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Title: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: techman on February 14, 2014, 07:36:39 PM

Just thought I would say hello....my name is techman and I have owned a 714ce and currently have a GS8e.  I am in electronics and have at times enjoyed making mods to the electronics in them.  I took the fishman blender in the 714 and put the built in mic element on a homemade internal gooseneck to position it better.  Actually helped quite a bit.  Recently I committed the unpardonable......I modified my GS8 expression system.  I hope you still like me!  I disconnected the neck magnetic pickup so I could hear the body sensors....they had no frequency response under about 200 Hz.  I tried moving one under the saddle, but it just didn't have any low end.  So I took out the magnetic pickup and body sensors, then installed a K&K mini.  I modified the taylor electronics to be high impedence to work with the K&K.....the existing circuit was designed for very low impedence [like around 50-100 ohms].  I am pretty happy with the way it worked out.  I didn't have a lot of money in it, I bought it used so I was not scared to mod it a little.  I am glad I did.  Not sure Bob Taylor would be pleased, but it worked out.  Also installed bone nuts and FWI saddles on both and liked that, too.
Anyway, that's my taylor story.....

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: sdnesmithcpa on February 14, 2014, 08:12:03 PM

Welcome!

Shawn

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: TaylorGirl on February 14, 2014, 08:45:36 PM

Welcome techman. Sounds like you'll have a lot of knowledge to contribute to this forum.

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: stepchildusmc on February 14, 2014, 09:48:16 PM

i almost wanna send you all mine....almost ;)
welcome in techman

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: jjrpilot-admin on February 14, 2014, 11:07:28 PM

Ahhh, a fellow Missourian!  :D  Welcome!

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: techman on February 14, 2014, 11:32:54 PM

Thank you for your kind welcome....you all have some serious stables of guitars. I find my skills may not warrant another nice guitar, but if I did I would like to get something like a 816C with a redwood top or a Goodall standard with redwood top.  I do play some in church and found the k&k has worked fairly well. If I was playing arenas, I would have stuck with the expression system.
Good to meet a fellow Missourian....from your handle it sound like you fly, too?
  I was researching the new expression system and ran across this forum.  In one post, someone was asking questions about modding the older system. I was going to contribute, but I couldn't find the exact post again. 

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: Jersey tuning on February 14, 2014, 11:34:41 PM

Welcome. Taylors are noted for their alterations.

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: mgap on February 15, 2014, 08:30:54 AM

Welcome to the forum techman. 

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: AmazingJourney on February 15, 2014, 11:18:25 PM

Welcome!

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: CodeBlueEMT on February 16, 2014, 12:48:13 AM

 Hi Techman. Welcome to the UTGF. My electronics knowledge is limited to the off/on button. Always good to have a modder in-house. Enjoy. :)

Title: Re: Hello to forum from Missouri
Post by: shorty on February 23, 2014, 10:40:38 AM

Welcome techman! Great to have you here!