There will always be a cup of tea & a warm welcome for you whenever you're passing through Guildford - thanks so much for helping with the video. I'm so pleased you like the guitars! Cheers, Lee
Do Sire do a parlor guitar? Love the feature although I suspect Mike could make any box with strings on sound beautiful but I do prefer smaller body acoustics
Really happy to see you working with Andertons on YT content. One of my favorite acoustic musicians working with my most trusted source of info on YT for instruments and equipment? Yeah, I'm happy right now :) Plz do more in the future! P.S. if you ever get the chance, check out the Harley Benton D-120 CE series (I just bought the D-120CE NT) $67 USD! Sounds like it would be really bad right? WRONG. Cutaway body, EQ/input jack for amps and after you put decent stings on it, it sounds GORGEOUS. I'm SHOCKED at what I got for the price! (Only had to toss $35 for international shipping from Germany on to the cost) I can NOT complain!
So what are the chances of you and Mike doing what you and Rob have done? I think If you guys teamed up to create an acoustic guitar brand you'd really have something... #JustAThought...
Greetings from Des Moines, Iowa to Mike Dawes! It was great to meet you during your show here. I love my Sire bass, we'll see how their acoustics do. I told you I'd see you on Anderton's soon. :)
I’ve seen mike Dawes a couple of times live......it’s a fantastic experience, and he’s such a humble , incredible player. I’d highly recommend anyone to make the effort to get to one of his shows
Lee's face and reaction said it all.. I love little beautiful music moments like this 11:40. Mike had the perfect "talk music" going on there and just adorned it with such a lovely movement there. Drums and bass were my first love but man I have a sucker for my nylon and steel acoustic guitars now. such versatility. I used to just correlate them with country music lol which was not my thing ( I have even changed a bit on that too) ahh growth.
What a beautiful player.....I listen to guitarists every day of my life....listening and watching Mike’s technique...feels like the first ..so fresh and dynamic
I bought an R3 had it for a few days now, what a guitar for the money! Great sound both plugged in and acoustically, just really full sounding. Was almost in tune out the box 🤣
I bought the R3 Grand Auditorium with cutaway for my son before seeing this video. I found Andertons have the friendliest and most knowledgeable staff I have ever encountered in a music shop. This wiped the floor with other models within the price range. Epiphone, Sigma, Yamaha and the cheaper Faith models. I would suggest trying the pickup system as it is truly astounding for a guitar of this price as Mike demonstrates here.
My Sire A7 came a few days ago. Thanks for putting them in the sale. It came at £100 off normal price, So I grabbed one quick. I admit I was worried not being able to make it all the way to Guildford to try it out. I had no need to worry, its bloomin awesome just as Mike and the Captain stated. A big thanks guys for a great guitar and fab honest service🎸👍😊
Just to let you all know, I ordered the R3 Grand Auditorium with magnetic pickup shortly after I posted on the 9th. Just arrived here in France on the 11th!!!! Great work, Andertons! Initial impressions... Sound: Really nice, has a good bright forward sound, with a decent bass end. Which is exactly what i wanted. As a part time guitarist, this is mainly for recording, so any (minor) lack in the bass end, is easily remedied in post. Blend between magnetic and piezo works nicely to give a really good, clear sound when DI'd. And acoustically, it is exactly what i needed. Nice midrange, too. Some guitars I have tried at around this price are a bit "boxy". None of that here. My only gripe, is that when it arrived, there is a connector inside the guitar which goes from the magnetic Pickup and it should be glued down somewhere inside the body. This has come unstuck, and therefore rattles around bit inside. No biggie, I can easily re-stick it down, but necessitates removing the strings to get inside of course. Doesn't sound whilst playing the guitar, though. So, overall i'm really pleased. I think the guitar lives up to the video review, and the only remaining issue i have is that my fingers are used to 10 gauge strings, and after half an hour of strumming, the fingertips on my left hand are pretty sore! Thanks to Andertons, and Mike Dawes. Great service, great guitar, and one happy camper over here! Best £300 i have spent in a long time!
