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Beautiful guitar! I’m blessed with the 656ce 12-string which was discontinued. For an acoustic 12-string, my preferred tonewood is maple. Can’t go wrong with the rosewood back and sides though.
Excellent review! What a cannon! I'm just wondering why the Open G tuning with C on the bottom E strings instead of D, to keep it a true Open G tuning. I'm sure there's an advantage, I just can't think of it.
Hi Teja, great video and two great Taylor products! 👍🏼 I‘m very interested in that song you are playing. This is a part of Judy by John Ranbourn. Is there any possibility that I can buy this as a pdf document from you. Many many thanks! Norbert
😂 That’s the Bluegrass look. You should see Mike with his $25k Gilchrist and overalls. Or Chris Thile in shorts and a t-shirt playing a $175k mandolin.
I love the Grand Concert size -- *SO* much easier to play than the giant Dreadnought I started with 18 months ago. I replaced that Drednought with a Taylor Academy 12e about 6 months ago. When I get to the point where I want to upgrade, I will probably be replacing it with a 412ce. Maybe a 612ce -- but I *really* like the finish on these new 400-series guitars, so we'll see. It's going to be a couple of years, I'm sure -- I'm still very much in the beginning stages of my guitar journey.
Everything matters... It is just a question of how much. The player, the instrument, the setup, the strings, the room, the mic, the PA/amp (both the equipment and settings), the humidity level, pick material, pick shape, pick thickness, pick bevel... When you divide 100% of your tone across all of these factors (and others) the numbers for many of these items get small. That said, small things add up. We play for our own enjoyment and for the enjoyment of others. Anything that increases your enjoyment is worth considering. Full disclosure: 1) I have a quart jar full of picks including Wegan, Bluechip, Red Bear and many others. I just ordered a tone slab. 2) I am a crap player and my opinion doesn't matter, Do whatever you want.
I can't find any videos comparing this one to their 1929-00. Very similar in size but different top woods of course. Can you comment to which one I should choose since I can only afford one and don't have any near me? (It'd be replacing my terrified Banner LG-2). Great video on this one! :)
I bought a GP hog with bearclaw spruce for $1500 (CDN) as a knockabout road performer and keep my L&M custom D-18 at home now. Personally wouldn't pay more than twice the price for maple but do love the bling and walnut neck, and especially admire Martin for their innovation. I expect some young buck will make the maple voice their signature instrument and keep its legacy alive.
I love that you mentioned the looks of the amp which alot of players probably don't think matters at all but, usually after i practice with other musicians, my wife likes me to put my gear away if it's in our living room which includes the amps i use also. I am thinking she would approve of this one being able to stay as it certainly is a fine looking piece of wood.
I got an old Vega banjo.. I don't even know what year it is but it's nice I don't even know what it was when I bought it I knew it was nice, it's a Martin and its LOUD
