What is the best acoustic guitar for strumming (in your opinion)?
Apr 23, 2010 · The best jumbo I have played so far was a Gibson J-100. My Parkwood jumbo is nice and you may be able to find them for dirt cheap. For Dreads, I'd say the Martin D-18GE or Guild D-40 Bluegrass.
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Nov 11, 2016 · Best Strumming Guitars General Acoustic Guitar Discussion. Except for my baritone, I strum all my guitars and the real stand out, the one that can really handle heavy strumming is my 12-string Guild F-412.
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Dec 9, 2017 · But for really fast strumming I use a Guitar Moose pick, .50, clear. I must have 300 picks in bags that I have tried, so, like most here would suggest, take something from the contributors here but do lots of experimenting.
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Jun 30, 2008 · Well in the early days of Bluegrass, before Doc Watson and others liberated the guitar as lead instrument, lots and lots of guitarists wailed away on D-18s, D-28s, and D-35s, they still do.
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Mar 11, 2008 · You've gotten some good advice, now here's mine. A dread or a jumbo are great choices with almost no downside if you do indeed strum must of the time. If you do a good bit of fingerpicking or really don't need a huge level of volume all the time, a good OM is a great choice, provided its set up for your playing style
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Apr 10, 2005 · Whatever makes you want to pick up that particular guitar and strum it - each player knows what feels the best and which guitar provides a good sound. I like my Taylor 310-CE and the HD-28 style dred that I built myself 17 years ago.
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Jun 14, 2016 · I generally use various Dunlops for strumming. I had mostly used .60s but have recently gone up slightly to .73 or .88 with a dread with medium strings and am liking that more with a large guitar with medium strings and am curious to try thicker picks for strumming.
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Dec 11, 2009 · It all boils down to the guitar and especially the set up. A higher (more space between strings and frets) will allow for a heavy pic and some serious strumming. A low setup (more finger style or "easier") I would suggest a light guage pick, say a …
What is the best acoustic guitar for strumming (in your opinion ...
Jan 13, 2015 · The best strumming guitar would be a larger and heavier guitar and would most likely be a dreadnought. Try strumming the chords F, C and G, over and over, on various guitars and only a few of them will sound good when strummed hard. Hard strumming is the test for a good strumming guitar and I mean strum harder than you would ever strum normally.
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Jul 2, 2008 · The best guitar for strumming is the guitar you pick up an play and think "This guitar is perfect for strumming." In the Martin line check out the 000 -- most people think of these as picking boxes but the sound great strummed. Louder than you might think, too The dread is the obvious choice. Mahoganey will cut through the mix a bit more.