17:54 I cannot BELIEVE all of those options. I wish I'd gotten into researching gear when this came out because now we have to wait for Sire's next line of acoustics to special order them :') Hoping to find just any Grand Auditorium in the 3 range with the rubber tuning pegs. All STUNNING guitars.
A fantastic demo and amazingly Acoustic genius, will certainly check out the Sire acoustics. Thanks Andertons, when are you setting up shop in Australia?
I LOVED this video. I have watched hundreds of review videos and comparisons over the past few weeks to the point that it has become an obsession. But everytime I watched the other videos I was thinking to myself, "I need to try these to be sire of them." But with these Sire guitars and the way you talked about them, I'm completely sold. Looking into dealers here in India and will order one ASAP if I manage to catch hold of one. Thank you so much for this video!
Hey man, Indian here. I was looking to get one of the sire a3ds, did you get one? Also how has it fared if you did? Did it come setup? Would be glad if you could let me know :)
Really good stuff, and so interesting. Want to see/hear the follow-on after Mr Dawes re-strings and has some time to play around as he wishes :) So good to see/hear inventive acoustic music. Must keep Acoustic Parradiso running along. This one was/is special :)
This seemed like such a sincerely shot video and a great gesture for the Captain to offer up a couple of guitars. Will / do we get them in Australia? Nice all round job..
Don’t really need another acoustic as I have 5 and when I saw the title I thought yeah bet these are £3k plus but then saw they’re sub £700?!!! 😮 So I have to get one now! That sungha Jung one looks and sounds awesome! And I need all the rosewood I can get in my life before it all runs out!
I would never pay a premium for a signature but this 'Sungha Jung model' is the same price - £699.Unfortunately, it is not a 'signature' but it may appreciate in ten years time?
Thx for your wonderful videos, really great to watch, with so many, honest infos on the products. SOOO finally I was not only watching, I bought one of this great guitars a R7 sunburst. Looking forward to play it :) Stay and play safe and I hope to be inspired again and again !!
I had to send ist back, Andertons service is really bad, worst ever experienced - which is a shame .. the first guitar, after I ordered had suddenly „issues“, the next one arrived with the worst setup and 13th string - I asked for a low string action and thin strings ( 11th ). Unfortunatly ist was nearly imppossible to play, so as far as I can say a really bad guitar for me. They were not able to send a tool thruss rod to adjust the neck, there was none delivered! - not one of my ones matched!! I own 23 guitars and played nearly 40 gigs last year, so I would say I have some experience - still maybe you‘ll be luckier 😉
@@uweforsch8104 thank you for the fast reply! What made it impossible to play on? I live in Belgium and if I buy the r7 I won't buy it by Andersons. I will buy it in a local store so that I have a guaranteed service
Jens .. the strings were much to far away from the fretboard .. of you can check the guitar at the shop and ask if the neck is adjustable 😉 Good Luck ✌️
This is interesting. I haven't heard of the Sire brand - but evidently they are doing things amazingly right and at a great price. I must check them out further. I've got an Epiphone Masterbuilt acoustic that I love and sounds great but I was toying with the idea of putting a pickup system in it. Perhaps one of these Sires would be an even cheaper route.
Beautiful sound ... really makes me want to try one of these 7 series guitars ... but like others have said, wish they had played them unplugged too ... I would like to see how they feel, of course ... but more, how is it going to sound just clean through my Marshall amp with no effects pedals or anything else ... sounds like a great deal, but I'll shop for one and see how it is in person
I am buying one soon as available here in the USA. I've emailed them and they should be released for presale in February and delivery in March/April...
This looks nice. I have a Crafter acoustic guitar (no pickups) which was very nice sounding and affordable. However, the neck has got a little twisted and doesn't play so well anymore (a bit buzzy on the top E and B strings). This looks like it's worth a consideration. ( don't like sunburst, I much prefer the natural plain wood).
