Big sounding small bodies guitar..

[mcormier]

i fell in love with the sound of a Gibson J-200. but im only 5'6 and have small arms. Is there a grand auditorium guitar, with that type of biggness and power.

[alainguitars]

I'm also small and gone through almost every guitar size out there. I've settled on the best guitar for me. Size and tone wise. 1946 Martin 0017. Also reasonably priced.

[Jon C]

Biggest sounding small guitar I've got/have seen (not that I've played 'em all) is the Lowden S12, small body, mahogany, slightly chunky neck, big sound.

[fullerplast]

Two of the biggest sounding small bodies I've heard are a '46 Martin 00-18 and a '90's Collings OM-1.

[Ogre]

Lowden!

[PB Wilson]

I've got to go with Louden too. Beautiful sounding and looking instruments.

Another small but loud guitar is a Nick Lucas model. A few luthiers make them now. It's definitely different in sound compared to a jumbo, but they are really cool guitars.

[suttree]

i have a santa cruz om/pw. small body (even though i'm 6'2), and huge sound.

[Grun]

Gotta agree with the OM size. SCGC H style has a lot of fans as well.

[ES350]

ditto on the Nick Lucas style...looking for one right now.

[A440]

Huss and Dalton CM series....whoa !

[Brett Valentine]

Had a Martin 0001 for a while that could put a good amount of sound in a room (more than I expected for a small bodied guitar).

Brett

[rgsss14]

This is cheating - but the easy answer is the Baby Taylor.

[r9player]

I don't want to recommend a brand although lots of good ones come to mind, but get one with a 12th Fret join. In my experience smaller body guitars with the 12th fret join can sound absolutely huge.

[deluxemeat]

anyone work w/ the carvin ac375?
i always like the idea behind that guitar but haven't played one.
played the ac175 which was great plugged and ok as a couch guitar. but sounded too small played full bore and sung on top of.

[pickaguitar]

Martin 00-18v

[erksin]

I don't want to recommend a brand although lots of good ones come to mind, but get one with a 12th Fret join. In my experience smaller body guitars with the 12th fret join can sound absolutely huge.

Totally - it's like hitting a snare drum in the middle of the head instead of near the rim.

[mad dog]

My '43 Martin 0-18 does real well in this department. Sounds much bigger than it looks.

[Ogre]

Played a Santa Cruz OM today(not the pre-war "cheapie") that sounded great.