Strumenti Musicali

I used to think Mobius Megatar had the most affordable touch guitar available, the TrueTapper Eclipse, I was wrong. Poking 'round the net to-day, I discovered a mini-museum page of touch guitars which had a link to a company called Box guitars. They are an Australian company specializing in that beloved instrument, and, better yet, their base models are around 990 USD, compared to Megatar's 995 USD TrueTapper eclipse! However, even if the Box models have nice looking bodies, I prefer the shape of the Megatar ones better, and the Box ones have uncrossed tuning, not my style; but still, it's a great way to start on that instrument.

If you ask me, if you're going to get an acoustic guitar, get a roundback. They are much more comfortable, much more compact, and they project better. Also, you can get more projection if you get one with side holes rather than having the soundhole under the strings; it gives the string more to resonate against, and it's bassier. Ovation is the most famous manufacturer of roundbacks, but I prefer Mansfields. They are more comfortable, smaller, not as harsh, and are some of the few acoustics to have bolt on necks. The only other acoustic guitar with a bolt on neck that I know of is the Tacoma Thunderchief acoustic bass. Speaking of basses, the best acoustic ones are roundbacks and/or resophonics, for the same reasons as the guitars.

Roundbacks are much more acoustically efficient than conventional guitars; whereas conventional guitars are like trying to get a drink by filling a glass beyond the overflow point and putting your mouth against the side, a roundback is like a satellite dish transmitter.

Welcome to Strumenti Musicali. This blog will orbit around musical instruments, a personal obsession of mine. The name is simply Italian for "musical instruments," in case you were wondering.