Very impressive guitars. Will guitars like these sound the death knell for Taylor, Martin and Gibson in the UK? We now have Sire, Faith, and several others producing excellent solid wood guitars at great prices. At one fifth of the price of the US guitars and apparently the same or very similar spec they are bound to have an impact.
Just brilliant - viewed out of curiosity and am now buying a 2nd guitar - this type of review is gold dust to a the common bloke like me that wouldn’t know what to ask in a guitar store.
@ 18:50 Not actually a stereo cable, although it indeed CAN be used for stereo. Or Balanced connections. It is actually called TRS... Tip, Ring, Sleeve. What they actually do is dependent on what you use the cable for. Simply means you can have 3 electrical paths going through the plug.
You are correct sir, here, have an upvote. In the context of guitarplaying and guitargear, they are often called steroecables though, since getting a stereo sound is mostly what they are used for in that context.
Thanks for the (all too rare!) upvote! And yes, on some guitars they call it stereo... which usually means you can output the bridge and neck pickups separately. As a lifetime member of the Pedantry Society, this still isn't "Stereo" but i'll let that pass.
@@timbeaton5045 I'm the same, I try to take every possibility I can to teach the people around me about the real names and function of gear and equipment used. But sometimes one just have to accept that some words and expressions and the way they are used is here to stay; language is malleable like that. In the case with the so-called "Stereo cables", seeing since a guitar signal normally is Mono, it's understandable that one would call a cable capable of stereo a "Stereo Cable" to differentiate it from a "normal" mono one, no matter what it's real name is. Another example is that here in Sweden, the normal TS cables used as instrument cables is called "tele-cables" because of their use in old telephone switchboards back in the day. Same thing with XLR cables, most people i know, including proficient musicians, call them simply microphone-cables, since it's what they mostly have ssen them beeing used for.
Super demo. Hello from France. It seems to me that you have reversed the video and denomination of the: Sire guitars R7 SIB Grand Auditorium, and Sire guitars A7 Sungha Jung Zebra 7 Grand Auditorium.
I went to see Justin Haywood at the Wycombe Swan Theatre on the 15th September and Mike Dawes played the first 30min set of his own music, boy he can play. Brilliant guitarist, wish I could play even 25% as good as Mike can, but too much water has gone under the bridge for me now. By the way love these new electro acoustic guitars, they sound wonderful, better than my Yamaha CPX-500 MK3.
What guitar is hanging on the wall to the right of Lee when camera is zoomed on him? (To his left) Its a darker tone with a smaller sunburst and a vintage Gibson like L5/L50 pickguard.
Great Video, love these guitars. Amazing bang for the buck compared to other brands. Great to see the big wigs being challenged in price and quality. For these prices who would buy a Martin or Taylor laminated stick when you can buy a solid wood electric acoustic for £699? Go Sire.
I wish I knew years ago what I know now. My first acoustic was an Ibanez exotic wood that was $500. It's Maple, so it's heavy and dense. Not very loud at all for an acoustic. These sounds so much more lively, better electronics, solid back and sides, and for only a little bit more.
Could we see a comparison between these, Faith and Dowina guitars... they all fall at similar price points and all seem like they are killer value for money Please and thank you
These seem pretty high quality. Shame the amp had the reverb a bit too high. Also, what an acoustic guitar player you brought in! Mike is the real deal.
I've never bothered to get an acoustic, always seemed a bit bulky and awkward. These sound fantastic, I might end up getting one to add to my guitar collection.
Just a pointer with the pronunciation of Sungha Jung's name, the U sound in his first and last name is closer to the U found in 'run' instead of the U sound in 'moon'. Also the J in Jung is like the J in 'jar'
I believe these are sold as Orangewood guitars in the U.S. now. They get fantastic reviews from their $199 USD to their solid wood $899 USD guitars......each come with a gig bag or a fantastic hard case.
