NGD - Simon and Patrick S&P6 acoustic

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Courtesy of FB marketplace I picked this up locally last week. I gig a fair bit with either an old Crafter DE7 or an equally old Yamaha FG512SJ but always have an eye for another good acoustic in my life.

 

So this is a 1998 Simon and Patrick, made in Canada by the same group of makers responsible for Godin, Seagull, Art & Lutherie et al. Solid cedar top, laminated cherry sides and back. 
 

It was filthy and dusty, so I immediately gave it a clean, some lemon oil and a new set of Martin 12-54 strings. 
 

What can I say - it’s really really loud! Perfectly placed between bright and warm with solid punchy low end (similar to my Crafter, which is also cedar). Really articulate. Dropped D tunings work a treat too. 

 

Feels like it hasn’t been played very much at all (apart from some strumming marks on the body’s ultra-thin finish) so for the next few weeks I’m just gonna play and play it and see how it settles. 
 

But so far so good.