Hi Krugjr - Nice family portrait there, thx for sharing. I am most curious about the GSM with the new built in ES - I got my GSM hog about a year ago, using really only for travel and alt tuning when at home. Though great traveller, did not consider it performance ready (for my ears, let's be honest, no one else will notice). And then I started tweaking things a bit more ... bone saddle, a string switch (custom mix 80/20 JPs), and then what really made it irresistible for me, a permanent down tuning half step when not in alt tunings. Now, it battles by 816 (and lost a battle to my departed D18). So I had to get a pickup ... first try will be the ES-Go, though have a feeling I may have to swap that for something fuller. Won't know until it gets here next week.
I am not opposed to selling and buying a new one -- in fact I even got on the list for the Holden special run, pending a reply for Taylor on pickup availability and a tone comparison. I will keep both if they are unique enough in tone, though with so much laminate wood in there, I'm a bit doubtful. This is from a guy who hates anything narrower than 1.75 nut -- GSM is so versatile and full for its size and cost, it totally outweighs its disadvantages. Amazing!
So, where I going besides disrupting your family celebration? How does your GSM sound plugged in? And how do you use it? Any limitations? As I said, I have evolved from half-satisfied to constantly wowed. This is largely due to me learning how to play within its ground rules better (the nut and scale). If Taylor ever starts GSM BTOs, I am going to be first one in line, I am so enamored.