Can't find these beautiful Sire R7 models here in 2022, you had me sold. Looks like maybe they've been discontinued. Nothing on the web that I can find, at least not here from Canada. Shame, I was sold on buying one complete with hard case.
I wonder if they'll start hiking the prices? My first Freshman FA400 (dreadnought) was just £300 brand new from a store in Glasgow. I didn't really know what I was buying at the time, just that it looked and sounded decent to my untrained ears in store. But as I played it, almost incessantly over the next 12 months, it became apparent that it was a very special guitar indeed (I can say without exaggeration that it was better than a friend's Martin D28 - something which he could never quite grasp). Anyway, convinced of its brilliance, and despite the fact I didn't need another dread, I went back to buy another identical model, only to discover that the price was now £1000! Yup that's it, a £700 hike in RRP. Even now, after the introduction of 2 new flagship models, the FA400 can't be had for anything less than £800! Clever marketing indeed. Suck them in with low prices, get people talking, then BOOM wack the price up. Even now, assuming quality is the same, the FA400 is worth every penny and these Sire's could well be an equivalent.
Great to hang again at the store Lee. Thanks for introducing me to these guitars and getting me out of the house x
Sound great man! What tuning do you use at the beggining? And what are your favorite strings for your style? Thanks!
There will always be a cup of tea & a warm welcome for you whenever you're passing through Guildford - thanks so much for helping with the video. I'm so pleased you like the guitars! Cheers, Lee
Do Sire do a parlor guitar? Love the feature although I suspect Mike could make any box with strings on sound beautiful but I do prefer smaller body acoustics
Really happy to see you working with Andertons on YT content. One of my favorite acoustic musicians working with my most trusted source of info on YT for instruments and equipment? Yeah, I'm happy right now :) Plz do more in the future!
P.S. if you ever get the chance, check out the Harley Benton D-120 CE series (I just bought the D-120CE NT) $67 USD! Sounds like it would be really bad right? WRONG. Cutaway body, EQ/input jack for amps and after you put decent stings on it, it sounds GORGEOUS. I'm SHOCKED at what I got for the price! (Only had to toss $35 for international shipping from Germany on to the cost) I can NOT complain!
So what are the chances of you and Mike doing what you and Rob have done? I think If you guys teamed up to create an acoustic guitar brand you'd really have something... #JustAThought...
It was so inspiring to see how excited Mike got when looking at and playing these guitars. Thank you both for a great video.
Greetings from Des Moines, Iowa to Mike Dawes! It was great to meet you during your show here. I love my Sire bass, we'll see how their acoustics do. I told you I'd see you on Anderton's soon. :)
Beautiful guitars and beautiful tones. What a great way to start the day. Thanks Andertons and TY Mike Dawes!
Mike is so good! Love watching him play! So much emotion in his music.
I’ve seen mike Dawes a couple of times live......it’s a fantastic experience, and he’s such a humble , incredible player. I’d highly recommend anyone to make the effort to get to one of his shows
Wonderful! So musical and without the endless, exhausting shredding
Lee's face and reaction said it all.. I love little beautiful music moments like this 11:40. Mike had the perfect "talk music" going on there and just adorned it with such a lovely movement there. Drums and bass were my first love but man I have a sucker for my nylon and steel acoustic guitars now. such versatility. I used to just correlate them with country music lol which was not my thing ( I have even changed a bit on that too) ahh growth.
What a beautiful player.....I listen to guitarists every day of my life....listening and watching Mike’s technique...feels like the first ..so fresh and dynamic
I love how Lee always looks at Mike's playing with such joy :D
Mike is so clearly a great talent, I am in awe.
Wow. Mike's playing is incredibly moving. Really wish to see one of his love shows one day
Wow! What a great review. And awesome playing!
28:30 - thats freakin out of this world tone
Wow. That "Nights in White Satin" section really, really sounded nice. Makes me want to go pop in my old Moody Blues LPs.
