I have a 410ce (~ 9 years old). I normally play unplugged, but now that I'm playing at my church I finally needed to plug in. The sound tech kept telling me my volume is too low. He was cranking me up on the board and my volume was max on my guitar but the house volume was still relatively low.
I changed out the batteries (takes AA - not 9V) and it didn't solve anything.
They don't have this issue with other acoustic guitarist - so its not the sound guy or the board.
I'm scared its a preamp/pickup issue. Any thoughts on what might be the culprit?
Hi there,
First off, welcome to the board ...glad to have you here!
More than some of the early ES systems (AA-battery versions) had some issues. FWIW, I had an 04 that developed body-sensor issues that gave me weird, intermittant problems (this was maybe 4 years or so ago). It's an easy fix for an authorized Taylor tech as it's likely a marginal/failing sensor where they simply replace the harness that plugs into the preamp. Simply call the factory, give them your zipcode, and they'll give you a few techs who are in your area. Or ship it to the factory where they can do the deal but you're on the hook for shipping costs.
The good news: if you are the original owner, they'll cover it under warranty, and you'll likely get a 2nd-gen ES (that's the 9v version) retrofitted on their dime. I you're not the original owner, you're going to be picking up the expense so my personal recommendation is to upgrade to the current ES (3rd-gen now). Each ES sounded better, more naturallly "acoustic" than its predecessor, so going to the current model is a
big and very much worthwhile difference from the AA version, IMHO. BTW, if you choose to do the latter, you can get in far cheaper than the ship-it-to-the-factory method ...PM me and I'll tell ya how as I've done it on three guitars now
Hope that helps you a bit.
Edward