How much of that belly bulge came out with the bridge doctor. still looked like it had a little.. My Taylor grand symphony, ( no electronics ) big body acoustic has also developed belly bulge exactly as you showed this Taylor to have. In your experience is this a common problem with taylors and how much bulge does the bridge doctor help with. I may have to use one. Cheers
If you hold down a string at each fret then press on and off at the next higher fret the clearance can be observed. Usually, new guitars have a ski jump on the first 3 frets with the clearance of an open string fretted at the first fret being the highest. Even on my American Fenders the nut was cut really high. I use a feeler gauge and leave the clearance of the lower strings at the first fret a lot higher when unfretted. The bottom E and A strings can drone without fret buzz when picked hard.
This is great information to soak in. My uncle sent this same model to me via my mother to find a luthier to repair and setup. The action is good, but intonation is terrible and electronics are in shambles. Thank you for sharing this. It’s so very informative.✌️☮️. I hope RS GuitarWorks 1mile down the street will agree to be commissioned to take on the job. My uncle is a monster of a finger-style guitar picker on the guitar. Every time he plays I feel like bowing down professing,“I’m not worthy, “ like the scene from ‘“ Wayne’s World.”🤣☮️✌️
I remember years ago seeing a fretboard after the frets had been removed and just couldn’t believe the amount of damage done to the wood. One of those things that happens when working with frets, just caught me off guard. I’ve never done one yet. Guys I need to find new some junk to play with. And thanks again for the Chet Atkins’s memory lane. I guess I kinda forgot about him over the years but dad’s favorite.
Thank you sir, I appreciate this info. About to order the next model of this in black from Sweetwater. No red which I might have popped for. Retiring a second time in a year and I’ve been studying on becoming a luthier but no hands on except a little on my Epiphone J-200. I see that sending these through the plek machine is an option but for $299 I can get a start on buying the gear to do my own setups. The high nut is something I’ve seen in videos before but your video takes care of the problem, model specific. Not that it matters as this is a common process for all guitars but it just makes this setup a bit more special. Thanks again.
Did you leave the sound and volume controllers and the switch in the S2 version? I bought the same guitar and the same pickups and want to exchange the S2 pickups for the 58/15 LT TCIs tomorrow. -- Do you have a picture or scheme of how you soldered the new pickups?
Thank you! Finally something besides all the gushing. I am experiencing the same intonation issues. And now that I look into it, Guitar Center has a shocking number of 214ce models for sale, used. Looks like a LOT of buyer's remorse.
I have a 214ce DLX and the intonation is perfect on the five lowest strings, but the high e string needs to be sitting on a part of the saddle that's closer to the nut because when I fret the high E string on the 12th fret it sounds noticibly flat. Now I know I need to put a new saddle in there because it kind of looks like it grooved its way into the saddle, but I also need to get the hex key to loosen up the pickups so I can actually take the saddle out. I'm thinking about using maybe a drop of super glue and letting it dry just for a temporary fix. The intonations perfect on all the other five strings. So I need to get a new saddle where the high E string is resting at a shorter scale length to fix it sounding flat when I fret higher up the fret board. It's not noticeable when I fret near the nut but when I get higher up the fretboard it starts sounding flat. The 12th fret harmonic sound perfect but when I fret at the 12th fret it sounds a quarter tone flat. Has anyone had experience loosening up the es2 pickups to switch out the saddle? Because I read on Taylor Guitars website it says do not take the saddle out without loosening up the es2 pickups near the bridge. I would assume they say that so you don't damage it. But yeah I was just wondering if anyone's had experience in loosening up the bridge es2 pickup.
I have the wavy style saddle. That's why the intonation on the other five strings are perfect, but it looks like the high E string has grooved its way into the saddle, which is why I believe the intonation is off because now it sits further back with a longer scale length causing it to sound flat when fretted on the higher frets.
😂 Mine is perfect including the nut got a Gibson Lucille here and it is buit as good trust me,forget that China phone you gotta line Gibsons pockets with profit of course it's not even close the Sire stomps it into the ground
I am old, like these early Framus 12s. I bought one like the one you show when I was a kid of 16 new in a music store in KC, MO after working all summer and saving circa 1965. Later sold it after I bought a better Gibson J50. A few years ago saw one like mine on CL and bought it. Full restoration later she is hanging on the wall with 4 other 12s. Plays like an electric with a narrow neck and small frets with low action. I added a humbucker in the sound hole and plug her in to play as her acoustic properties are not great compared to her mates in the house. My restored and refreted '77 Takamine F400 12 gets most of the attention. Their construction is odd to say the least for an acoustic. But it makes them easier to fix in many ways. I had to saw the neck off the Takamine and convert to bolt on to save it. But it was well worth the effort. I have seen a bunch of similar vintage Japanese guitars with similar bolt on necks too. I have the Framus only for nostalgia reasons. it is not a guitar I would play out with.
There are an alarming number of Taylor issues out there on the ether. They are largely the same. They seem to have long term issues that show their faulty design / manufacturing.
I got one on my wall, from about 70 fully intact and very playable. I also own an old early Framus Hollywood solid body single guitar with three microfones, its from about early sixties, and is very nice to play.
Hi Could you please let me know what socket wrench I need to adjust the truss rod? I have a similar Framus 6 string that needs a truss rod adjustment. Thank You!!
