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@bluegrasssingingman Of course they would drown it -- These guitars aren't designed to have the projection needed for a bluegrass jam. It has a *cedar* top for crying out loud. lol

I think it depends on what you're looking for, and what your playing style CALLS for. For many fingerstyle guitarists, this is the holy grail. After playing a few, I see why. They are priced according to demand.

crunkykong 5 months ago

@crunkykong I know it has a cedar top. I know it is for finger style, I wouldn't even want it for country using a pick. I f wanted one for that, and a cut away. It would be a Martin. Sorry it is a nice guitar, but over priced.

bluegrasssingingman 5 months ago

@bluegrasssingingman Again, I wouldn't want one for that, either. No need to apologize. In some ways I wish I didn't want one. Life was so much easier (and cheaper) when I only had experience playing Martins Taylors and Gibsons. lol

crunkykong 5 months ago

@crunkykong Taylor is a piece of shit. Gibson is allot better then Taylor. That Olson is not better then a Martin cut away. I play Bluegrass, Bluegrass Gospel, and Gospel. That Olson is no more custom, then a custom Martin, or a custom Gibson. Olson is no more hand built either. It isn't like they carved it out by hand from a tree. Olson gets there wood in block form also. They use ban saws as well, and so on. Don't kid you're self.

bluegrasssingingman 5 months ago

@bluegrasssingingman lol.

crunkykong 5 months ago

@bluegrasssingingman Boy your full of all kinds of opinions aren't you? Have you ever heard of "personal preference"? It means "what people like". To my ear Martin is CaCA. The lows are too dark and muddy. You can keep them. I'll take a taylor any day. Aside from preference though, this one thing can not be denied. Taylor and Martin are manufactured guitars. Olson is "custom" and hand built in the truest sense of the word. Built by one person in his shop.

faithandpractice 4 months ago

@faithandpractice First of all I'm not your boy. Second of all Martins are not muddy. Taylor and Gibson are muddy and tinny. Did Olson cut the tree down and cut every thing out by hand? No, did Olsen use ban saws, sanders, and drills? yes, so this means they are manufactured guitars. So you think Olsen used no machines at all? As far as my opinion is fact. You could not use Olsen for Bluegrass, because they have no bass and balanced mid, and highs. No driving power to cut through.

bluegrasssingingman 4 months ago

@bluegrasssingingman "First of all I'm not your boy" wound up tight perhaps? I did not call you boy. Boy served as a "geeze" or "man oh man". "Muddy" is a perfect term for the Martin lows. It's not bad it's just preference. Some like it, I don't. Clearly an Olson would not serve bluegrass well. However no one would ever deny that Martin is a mass produced guitar and Olson is hand made (at least not someone that knows what they are talking about). They are just a different animals.

faithandpractice 4 months ago

@faithandpractice Martins are not muddy, Saying a guitar is muddy is the same as saying a guitar is tinny, distorted. Martins bass is deep,woody,dry and dark. Which is a totally different descriptions from muddy. Muddy is used for week bass and no drive. So learn what the hell you are talking about. Yes they are different animals. I never said Olsen wasn't any good. I said, I would never trade my Martins for one. A banjo,mandolin would drowned a Olsen out. They have no driving power.

bluegrasssingingman 4 months ago

@bluegrasssingingman Yes "Dark" is another good word for the lows of a Martin, So there we have it. "Muddy" and "Dark" :)

faithandpractice 4 months ago

@faithandpractice Muddy is not dark, Muddy means weak, distorted, flabby. You need to learn your descriptions.

bluegrasssingingman 4 months ago

@bluegrasssingingman Muddy.

faithandpractice 4 months ago

@faithandpractice no point in arguing with a know-it-all.

8Zeitgeist 1 month ago

@faithandpractice Now if a Olsen had a spruce top, and was a dread. That might be a different story. They would be really over priced. Then they would be compared to a over priced Collings, which is Muddy, and week in driving bass power. Go listen to a Gibson,Collings they are a perfect examples of muddy. To be honest I'd take a Yairi over a Olsen, and I don't mean a Alvarez.

bluegrasssingingman 4 months ago

@faithandpractice Built by one person means nothing. Yes martins use machines. So does Olsen. Yes more then one works on a Martin. For a example you act like ten people builds a neck, for one guitar. You act like ten people works on the same top,back, and sides together. A Martin custom guitar has one person from start to finish. Martin is still hand built. I never said Olsen wasn't a good guitar. I said they had no driving power, and not a Bluegrass guitar. Martins are built more consistent.

bluegrasssingingman 4 months ago

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@bluegrasssingingman I wouldnt either if I played bluegrass! (as your handle suggests..)

crunkykong 10 months ago

I just played this same exact guitar and set it up...now its in a new home which my good friend bought..great sounding piece ...warm with a nice rounded bass response.

guitarsaddle 1 year ago