I have been using Finale for 30 years and have always struggled with the very limited guitar instruments available. All my work is for various types of Guitar, ranging from acoustic bass guitar through to 12 string, dobro, requinto, tenor guitar, guitarrone and obviously the many variants of 6 string guitars through steel to nylon etc. I'm quite sure that many other Finale users will also be writing for guitar. Considering this, the variety of guitar instruments available in Garritan is pitiful. Paying around $400 for Garritan Anthology gets you lots of different instruments but practically no guitars as far as I can see. So why is Garritan excluding what has to be one of the most popular and frequently-used genres of instruments? Are there plans to enhance the library? Or am I missing something? Many years ago (at Makemusic's suggestion!) I tried Acoustic Legends HD fron Vir2 but obviously the integration with Finale is clumsy and doesn't work very well. Anyone have any other ideas?? I surely can't be the only Finale user facing this problem!

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