I saw Paul Kelly last night, and his opening act played a Garrison G50. I never really thought of a Garrison guitar as a viable option before, but his sounded pretty good. It looked like a cross between a small dreadnaught and maybe an OM with the upper bout rounded in some. My only experience with trying a Garrison was at Mandolin Brothers where my memory seems to tell me they were pretty heavy which I think was due to their internal bracing system.

Does anyone have a better memory the guitar? His guitar looked and sounded pretty good and their prices don't seem too excessive.

Just curious.

Andy

I've tried the G50 as well as some others. I was not overly impressed with the others but the G50 was alright. A little too heavy for sure. Just makes me appreciate my Larrivées more.  

I like the idea of the Garrison bracing system, but man, they are heavy guitars to play.

There were some beautiful gloss-finish cedar models at the local dealer that sounded very nice for the price, but way too heavy.

-Scott

They were heavy then, it wasn't just my memory playing tricks on me. I kinda remembered thinking it was going to have to be a lap guitar as I couldn't imagine standing up with the fool thing for more than a few minutes.

Thanks for the feedback.

Andy

I would estimate that they weigh 2-3 times more than an equivalently sized Larrivee.  It's hard to believe, but it was night and day, from my recollection.

-Scott