂
Nailed it
Sound is subjective. I happen to like Fishman pickups. Have them in all our acoustic/electrics. I'm one who does not care for the ES electronics in the Taylors. To my ears the bass is dull and the rest is shrill. Like I said sound is subjective to what you hear. BTW.....this Guild Guitar sounds very nice ( IMO)
It sounds like D'Addario EXP strings. I found them stiff, muted. Did not care for them. I prefer uncoated 80/20 bronze or nickel bronze strings.
Parlor size good, small body. Open tuners no good. I want closed Grover’s. 24 3/4” scale no good. 25 1/2” scale good. He did not mention nut width. I think 1 11/16” no good. I am a finger picker. I want 1 3/4” nut spacing. How about a cutaway electric? Want small body, not dreadnought, not F body. 3 1/2 “ to 4” sides.
please amateurs! your listening thru your computers speakers or headphones, premier are the guit. techs you wish you knew
What flavour are you?
that is a truly terrible sounding pickup. It can be made better with EQ (i've had other guits with the Sonitone), but for some reason Premier thought this pickup was worth highlighting. go figure... there are a lot of people who think piezo quack is standard and OK, but that's kinda saying life expectancy before anti-biotics wasn't worth fixing either.... :-)
I want acoustic because I like acoustic. I have electric guitars so why the he'll buy an acoustic that's electric?
because people want to play live duh?
The low end almost broke my speakers! shitty piezo sound :(
videographer should be fired!
I can't get past the stoner's hair.
Man can’t stand poly finished acoustics... they sound so restrained and plastic.
To small.....nice for jounger kids....