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Strumming Fool

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(Another) Great Guitar Day
« on: October 25, 2015, 04:09:59 PM »
Played with the worship team today...electric lead guitar, electric rhythm guitar, electric bass, keyboard, drums, six singers...and me on my 2012 BTO Engelmann/quilted maple GA. The guitar sounded great and cut through the mix beautifully (plugged into the PA system). Played a lot of tasty licks, trading off with the electric lead guitar. Lots of energy and lots of smiles from the singers. What a great day of worship and enjoying my "Halloween" guitar!



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My Taylor Grand Auditoriums:

1997 Cujo14 - old growth cedar/black walnut
2014 K24e - master grade koa
2018 Custom GA - bear claw sitka spruce/mahogany
2019 614 - torrified sitka spruce/flamed maple
2020 714 - lutz spruce/rosewood

donlyn

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Re: (Another) Great Guitar Day
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2015, 05:13:32 PM »
sf

that is one beauteous guitar.  usually i'm not partial to x-burst finishes on acoustic guitars, but the burst really complements and highlights the maple textures.  glad to hear it sounds great too.

don
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85 Gibson J 200  sitka/rosewood Jumbo
99 Taylor 355  sitka/sapele 12 string Jumbo
06 Alvarez AJ60S  englemann/mpl lam m Jumbo
14 Taylor 818e  sitka/rosewood Grand Orchestra
05 Taylor 512ce L10  all mahogany Grand Concert
09 Taylor  all walnut Jumbo
16 Taylor 412e-R SE  sitka/rosewood GC
16 Taylor 458e-R  sitka/rosewood 12 string GO
21 Epiphone J-200  sitka/maple Jumbo
22 Guild F-1512 s/rw 12 string Jumbo

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timfitz63

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Re: (Another) Great Guitar Day
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2015, 07:52:07 PM »
That's a purty one, "SF."

I agree with "donlyn:"  I don't know whether it's my imagination, but it seems that a lot of the standard 600-Series guitars I've seen with a colored or "burst" finish don't have very prominent figuring/quilting in the Maple; yours is definitely a looker!  Nicely marbled Ebony on the fretboard too!
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GC: 812ce-LTD TF, BTO TF ('Sinker'/Walnut, Engelmann/"Milagro"), LTG #400
GO: 718e-FLTD, BTO (Taz Myrtle)
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Strumming Fool

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Re: (Another) Great Guitar Day
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2015, 07:07:32 AM »
Thanks for the kind words guys. I have yet to test drive a new 614, but it's difficult to imagine swapping this one out for a newer version. I'm very pleased, not only with my aesthetic choices, but also with its acoustic and plugged in sound.
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My Taylor Grand Auditoriums:

1997 Cujo14 - old growth cedar/black walnut
2014 K24e - master grade koa
2018 Custom GA - bear claw sitka spruce/mahogany
2019 614 - torrified sitka spruce/flamed maple
2020 714 - lutz spruce/rosewood

Cindy

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Re: (Another) Great Guitar Day
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2015, 10:32:20 AM »
It's a beauty! :) Is that a tobacco burst? If it is, I haven't seen many maple Taylors with that burst color. It seems Taylor does more of the honey-burst for maple guitars.
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Re: (Another) Great Guitar Day
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2015, 10:39:34 AM »
Yes, it's a tobacco burst finish - love the vintage vibe of that look.
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My Taylor Grand Auditoriums:

1997 Cujo14 - old growth cedar/black walnut
2014 K24e - master grade koa
2018 Custom GA - bear claw sitka spruce/mahogany
2019 614 - torrified sitka spruce/flamed maple
2020 714 - lutz spruce/rosewood

Guitar Cowboy

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Re: (Another) Great Guitar Day
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2015, 11:20:25 AM »
The quilted maple and tobacco-burst is gorgeous on the back and sides . I love how the neck is  hit with the burst ,too. Also like the binding What is it?  Beautiful guitar !!!
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Strumming Fool

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Re: (Another) Great Guitar Day
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2015, 01:34:24 PM »
The binding is koa - the cool thing about it is that it offers a lighter contrast to the dark areas of the burst and a darker contrast to the lighter areas of the burst - nerdy, eh?
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My Taylor Grand Auditoriums:

1997 Cujo14 - old growth cedar/black walnut
2014 K24e - master grade koa
2018 Custom GA - bear claw sitka spruce/mahogany
2019 614 - torrified sitka spruce/flamed maple
2020 714 - lutz spruce/rosewood

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Re: (Another) Great Guitar Day
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2015, 02:15:28 PM »
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Steve
2020 326ce V-class soundhole cutaway prototype
(Mahogany/Urban Ash)
2019 E14 Limited Edition V-Class (Spruce/Ebony)
2019 814ce V-Class (Cedar/Rosewood)
2016 GS mini-E Koa
2015 618e 1st Edition (Torrified Spruce/Maple)
2014 K26ce (AA Koa- Wildwood CV) 
1980-something Yamaha  FG345II Dread
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