Huss and Dalton? 5 POWERFUL Boutique Acoustic Guitars ★ Acoustic Tuesday 280

Huss and Dalton has been making beautiful, fine-tuned acoustic guitars for decades now. But how do you tackle their catalogue and find the right one for you and your budget?

On today's episode, I'll walk you through my 5 favorite Huss and Dalton guitars. The origin of this episode is born from a major snafu on my end. However, Huss and Dalton's incredible customer service and lasting value they provide to customers led me to making this episode.

Huss and Dalton is known for making powerful guitars. Every guitar I play from them is also extremely comfortable. The neck feels like butter, and construction is incredibly solid. Whether you're looking for crystal-clear flatpicking tones or smooth, deep fingerpicking tones, I strongly recommend you check out Huss and Dalton's acoustic guitars.

The one guitar that I currently own on this list is a true anomaly in my taste. I've always felt like on paper, the guitar that I own would be one I hate. However, this guitar sounds like nothing I've heard given its wood and construction. Seriously, you might be just as surprised as I was when you hear this bad boy.

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Featured in this episode...

#acousticguitar #buyingguide
00:00 - Intro
03:05 - Crossroads
05:00 - TD-R Pilgrim
06:09 - TD-M
07:24 - 000-SP
09:30 - L-13 Crossroads Deluxe
12:35 - Acoustic Guitar News pt. 1
20:02 - Guitarsenals
23:50 - TAC Guitar Lick Challenge
30:07 - Acoustic Guitar News pt. 2

[markstrain]

Thank you for the awesome Huss & Dalton segment. I'm blessed with 2, aTD-R Pilgrim and a TOM-Custom (torrified addy top and Sinker Mahogany B&S). Amazing instruments.

[HeartbreakerGuitars]

Love the HD"s! Pure quality. Killer tone!

[josephdolinsky]

Hi Tony
About 8 years ago I purchased a beautiful pre-owned Huss & Dalton DS Custom - slope shouldered, Adirondack spruce top, rosewood back/sides, large sound hole, ebony fingerboard and bridge, snowflake inlay, and wood trim. Beautiful guitar, but interestingly I still find myself going back to my Gibson J50 for the sound and playability I want - but every now and then I’ll play the H&D.

[chrisford]

Favorite goalies from the LA Kings, Jonathan Quick#32 and an early LA Kings goalie, Gary Edwards#1. The most underrated goaltender ever. I have played goalie for over 30 years. And 60 years and play guitar. Keep up the good work.

[guitjammin]

Tony, I love my Huss & Dalton so much I go running around wearing a Huss & Dalton cap every day, lol. Was lucky enough to pickup a new H&D TD-R Custom Honduran Rosewood back in 2005. One of my all time favs for sure!

[rooster-zz]

I bought a Huss & Dalton 000-SP, all Koa (top, sides, back) in January of 2023 and it is by far the best guitar I have ever played. Yes, the neck is like butter and the power level is amazing. Sustain just goes on and on and the overtones are so pleasing. Nothing I’ve played before or since can touch it.

[michaelbattaglia]

I just stumbled upon your podcast... NICE!
Like you Tony, I too have a one that got away... due tor physical restraints, an old injured shoulder, I sold my H&D 000 12 fret, TC Adi over figured Hog. I miss it almost daily. I have since tried another boutique brand but could not get along with the neck. I took a hit and traded it in on a new build H&D 00-SP with a few custom touches. I anxiously wait as it gets built and delivered.
Thanks for this top 5 report. 
I have subscribed to your channel and will be checking out more of your podcasts in the future.

[maureenconnolly]

I have a DS standard and I love it-great tone and great look-and at a not too bad price when you look at the market-Jerry Huss did the neck by hand and it shows and feels like it -most comfortable neck I have ever played

[merlebouchat]

Tony! Most importantly. YES. Marc Andre Fleury (my favorite goalie of all time) is a fantastic choice, and while I love the Minnesota get up, the blue Pittsburgh throw backs the penguins wore in Fleury’s time in pittsburgh would be perfection. Good luck on the hunt!

[abates]

I just found a used guitar I wanted at GC but it had something going on. I thought it was a wire and I talked the counter guy into ripping out the disgusting UST that was in. Sounds perfect now. Is a 1998 Tacoma DM25LE. Unable to find info on that model anywhere. Do you have any resources on those? It’s a Mahogany/Spruce dreadnaught.

[robertjohnson]

Love the guitars you featured. I had never heard of the manufacturers before this video. If you do go for goalies, think seriously about Linus Ullmark of the Boston Bruins. He is having a fabulous year, including scoring a goal the other day. They are my team.

[scoggers]

Hey Tony, cool focus on Huss & Dalton. Question, with regards to the model with the larger soundhole, what's your experience of how this affects the tone and volume of the guitar? I've been told that a larger soundhole i) increases the volume as it can project better or ii) it decreases volume and affects tone as there is a smaller soundboard to resonate. It can't be both, but not having played any guitars with a larger than standard soundhole I'm not sure which.

[TommySG]

Hey Tony,
Always interesting content my man 👍, I blame you for like 90% of my GAS issues ahah! Or at least that's what I tell my wife! This brand definitely stays below the radar ( Or at least for me ). I'm a Martin boy here, I own two of them and I noticed something I'm sure you have as well. The second acoustic I purchased was a 000-15SM and I do enjoy it man, Anyhow... my guitar nerd buddy picked up a similar acoustic to this body style although it's a 14 fret instead of a 12 like mine. I played it and it floored me, it had a glossed finish, binding and a beautiful fretboard to boot. ( I'm not sure if it was Ebony or Richlite ) but it felt great and it was black throughout just like a fine piece of Ebony. The guitar had GREAT low action right out of the box as well, My Martin was high and I needed to sand down the saddle a bit and tweek the truss rod to get it to my likings ( No big deal but worth mentioning imo ).
The point I'm driving at is if I can turn back time I'd purchase that Orangewood myself at just about half the price ahah! Diminishing returns certainly has a lot of truth to it.
Tommy~

[eclecticexplorer]

Important question: Does the larger soundhole make it easier to retrieve picks? OK, I play fingerstyle, so it isn't really relevant to me. I have never lost a finger inside.

BTW, that L-13 is a stunner.

[devans]

Hi Tony the only thing i can say about your jersey is just because the Blackhawks are not having a good year that doesn't mean you should not were their jersey with pride, my father was a Tampa Bay Buc fan from the beginning back in the late 70, s and they went a long time without winning a single game but he wore their jersey with pride so don't give on them.

[murrayconrad]

They are very kind going to be working on H&D T-0014. Great company to work with very respectable needless to say I will be getting another.

[mrassilyer]

Tony, I gotta say you need a Christobal Huet jersey, #39…😎😄

[JosephusDalrymple]

Love H&D. I have two of them. A TD-M and a TOM-M. I can’t choose between the two of them.

[guitarzana]

How about a TAC jersey. I would purchase one. 😊

[johnviolette]

If i guy a Huss and Dalton will I play and sound like the guy doing the demo (Matt?)?