I bought an R3 had it for a few days now, what a guitar for the money! Great sound both plugged in and acoustically, just really full sounding. Was almost in tune out the box 🤣
That was just great to watch. I also realised that I absolutely need a Sire acoustic.
::applause::
Wonderful sounding guitars, and a great demo Mike.
Loved listening to Mike playing ! Superb
Loved the little Don Ross break with "Tight Trite Night."
Mike Dawes! Yes! I love his stuff. Great to see him on the channel. Get him on more often Captain, he's a superstar :D
Great video - ordered one right away.
wow, great playing and sound !!
Awesome playing Mike, guitars sound great, thanks..
Look at Mike’s fingers, looks at own. Clearly a jump in evolution.
his thumb goes on forever
His hands/fingers look as big/long as Jimi's. And, he plays well.
I was thinking exactly the same, it's like watching Slenderman jam!
Hands like a piano player! Lol..
Same here. He has the hands of a giant.
I bought the R3 Grand Auditorium with cutaway for my son before seeing this video. I found Andertons have the friendliest and most knowledgeable staff I have ever encountered in a music shop. This wiped the floor with other models within the price range. Epiphone, Sigma, Yamaha and the cheaper Faith models. I would suggest trying the pickup system as it is truly astounding for a guitar of this price as Mike demonstrates here.
My Sire A7 came a few days ago. Thanks for putting them in the sale. It came at £100 off normal price, So I grabbed one quick. I admit I was worried not being able to make it all the way to Guildford to try it out. I had no need to worry, its bloomin awesome just as Mike and the Captain stated. A big thanks guys for a great guitar and fab honest service🎸👍😊
Are you still satisfied with the guitar? I'm considering buying an r7
wow I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. amazing artist
These guitars sound amazing, great prices! Definitely worth the money
Just to let you all know, I ordered the R3 Grand Auditorium with magnetic pickup shortly after I posted on the 9th. Just arrived here in France on the 11th!!!! Great work, Andertons!
Initial impressions...
Sound: Really nice, has a good bright forward sound, with a decent bass end. Which is exactly what i wanted. As a part time guitarist, this is mainly for recording, so any (minor) lack in the bass end, is easily remedied in post. Blend between magnetic and piezo works nicely to give a really good, clear sound when DI'd. And acoustically, it is exactly what i needed. Nice midrange, too. Some guitars I have tried at around this price are a bit "boxy". None of that here. My only gripe, is that when it arrived, there is a connector inside the guitar which goes from the magnetic Pickup and it should be glued down somewhere inside the body. This has come unstuck, and therefore rattles around bit inside. No biggie, I can easily re-stick it down, but necessitates removing the strings to get inside of course. Doesn't sound whilst playing the guitar, though.
So, overall i'm really pleased. I think the guitar lives up to the video review, and the only remaining issue i have is that my fingers are used to 10 gauge strings, and after half an hour of strumming, the fingertips on my left hand are pretty sore!
Thanks to Andertons, and Mike Dawes. Great service, great guitar, and one happy camper over here! Best £300 i have spent in a long time!
60 seconds in and I can already tell this one's gonna be a banger !
I had to clip that outro at the beginning and show people what i watch to get inspired as a guitarist!
Just as you start the drumrolls
Yep. I'm sold. Ordered!
A fun, informative video with a very engaging guest & beautiful playing. You can't ask for more.
17:54 I cannot BELIEVE all of those options. I wish I'd gotten into researching gear when this came out because now we have to wait for Sire's next line of acoustics to special order them :') Hoping to find just any Grand Auditorium in the 3 range with the rubber tuning pegs. All STUNNING guitars.
Plus they don't make the R7 anymore I have ordered a Larry Carlton A4 it's been month, and still waiting 🙏
Great playing Mike
A fantastic demo and amazingly Acoustic genius, will certainly check out the Sire acoustics. Thanks Andertons, when are you setting up shop in Australia?
