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Title: Lindsey Buckingham on Taylor 81x (?)
Post by: roadbiker on February 16, 2012, 07:57:22 PM

I'm teaching myself to play Landslide by Stevie Nicks because I love the way Lindey Buckingham plays the guitar and this is just a great acoustic guitar song. Anyway, I'm watching Youtube vidoe's of them in concert and it is obvious that he is playing a Taylor 800 series guitar in several of the live performances. To me it looks like an 816ce, possibly an 814ce. Judging by the white binding, it could also be a 700 series.

http://youtu.be/1sQ7cuYgjzw (http://youtu.be/1sQ7cuYgjzw)

http://youtu.be/NsLykJ17Oxc (http://youtu.be/NsLykJ17Oxc)

Jim

Title: Re: Lindsey Buckingham on Taylor 81x (?)
Post by: Steve on February 16, 2012, 08:12:54 PM

It's an 814ce.

The 816ce didn't exist when Taylor used that inlay on the 800 Series.

Also, if it was an 816ce, it would have Maple binding as opposed to the white plastic...

Title: Re: Lindsey Buckingham on Taylor 81x (?)
Post by: michaelw on February 16, 2012, 08:31:29 PM

if one of the videos was shot in 97 & it's the same guitar in both, from the
body contours, relative to the pickguard, it would be either a 96 or 97 814c,
with the Fishman onboard pre-amp installed (or, it could be a 'proto 814ce)

in the amex video i can see the
progressive diamond fretmarkers & 3 ring ab rosette 0:11
fishman onboard pre-amp 3;39
gold Grover tuners 3:46

with the feedback buster in place, i can't verify if it is
a later 98 model (which had the label affixed to the back) &
his picking hand is covering the bridge so that the pinhole configuration
cannot be seen ('smiley' arc on 96-98 & possibly some 99 models)

Title: Re: Lindsey Buckingham on Taylor 81x (?)
Post by: Jannie on February 18, 2012, 01:28:14 AM

I just love watching videos of him playing.

Title: Re: Lindsey Buckingham on Taylor 81x (?)
Post by: roadbiker on February 18, 2012, 01:36:41 AM

Quote from: Jannie on February 18, 2012, 01:28:14 AM

I just love watching videos of him playing.

Me too. I think he's incredible. I saw him in October. A great perfomer as well as guitarist!

Jim

Title: Re: Lindsey Buckingham on Taylor 81x (?)
Post by: Jannie on February 18, 2012, 01:39:48 AM

It's when he slips into that other place that mesmirizes me.

Title: Re: Lindsey Buckingham on Taylor 81x (?)
Post by: jpmist on February 18, 2012, 09:16:09 AM

Watching the video kinda reminded me of how much I hate the first few generation pizeo pickups used back then. The quack kinda ruins it for me.

That said, I really admire Lindsays playing, love the thousand yard stare, not bothering to even glance at his left hand until the lead break at the end.

And, oh, I don't care if you are Stevie Nicks, keep your hands off my arms when I'm trying to rip a clean acoustic fingerstyle lead in front of a few thousand people . . . <g>



edited for language