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Taylor Acoustic & Electric Guitars => Taylor Acoustic & Electric Guitars => Topic started by: CeeAre on February 04, 2022, 06:16:22 PM
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So first, HNGD to me, just came home with a display model Taylor 324ce (and minus a mint Walnut Squier Strat 70's CV HSS with Hipshot tuners and a tweed Gator strat case, all traded in) from Sam Ash in Orlando and had mangaged to get them to drop the price a couple of hundred due to the scratches on the pickguard that had been acquired over the last few weeks it had been on display. The serial number says it was built 12/2/21, so it can't have been on the shelf for too long.
So as soon as I get home I google "removing scratches from guitar pickguard" and there's good ol' StewMac with a scratch remover designed for 'zackly this, but of course you need the cleaner and "conditioner" (!! WTF? Conditioner? Like for hair?) as well, so you're going to be in for a $20 spot by the time shipping, tax, dealer prep, handling, and unhandling are added.
So I take a really close look at the guard to determine 'zackly how bad the scratches are, how aggressive of a polish should I be using and...wait...what? THE PLASTIC PROTECTIVE COATING IS STILL ON! Well, duh! Why would anyone have removed it, right? So it turns out the instrument is pristine, flawless and beeee-yootiful of voice. Considerably differently voiced than the spruce top guitars that make up the majority of the stable. A younger set of eyes might have caught that sooner. But come to think of it, NOT catching that saved me $200.00! Yay getting old!
(And is five a "stable"? Can I get away with the hubris of refering to 5 guitars, one of which technically belongs to my wife, as a "stable"? How about "sampling", would that be more accurate? Yeah, let's go with "sampling".)
Anyway, the playability! Wow! The frets let you glide effortlessly, as if skating on ice. Except not as cold, of course. But truly, compared to the Martin GPC13e, there is not that tiny, barely noticeable but still there, resistance/catch on the shoulder of the fret(s) one might occassionaly feel when sliding.
Picture attached with the rest of the "A team"...Taylor 254ce 12 string and the aforementioned Martin.
CeeAre
"Playing guitar since Johnson was President. Uhhhh...Lyndon, not Andrew..."
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Welcome to the forum, and congrats on the purchase. As someone with a 322e I absolutely understand what you are saying. Enjoy the new addition, and yes, you can call it a stable. I have my minor son’s and my wife’s guitar in my signature so I think that is all good! I hope you get to play it for many years to come.
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Welcome to the group! Gotta love those 324s - love the tone and the look. Take good care of that virginal pickguard (lol)! So glad you could join us!
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Congrats, those 324’s are wonderful. Enjoy it!
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Congrats. Enjoy your new guitar!
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Congratulations. That was a good find on a sweet guitar. Welcome to the forum CeeAre.
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Sounds like a great find and a great guitar. Congratulations and welcome!
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Welcome aboard, and a hearty congrats! The 300 series are always solid players in all varieties; I dig em! Not to mention nothing --but nothing-- beats the playability of a Taylor 12 ...that's a great guit. Enjoy the stable, sir! :D
Edward
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Thanks to all (not sure how to navigate this, would like to "reply all" ) for the welcomes.
Actually I joined last year when I got the 254ce, but I'm just not very active on forums. Largely because of not having much to say I guess.
Did have another senior moment on this though. After posting yesterday I noticed that I had not gotten a key for the new case! Rats!
I knew contacting Sam Ash was going to be a lost cause, so I emailed Taylor customer service instead, asking if they would send me a key.
After that is when I noticed the Delux Taylor cases don't have a lock!
Wonder how long the person on the other end of that email will laugh their patoot off before responding...
Getting old is hard...
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Getting old is hard!
Beats the crap out of the alternative!
About the stable. Yes, one guitar can be a stable. Besides you can only ride one horse at a time. But it's real nice to have choices, and sometimes you need the right tool for the job. And I am told that variety is the spice of life.
Be well,
Don, a practicing septuagenarian. ;-)
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Congratulations on the new guitar. I use meguiar's scratchx 2.0 cleaner on pick-guards and it works better than anything else I've used. Of course, it doesn't do much on protective plastic cling. :P
I believe what you have there is a gaggle of guitars. It becomes a murder if you bring home another without checking with the wife.
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Congratulations on the new guitar. I use meguiar's scratchx 2.0 cleaner on pick-guards and it works better than anything else I've used. Of course, it doesn't do much on protective plastic cling. :P
I believe what you have there is a gaggle of guitars. It becomes a murder if you bring home another without checking with the wife.
DS,
I believe you are talking geese and crows.
If it's not a murder, then you might be talking a Suit of Lawyers. 8)
Don
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^^^killin me Smalls! :D
Edward
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Love that "...it becomes a murder..." line.
Yes. Perzackly. And no jury would convict her.
LOL!
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Congrats on the new guitar! I also just got a new 324ce a couple of months ago. It is my first Taylor and I love it so much! I got a good deal at GC on it. Long story short, I had been dealing with the same saleswoman over a few visits to the store and she was great to work with (wanted to be helpful enough to make a sale, but not pushy or annoying). She ended up letting me use one of her friends and family 20%off discounts. I couldn't pass it up, obviously. I hope she made a decent commission on that sale.
Anyway, it's a great guitar and I am sure it won't be my last Taylor!
Enjoy your new 324ce!
Jimmy