Gallagher SG-50 Acoustic Guitar

A proud new member of my guitar family, I should be receiving this guitar by the end of the week. Over the weekend, I was comparing three top-tier guitars, one an alpine spruce and cocobolo example from Furch Guitars based in Czechoslovakia with a US base of operations in Nashville, and the other, a second Gallagher (based in Murfreesboro , Tennessee), the Josh Rinkel signature model. It was a tight comparison and not an easy lot to choose from. The video/sound clips as done by the Fretted Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, are some of the best in the business and are made for the express purpose of comparing various makes and models of guitar. It was in listening to the three videos that my decision was made. While the Furch Red Pure may be the most beautiful guitar I’ve ever seen, with an almost white alpine spruce top and a gorgeous, highly figured cocobolo back and sides, it didn’t have the horsepower under the hood of the SG-50 Gallagher. And, while the Josh Rinkel Gallagher with its Appalachian Red Spruce top (a close cousin to Adirondack Red Spruce) and exquisite dark tobacco burst finish looked and played beautifully, the sinker mahogany back and sides on the SG-50 pushed it over the top.

Gallagher SG-50 (Credit The Fretted Buffalo)

Furch Red Pure and Gallagher Josh Rinkel (Credit The Fretted Buffalo)

The link provides a more detailed account of the “shootout” between the three guitars and a gallery of gorgeous photographs of the SG-50.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/W2xF2Jxng2BLeGpo9

Author: ESS

General: Retired engineering professional who enjoys outdoor sports and activities, fitness, technology, nature, my three wonderful dogs and beautiful wife. Most mornings, you will find me writing, while evenings are reserved for playing guitar. On Writing: I have had a lifelong interest in writing, but, because of competing interests (other than the vast amounts of technical writing I did for my career in engineering project management), I simply never found the time to take on yet one more time and energy intensive activity. For me. it would have to wait until I retired from my demanding career and, even then for another ten years while I was working a few other important demands to some satisfactory end. I have spent countless hours travelling around and through the wild spaces of Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah, exploring such places while running, backpacking, mountain and road cycling, archery hunting, fly-fishing, alpine and backcountry skiing. Each trip, whether it was for an afternoon run with my dogs or a full month camped in the high county in pursuit of elk during archery season, was an adventure out of the world of my fellow man and into the natural world which couldn't be anymore different. It is from these experiences, along with things I took interest in during everyday life, that created the memories I write about today. My writing is rather eclectic because I'm a hugely curious person with an insatiable hunger for knowledge on too many fronts to imagine. You never know what you'll find in your next visit to my site, so I like to think that there's a little something here for everyone. Thank you for visiting. If you find enjoyment in reading any of my stories, please leave a comment. Thanks for stopping by! Eric S. Stone

4 thoughts on “Gallagher SG-50 Acoustic Guitar”

  1. Thanks for the nice comment. It is a special guitar made with a unique tone-wood combination. Plays beautifully. Sounds wonderful 😊.

  2. Beautiful just beautiful. The wood is magnificent and I’m sure they are awesome sounding…..Uou have great taste 🤗. Tbanks for sharing.

  3. Thank you, Robin. Well, it’s a couple of thousand miles further away, but I still have a little country house with a porch that I sometimes play on…at which you are always welcome!🎸🎵🎵

  4. Beautiful guitars. I’m excited for you to get the SG – 50. WIsh you lived in a little pink house next door and I could come hang on the porch and listen to you play 🎶

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