Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
Some sound great acoustically and others sound better through an amp, pretty rare to find one that does both jobs as well as each other. Names on headstocks aren't always a good indicator and yes you were right in trying everything in the shop to find what suited you the best. The results are often unexpected.
Yep, very good point. While I thought the sound of the 8-string I bought was not the best acoustically, it gave me a taste of the difference I was after from the standard 6-string guitars. Plugged in, it soars.