Unofficial Taylor Guitar Forum - UTGF
Welcome to the Unofficial Taylor Guitar Forum! => Welcome to the UTGF! Please introduce Yourself! => Topic started by: Strumming Fool on December 15, 2011, 08:37:39 PM
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Hi all-
I've been a member of AGF for a long time, but if Taylor guitars will no longer have their own subforum there, I need a place to go! I currently own 4 Taylors, all GAs (my all-time favorite Taylor shape):
1997 Cujo14
2001 514e with engelmann top
2003 Pelican LTD
2011 BTO - sinker redwood/ovangkol
Happy Holidays to all!
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Welcome Strummin' Fool, you came to the right place. A lot of familiar faces from that "other" place.
Cheers,
Terry
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Strumming Fool great to have you! Make yourself at home!!!
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Welcome Strumming Fool to the new "Taylor Home Place"
Glad you could make it over....
Gary
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Welcome, Strumming Fool.
You have a great list of guitars there! I'd love to see some pix of them - especially your BTO with the sinker top. Hope you post some soon for us to drool over :D
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Welcome Strumming Fool! I'm very happy to see you over here and will appreciate your input! Nice to have you here with us. :)
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I just left Martin Music, my favorite dealer, where I was fortunate to meet
our very own Strumming Fool!! We had a nice chat with Eric Martin, mostly
about Taylors, this forum, and what our next guitar is going to be. ;D
Most of us have chatted with SF for years and I was pleased to attach a
face and personality to the name. A genuine gentleman and all around
nice guy. I'm glad you're here.
st
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I just left Martin Music, my favorite dealer, where I was fortunate to meet
our very own Strumming Fool!! We had a nice chat with Eric Martin, mostly
about Taylors, this forum, and what our next guitar is going to be. ;D
Most of us have chatted with SF for years and I was pleased to attach a
face and personality to the name. A genuine gentleman and all around
nice guy. I'm glad you're here.
st
That's great!!!!!!! Always cool to meet the people behind the user-name! Did he have nice things to say about this forum? ;D
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hi strumming
good to see you here :)
martin music sounds nice & definitely a place i'd like to visit - a good number of BTOs as well
http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393 (http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393)
any chance one of the pics might be one of yours ???
nice arsenal of GAs you've got there :D
enjoy the place &
WELCOME !
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That's great!!!!!!! Always cool to meet the people behind the user-name! Did he have nice things to say about this forum? ;D
He'll be along soon, I'm betting, but to answer, YES! We both talked about
how happy we are that you set this up, Josh. Right thing, right time, right place,
right people. Once again, well done, to you and the mods!!
st
martin music sounds nice & definitely a place i'd like to visit - a good number of BTOs as well
http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393 (http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393)
any chance one of the pics might be one of yours ???
Great place, great dealer. There are some on the site that reside with me
these days.....this one you and I have talked about. Terrific chatoyance on
that Sinker top; the top looks entirely different, depending on the angle
viewed from.
http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393&pid=37703
Strumming Fool has driven away from there with some, as well.
st
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Welcome. You have quite a collection of Taylors. I love the pelican and cujo guitars. Beatiful and original, classic Taylor.
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Hello Strumming Fool.
Nice to see you came over to visit and make a home here. There is definitely a good vibe going on here. Look forward to reading your posts.
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Welcome, Strumming Fool.
You have a great list of guitars there! I'd love to see some pix of them - especially your BTO with the sinker top. Hope you post some soon for us to drool over :D
Here's a full frontal!
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa445/abpurfling/CustomGA-2.jpg)
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hi strumming
good to see you here :)
martin music sounds nice & definitely a place i'd like to visit - a good number of BTOs as well
http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393 (http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393)
any chance one of the pics might be one of yours ???
nice arsenal of GAs you've got there :D
enjoy the place &
WELCOME !
Yes, on the link you've posted, the bottom row (far left) is my 2011 BTO - sinker/ovangkol.
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very nice :)
also, i was wondering if you were able to compared the ovangkol you have
to any of the other sinker top GAs with the other back & side tonewoods &
if you were, what tonal differences & qualities made yours stand out to you -
i noticed that they have quite a few BTOs with sinker or adi tops in GA & GS
models, as well as some of the more 'exotic' woods that aren't on the BTO menu
such as this one
http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393&pid=54528 (http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393&pid=54528)
or this
http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393&pid=54619 (http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/acousticguitars/products.php?pcid=10064&cid=37393&pid=54619)
thanks for sharing the pic :D
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Did he have nice things to say about this forum? ;D
A shameless fishing expedition if ever I saw one. ;D
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it would be nice if Eric were to stop by & share his
thoughts on some of the guitars he has at his shop -
there aren't any sound clips that i can find & that
adirondack/ovangkol GS looks very interesting ;)
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it would be nice if Eric were to stop by & share his
thoughts on some of the guitars he has at his shop -
there aren't any sound clips that i can find & that
adirondack/ovangkol GS looks very interesting ;)
I'll make that suggestion....BTW, that GS you mentioned is very nice.
st
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Welcome, Strumming Fool.
You have a great list of guitars there! I'd love to see some pix of them - especially your BTO with the sinker top. Hope you post some soon for us to drool over :D
Wow! Your BTO with the nicely striped Sinker is flatout incredible! Thanks so much for the nice photo :)
Here's a full frontal!
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa445/abpurfling/CustomGA-2.jpg)
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At Martin Music, I was able to hear sinker redwood on a number of GAs and GSs (both Taylor and R Taylor). Here's a quick review, and please keep in mind that it's all a matter of personal preference and the specific guitar played at the time:
1.Madagascar Rosewood: Fabulous, rich piano-like tone - beautiful balance. I played both R.Taylor and Taylor GS shapes. The R.Taylor was stunning, but the Taylor was less than inspiring.
2.Indian rosewood: a bit too dark, and somewhat muted (but I'm not a big rosewood fan to begin with). Two Taylor GAs, that both sounded sweet and resonant
3.Mahogany: mellow, but a bit too thin-sounding - a Taylor GA
4.Ovangkol: that perfect blend of bass, mids and highs - very complete tone! Two Taylors - one GS with an Adi top and a GA with a sinker top. While it was close, I preferred the sound of the sinker - wasn't as "dry" as the Adi, and had a bit more lushness to it.
All this "research" led to my choice of ovangkol as my personal best. Hope this helps!
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it would be nice if Eric were to stop by & share his
thoughts on some of the guitars he has at his shop -
there aren't any sound clips that i can find & that
adirondack/ovangkol GS looks very interesting ;)
That Adi-topped GS is very nice indeed. I just preferred a sinker/ovangkol GA that Eric had at the time, which led me to my BTO choices. However, I'm surprised that that guitar is still there. I wonder if most people don't even try that guitar because it's "lowly" ovangkol. It's one of the best GSs I've ever played, and I'm not a GS fan. By the way, thanks to Josh for giving us Taylor-lovers a new playground!