Love the way this guy try’s to relate to the young guys or people that don’t know the jargon of eq etc -
I LOVED this video. I have watched hundreds of review videos and comparisons over the past few weeks to the point that it has become an obsession. But everytime I watched the other videos I was thinking to myself, "I need to try these to be sire of them." But with these Sire guitars and the way you talked about them, I'm completely sold.
Looking into dealers here in India and will order one ASAP if I manage to catch hold of one.
Thank you so much for this video!
Hey man, Indian here. I was looking to get one of the sire a3ds, did you get one? Also how has it fared if you did? Did it come setup? Would be glad if you could let me know :)
Man. That guys guitar playing is just incredibley beautiful. Where can I find his albums? His style of playing is soooo easy to Liston to.
Really good stuff, and so interesting. Want to see/hear the follow-on after Mr Dawes re-strings and has some time to play around as he wishes :)
So good to see/hear inventive acoustic music. Must keep Acoustic Parradiso running along. This one was/is special :)
I love Mike dawes, such a creative style
Mine A7 in sunburst came yesterday and I had tears in my eyes as I strummed it and looked agog at its build quality, aesthetics and sound
Are you still satisfied? I'm considering buying an r7 or a7
@@swenser3 it's the best playing experience and it sounds even better a year down the line
@@Big.E thank you for the fast reply. This takes my doubts away. I will probably buy it this week :)
This seemed like such a sincerely shot video and a great gesture for the Captain to offer up a couple of guitars. Will / do we get them in Australia?
Nice all round job..
If I was to guess, I reckon Mike has been playing for about a week, maybe two...
LOL, yes! :-) On the other hand, I reckon Guthrie Govan's been playing for about 8 weeks, perhaps 10.
How disrespectful. He has for sure been playing for at least 2 months.... reported.
That noodle at 11:40 is sooo good. Even Cap'n loves it ;)
aaah i was hoping you'd make a decent review of these. Could've been an Acoustic Paradiso though!
Don’t really need another acoustic as I have 5 and when I saw the title I thought yeah bet these are £3k plus but then saw they’re sub £700?!!! 😮
So I have to get one now! That sungha Jung one looks and sounds awesome! And I need all the rosewood I can get in my life before it all runs out!
only 300 to be exact
I would never pay a premium for a signature but this 'Sungha Jung model' is the same price - £699.Unfortunately, it is not a 'signature' but it may appreciate in ten years time?
Sounds amazing
Thx for your wonderful videos, really great to watch, with so many, honest infos on the products. SOOO finally I was not only watching, I bought one of this great guitars a R7 sunburst. Looking forward to play it :) Stay and play safe and I hope to be inspired again and again !!
What is your opinion after 3 months of playing the r7? I am considering to by one
I had to send ist back, Andertons service is really bad, worst ever experienced - which is a shame .. the first guitar, after I ordered had suddenly „issues“, the next one arrived with the worst setup and 13th string - I asked for a low string action and thin strings ( 11th ). Unfortunatly ist was nearly imppossible to play, so as far as I can say a really bad guitar for me. They were not able to send a tool thruss rod to adjust the neck, there was none delivered! - not one of my ones matched!! I own 23 guitars and played nearly 40 gigs last year, so I would say I have some experience - still maybe you‘ll be luckier 😉
@@uweforsch8104 thank you for the fast reply! What made it impossible to play on?
I live in Belgium and if I buy the r7 I won't buy it by Andersons. I will buy it in a local store so that I have a guaranteed service
Jens .. the strings were much to far away from the fretboard .. of you can check the guitar at the shop and ask if the neck is adjustable 😉 Good Luck ✌️
@@uweforsch8104 do you know any good guitars for beginners? I prefer full solid body and a price under 1000 euro's
Loved this so much, about to order an A4 Larry model, Dreadnought :)
Just brilliant video
I got over my annoyance of the reverb soak and just loved his playing.....cool gitfiddles BTW
This is interesting. I haven't heard of the Sire brand - but evidently they are doing things amazingly right and at a great price. I must check them out further. I've got an Epiphone Masterbuilt acoustic that I love and sounds great but I was toying with the idea of putting a pickup system in it. Perhaps one of these Sires would be an even cheaper route.