I just bought one exactly the same looking forward to get it in good playing condition, today the action is sky high. This is how it sounds in open G tuning playing slide ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gha9F5RbmmU.htmlsi=_MpWKo0KcnBETPys
Great sounding pickups. Dominger doesn't list the Master T set on their website. There's another guy on You Tube demoing the set but they're humbuckers not single coil. Anybody have a clue?
Taylor guitars are known for being bright sounding guitars already. So I'm curious as to why you chose a bone saddle rather than a micarta or even a tusq? plus the tone is more consistent than bone. Great intonation work on the saddle btw. I'm always learning new things on the guitar, so I'm genuinely curious as to why you chose bone? I just think that the bone would've been a better balanced match on a Martin? than the Taylor?
Don't know of what material the pins are made of, but e.g. rosewood pins have a warm tone : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eAkLsiP4SWA.html
Adjust the hex screws on the ES2. I found out loosening them took out the harshness. You can actually adjust them to your liking which is a total game changer
The Guitar Lennon used was different (not like yours) , the back of your guitar was moulded in a press NOT carved, the headstock had a brass framus label glued to it and finally if you put the right shims in the neck pocket you8 cna get good action at the 12 fret AND a decen break over angle.
This guitar is good enough as an entry level, but of course this guitar is different from the Gibson 335. If you buy this guitar expecting the sound of 335, you will be disappointed. You can understand it just by listening to Larry Carlton's performance video. His beautiful overtones are a bit lost.
i HAVE A THIN BLACK WIRE WITH A SMALL CONNECTION ON THE END INSIDE THE GUITAR FLOPPING ABOUT.Should it be connected to anything, Just bought the guitar and it sounds awful really dull
I have just bought the P90 version of this Guitar, intonation of mine is fine, and the action looks lower than that one, I would like the action lowered just slightly, if 335's are your thing, these are amazing guitars, I had an SG that the same issues with nut too high.
I concur with Gabriel O’Brien on everything he posted. I have owned at least 12 Taylor’ guitars in the last 30 years, currently four, and I have never had a problem like this guy is having. I am sure the repair technician is worthy of his craft, but the warranty that Taylor offers with their guitars, and the expert repair technicians they have, there is no reason to use anyone but Taylor. When I see the fret ware, I can’t help but ask how hard is this guy squeezing the neck? I’ve had fret replacement on one Taylor and it was seventeen years old. And to replace the es system, no way. Taylor would have had it working perfectly.
Taylor factory are experts at avoiding any warranty work If they do it, it takes months. Better to buy a guitar that does not have these problems. Martin and Gibson have their problems, like any guitar out there, but Taylors seem to have big ones and they are faintly common in comparison.
I just obtained one, works well except the bridge pickup is dead/no signal. Gotta change it, any chance of consulting with you on email? I do my own tech, but that wiring cavity is challenging to find where things go. Thanks!
Thanks for the "high nut slot check" trick - I don't feel any difference, but yeah, I do pull the A on the G string 2nd fret a touch sharp. Will proceed carefully with fret slot files.
well nowadays s2 is expensive but remains one of the lines you can buy sight unseen and rest assured it won't be flop. If you don't care about looks it's still considerably cheaper to get an s2 (esp used) and upgrade to good pickups of your choice. You can sometimes get an s2 for ~ 1k, a great pickup set for ~200-250 so you're looking at big savings while preserving what makes the prs qc that much better than others. I for one don't care much about the fancy tops, however the durable frets and perfect finishes are there even with satin / gloss simple colored s2 examples. You can also upgrade saddles for more bite if you feel the attack is too round and slow acoustically, cause whatever pups will have to work with what the korean trem or fixed unit has to offer as well. Still great value IMHO.
Pickups and electronics may not be great but that's an easy fix. Quality and craftsmanship, the things you can't upgrade, are what you're paying for. Spend a little money upgrading the electronics and possibly hardware depending on the model and you have a guitar that can hang with the best in the world. My S2 is my cheapest guitar if you look at what the equivalents to my other guitars are going for. But the S2 has the best quality and craftsmanship out of all of them.
Dickson Hall was actually Riley Shepard, and he had a few other stage and pen names as well. He used Floyd Riley Shepard for his ASCAP royalties. He's singing Daddy of Mine, and the Yellow Rose of Texas song.
It seems counterintuitive to heat up the frets before removing them, as both wood and metal expand in heat. Is this standard? I’m guessing heating them is still best because it loosens up the oils and creates a lubricant for them the slide out easier. Thanks
Recently got my new Sire l7v directly from Sire. Took about a week to get it, free shipping, no issues. Guitar is perfect, no nut adjustment needed. Lowered the action to high e 1.25 m with no buzzing. Intonation is great. Only 2 small issues: 1. Fingerboard is a bit scratchy when bending. Goes away with playing and some fretboard lube. 2. Input plastic plate broke with tightening. The nut came loose. New one coming from Sire. Will probably replace with a metal one but having trouble finding a replacement that is the same screw hole size.
He couldve purchased an actual US model for over $4k.. but he got a cheap S2 model instead. Of course it doesn't come with PRS USA pickups. Where do you think the $2500 savings went?
Just my opinion, but I wish they would have stayed with the Fishman pickup. My old 814ce has the original Fishman (that came with the guitar,new), and it sounds great! I love Taylor guitars, but the Expression 2 just doesn’t sound good to my ears. I bought an AD17e last year, and I just don’t like it plugged in. Other than that, it’s a great guitar!
