Friday / Saturday nights and Country Music

On Friday and Saturday nights there is always a group of us that meets and play's music at a local Country Store. There is usually 3 to 6 guitars, sometimes a mandolin, banjo or a steel. It's kinda an "Open Mike" as anyone can sit in and play or sing. There is even a karaoke machine for those who lean that way. Last night I was sitting in, even though the other musicans are way better than I am ( I've only been playing for a couple of years). I was playing my Takamine EG523SC electric acoustic through my Roland AC-60 amp and was getting a lot of complements about the sound of my guitar. We had a young boy show up to sing a couple of songs and I let him use my guitar for his turn at the mike. This boy has a "fingerpicking" style and really made my equipment sound GOOD. When he finished a couple of other players asked if they could try my guitar since I had the only acoustic amp  there. One of the musicans there had a Martin 0000-28H that he bought back in the summer and he told me that if he had known how well the Takamine sounded he would never have bought the Martin. Since he was playing his guitar through a regular amp I told him to try his though my amp. After a few songs he told me that the acoustic amp was a huge improvement over his amp but he thought my guitar still had the better sound. His Martin was a $2000.00 + guitar and my Takamine only cost a little over $700.00. Was the difference in the guitars or just in the type of amps being used.(I don't know)  Regardless, I left there feeling real good about my equipment.

Nela