... the one thing that is annoying, is that it doesn't have gotoh tuners. i need to find a source for those.
japarts is a pretty good source for gotohs
http://stores.ebay.com/Japarts-Japanese-Guitar-Parts/_i.html?_dmd=1&_nkw=gotoh+510+tuners&_sop=2&rt=nc
thx strumming fool and michaelw. i called a local certified taylor tech shop in FL today, they made me sound crazy for wanting to change tuners...they also said "are you sure you have to drill a new hole?"
so i'm looking for a another location to get this done.
i'll call lmi tomorrow, b/c i'm getting lost in all the options, even after looking at gotoh's site.
guitar supposedly arrives friday!!!
That's surprising about that tech saying that as surely he knows many multiplied Taylor owners have "drilled another hole" to upgrade to Gotohs. Of course, the highest end Taylors come equipped with Gotohs, so it's should not be a surprise that others with the standard Taylor tuners want to also have them. If you search this forum there's a post from the last year or two where a member executed the install himself with photos. He was very pleased with result...anyway, I know you know all of this, else you wouldn't want to do the conversion, but just surprised to hear the luthier poo poo it...
yea, i was surprised. i called taylor and they gave me the phone number to this luthier. needless to say, i'm not taking mine there lol.
i will say that the guitar wasn't spec'd by me, but it is VERY close to what i wanted to do w/ a BTO. i would have paid to just get the gotoh's from taylor (plus the set screw would be hidden haha)
i found some useful threads, but i haven't found a definitive part # that i need, so i will call lmi tomorrow.
to be honest, i'm terrified at the idea of myself drilling into this guitar, i feel much safer having someone w/ skilled hands to do it.
my mother in law has a friend that apparently is a custom builder, so i will ask him to take a look on sunday.
guitar "should" arrive friday, i may take off 1/2 day and work from home to make sure i sign for it.
sorry for the suspense, but i went from "not in the market" to buying a guitar i've been thinking about in a matter of days haha
this forum is dangerous!!!
