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mgap

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With all this talk of X18s
« on: February 02, 2013, 04:23:32 PM »
With all the excitement I thought I would just give props to my Taylor 814ce Spring Limited.  I love it.  I love the Cocobolo and the sound is awesome, the fit is perfect.

I am going to change out the Taylor tuners for Gotoh 510's

I can't get over how the Cocobolo sounds, and looks.  And with reddish hue it looks quite different than EIR.

I just wish I could take decent pictures.
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2013, 04:33:38 PM »
Beautiful guit! 

If I had time (and any photo talent), I'd snap up some shots of my maples ...just to offer a bit o' balance to all the x18 love :D

Edward
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2013, 04:52:22 PM »
Very purty, mgap! Love the grain on its back! 8)
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2013, 05:08:51 PM »
That is one beautimus guitar mgap. And the pics are good too IMO.  :)
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2013, 06:08:19 PM »
Wow. That is a stunning guitar!
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2013, 06:28:28 PM »
An 814 is hard to beat as an all-occasion guitar; add cocobolo back and sides, and it leaves many others in the dust! Enjoy....
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2013, 01:47:03 AM »
sweet guitar!  Have you used the 510s?  The 918e I played had the 21:1 510s on it. While silky smooth just took FOREVER to tune the guitar up a half step( they had it tuned down a half) felt like all I was doing was cranking and getting nowhere fast.  I had thought about it for my 816CE but now after actually using them-- NOPE thestock tuners are just fine and I save money.  If a person was playing and doing down tunes on low E in a middle of a song forget using the 510s with 21:1.  just not quick enough.
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2013, 04:41:13 PM »
There 15:1, 18:1 and 21:1 ratios available in the 510 series. See page 5.
http://www.japarts.ca/Content/Docs/GOTOH-2012.pdf
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2013, 08:30:14 PM »
Quote from: PureTone on February 03, 2013, 04:41:13 PM
There 15:1, 18:1 and 21:1 ratios available in the 510 series. See page 5.
http://www.japarts.ca/Content/Docs/GOTOH-2012.pdf

While the high end Taylors use the 21:1 ratio gotoh if I would go with the 18:1. no need for that high a ratio for tuning unless you like cranking forever to barely move the pitch.  I have electrics with 15:1 and they tune just fine and hold tune equally fine.
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2013, 10:04:22 PM »
Gorgeous.  Congratulations.
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2013, 10:06:58 PM »
The Gotoh 21:1 are really nice if you use a tuner that tunes to 1/100 cent like a Peterson strobe tune. 
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2013, 10:19:13 PM »
Those photos show it off nicely!  Beautiful guitar, thanks for sharing.

Best wishes,
Jim
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2013, 11:04:46 PM »
Everytime I feel like drooling over a guitar on here its one of yours mgap!
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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2013, 09:48:19 AM »
Here is mine. 2012 814CE LTD COCO. Simply the best guitar I have every played and I had few good ones (Collings, Santa Cruz, etc)

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Re: With all this talk of X18s
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2013, 02:32:10 PM »
Quote from: SkyHigh on February 14, 2013, 09:48:19 AM
Here is mine. 2012 814CE LTD COCO. Simply the best guitar I have every played and I had few good ones (Collings, Santa Cruz, etc)


Oh that is a nice one SkyHigh.  The grain is very nice, I really like the maple binding on these.   
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