Where are the boxes again, I missed it!... great vid' guys.
His Knignts in white satin rendition was beautiful, i would like to hear him play that flat out.
Mike is clearly on top of his stuff but I'm really missing Mick and Pete from the Paradiso series! Great video though.
These sound awesome, even on YT! I know Andertons have a good setup (acoustic amp and mic), but still.
Yep, Mike could make a shoe-box with rubber bands sound awesome. I want a smaller version Capt please.
Funny, I just said the same.
Yes!! Going to watch this 40mins right now!
Beautiful sound ... really makes me want to try one of these 7 series guitars ... but like others have said, wish they had played them unplugged too ... I would like to see how they feel, of course ... but more, how is it going to sound just clean through my Marshall amp with no effects pedals or anything else ... sounds like a great deal, but I'll shop for one and see how it is in person
28:56 gorgeous playing!
More acoustic stuff please!
22:29 Most comprehensive phase reversal explanation ever.
Danish Pete- “I cant wait to demo these guitars for the channel!”
(Mike Dawes walks in)
Danish Pete- “Damnit!”
Jason Simkowitz you spelled dammit wrong
@@trijigon no it's damnit
Joe congrats on being stupid.
@@trijigon well you can say damnit or dammit or damn it so it doesn't matter
I would have preferred pete
beautiful guitars
I am buying one soon as available here in the USA. I've emailed them and they should be released for presale in February and delivery in March/April...
This looks nice. I have a Crafter acoustic guitar (no pickups) which was very nice sounding and affordable. However, the neck has got a little twisted and doesn't play so well anymore (a bit buzzy on the top E and B strings). This looks like it's worth a consideration. ( don't like sunburst, I much prefer the natural plain wood).
Holy Jesus! They do guitars now at Sire??? I play a V7 and it's one of the best basses I've ever played. Can't wait to have one of these in my hand!
Very impressive guitars. Will guitars like these sound the death knell for Taylor, Martin and Gibson in the UK? We now have Sire, Faith, and several others producing excellent solid wood guitars at great prices. At one fifth of the price of the US guitars and apparently the same or very similar spec they are bound to have an impact.
Just brilliant - viewed out of curiosity and am now buying a 2nd guitar - this type of review is gold dust to a the common bloke like me that wouldn’t know what to ask in a guitar store.
@ 18:50 Not actually a stereo cable, although it indeed CAN be used for stereo. Or Balanced connections. It is actually called TRS... Tip, Ring, Sleeve. What they actually do is dependent on what you use the cable for. Simply means you can have 3 electrical paths going through the plug.
You are correct sir, here, have an upvote. In the context of guitarplaying and guitargear, they are often called steroecables though, since getting a stereo sound is mostly what they are used for in that context.
Thanks for the (all too rare!) upvote! And yes, on some guitars they call it stereo... which usually means you can output the bridge and neck pickups separately. As a lifetime member of the Pedantry Society, this still isn't "Stereo" but i'll let that pass.
@@timbeaton5045 I'm the same, I try to take every possibility I can to teach the people around me about the real names and function of gear and equipment used. But sometimes one just have to accept that some words and expressions and the way they are used is here to stay; language is malleable like that. In the case with the so-called "Stereo cables", seeing since a guitar signal normally is Mono, it's understandable that one would call a cable capable of stereo a "Stereo Cable" to differentiate it from a "normal" mono one, no matter what it's real name is. Another example is that here in Sweden, the normal TS cables used as instrument cables is called "tele-cables" because of their use in old telephone switchboards back in the day. Same thing with XLR cables, most people i know, including proficient musicians, call them simply microphone-cables, since it's what they mostly have ssen them beeing used for.
Super demo. Hello from France. It seems to me that you have reversed the video and denomination of the: Sire guitars R7 SIB Grand Auditorium, and Sire guitars A7 Sungha Jung Zebra 7 Grand Auditorium.
