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Title: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: michaelw on April 13, 2012, 11:40:54 AM

another thread prompted me to put this poll & thread up -
in addition to what is currently available through the BTO program,
i am wondering if there would be interest in models such as these

standard 3/4 series appointments, satin back & sides, standard II bracing, sapele neck
updated rosette (GS style 3 ring, no ab) perhaps with black binding & white purfling
(as it was in the mid/late 90's), for a nominal increase in list price (maybe ... 20% ???)

really just wishful thinking here, but who knows ...

to quote Jim Carrey in Dumb & Dumber
'so. you're tellin' me there's a chance?'
YES ;D

have fun :D

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: mgap on April 13, 2012, 06:34:08 PM

oooohhh Dooonuts.  Oh wait a minute, what?

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: Steve on April 13, 2012, 07:00:08 PM

What, exactly, is it you're asking?

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: andyi5 on April 13, 2012, 07:29:16 PM

The one thing I always feel with a 4 series is how much nicer it would be if the ovangkol was a bit more glossed.

Oddly, I don't feel that when I pick up a 3 series... I guess sapele has more of a sheen to it naturally.

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: zeebow on April 14, 2012, 12:59:10 AM

I would want an option for gloss back and option to change white binding

tonally, ovangkol and Sitka are awesome (I know, I have one) :)

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: zeebow on April 14, 2012, 01:01:19 AM

I would have paid for those options, and also a single ring abalone rosette

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: ataylor on April 14, 2012, 11:10:01 AM

I'd really like to see a 12-fret GC3 or GC4. And by 'see' I mean 'own.' :)

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: ctkarslake on April 15, 2012, 09:51:35 PM

I think the OP is talking about what "4 series" (grand auditorium shaped guitars) we would like to see, not what 400 series we would like to see, no?  Maybe this thread inspired by the new GS MINI options (maple, rosewood, blackwood laminate b/s not to mention the hog tops...)?  You just gotta love where Taylor's gone with those!

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: michaelw on April 15, 2012, 11:42:00 PM

Quote from: ctkarslake on April 15, 2012, 09:51:35 PM

I think the OP is talking about what "4 series" (grand auditorium shaped guitars) we would like to see, not what 400 series we would like to see, no?  Maybe this thread inspired by the new GS MINI options (maple, rosewood, blackwood laminate b/s not to mention the hog tops...)?  You just gotta love where Taylor's gone with those!

actually i expanded it into a series, rather than just one specific body size -
the thread that this one 'spun-off' of was about the grand auditorium specifically
but since other builders offer spruce/rosewood models (gloss top & all-satin  finish)
in a few body sizes, i thought 'why not open it up to all of 'em' & see what happens ;)

hog top mini ???
(http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/47372/2331400890081788860S600x600Q85.jpg)
yep, yep :D

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: Nicky Midss on April 16, 2012, 02:17:01 AM

im eyeing a 410 on ebay currently. probably the highest purchased series.

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: Steve on April 16, 2012, 11:06:19 AM

I still don't understand what's being asked.

For example, is there interest in a 4 Series Dread? Well, yeah, because it already exists...

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: michaelw on April 16, 2012, 08:59:18 PM

hey Steve,
i thought that you might have been referring to mgap's post earlier -
in the 90's there were several 400 series (not 'LTD's per se) made with
different back & sides (rosewood, maple, koa, pao ferro & all mahogany)

there are a couple of builders offering all-satin & gloss top rosewood models
http://www.larrivee.com/instruments/acoustics/index.php (http://www.larrivee.com/instruments/acoustics/index.php)
http://www.martinguitar.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=51:16-series&Itemid=8 (http://www.martinguitar.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=51:16-series&Itemid=8)
for a little more than the XX4 series & i was wondering if might be any
interest if Taylor were to make additional models available (XX4-R, etc)
as a standard model, rather than to offer them strictly as LTD models

Title: Re: POLL : Is there any interest in additional '4 series models'
Post by: cigarfan on April 17, 2012, 07:28:47 AM

I like variety! ... and donuts!