Great sounding guitars at a great price, however many fingerstylists prefer a wider 1 3/4"/45mm nut and as far as I can see all their models are 43mm!
I went to see Justin Haywood at the Wycombe Swan Theatre on the 15th September and Mike Dawes played the first 30min set of his own music, boy he can play. Brilliant guitarist, wish I could play even 25% as good as Mike can, but too much water has gone under
the bridge for me now. By the way love these new electro acoustic guitars, they sound wonderful, better than my Yamaha CPX-500 MK3.
Bought a 3 Series at Weekend, dont need anything more, sounds great.
What guitar is hanging on the wall to the right of Lee when camera is zoomed on him? (To his left) Its a darker tone with a smaller sunburst and a vintage Gibson like L5/L50 pickguard.
Hire this guy for the acoustic demos! His playing is unbelievable
Unbeliebebabble!
Great Video, love these guitars. Amazing bang for the buck compared to other brands. Great to see the big wigs being challenged in price and quality. For these prices who would buy a Martin or Taylor laminated stick when you can buy a solid wood electric acoustic for £699? Go Sire.
I wish I knew years ago what I know now. My first acoustic was an Ibanez exotic wood that was $500. It's Maple, so it's heavy and dense. Not very loud at all for an acoustic. These sounds so much more lively, better electronics, solid back and sides, and for only a little bit more.
Its confirmed ! This will be my new guitar !!
whoa he gifted those!!!
Could we see a comparison between these, Faith and Dowina guitars... they all fall at similar price points and all seem like they are killer value for money
Please and thank you
nice studio.. !
They look INSANELY good, especially the 300 series.
These seem pretty high quality. Shame the amp had the reverb a bit too high. Also, what an acoustic guitar player you brought in! Mike is the real deal.
So are Sire going to start doing electric guitars as well and TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!??
drums and mics too
Yep. Larry Carlton series.
Yes they're amazing
I've never bothered to get an acoustic, always seemed a bit bulky and awkward. These sound fantastic, I might end up getting one to add to my guitar collection.
Just a pointer with the pronunciation of Sungha Jung's name, the U sound in his first and last name is closer to the U found in 'run' instead of the U sound in 'moon'. Also the J in Jung is like the J in 'jar'
as soon as they come out with an OM model, I'm in
I believe these are sold as Orangewood guitars in the U.S. now.
They get fantastic reviews from their $199 USD to their solid wood $899 USD guitars......each come with a gig bag or a fantastic hard case.
Can't find these beautiful Sire R7 models here in 2022, you had me sold. Looks like maybe they've been discontinued. Nothing on the web that I can find, at least not here from Canada. Shame, I was sold on buying one complete with hard case.
That is a great guitar, can we get an unplugged sound, that would really help me decide on r7 dreadnought?
Great guitars, I wish I can buy one or two using XRP.
I'm going to have to watch this again to check out the actual guitars. This guy plays so good that all I looked at was his hands.
They should do a 00-shape :)
I wonder if they'll start hiking the prices? My first Freshman FA400 (dreadnought) was just £300 brand new from a store in Glasgow. I didn't really know what I was buying at the time, just that it looked and sounded decent to my untrained ears in store. But as I played it, almost incessantly over the next 12 months, it became apparent that it was a very special guitar indeed (I can say without exaggeration that it was better than a friend's Martin D28 - something which he could never quite grasp). Anyway, convinced of its brilliance, and despite the fact I didn't need another dread, I went back to buy another identical model, only to discover that the price was now £1000! Yup that's it, a £700 hike in RRP. Even now, after the introduction of 2 new flagship models, the FA400 can't be had for anything less than £800! Clever marketing indeed. Suck them in with low prices, get people talking, then BOOM wack the price up. Even now, assuming quality is the same, the FA400 is worth every penny and these Sire's could well be an equivalent.
Well colour me convinced!
beutiful instruments and sounding.