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http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7918712]]> In The Studio rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335889 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335845 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:05:36 +0000 In The Studio TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335845 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335827 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:37:21 +0000 In The Studio rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335827 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335824 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:46:05 +0000
I was hoping to find one of the $40 SD ones there. It was a small, local shop that had opened recently. Not much selection. I decided to support the little guy kind of thing. Plus, it was less than the $69.99 MF price tag. More like $62. It also mean't that we could zip on hom instead of making the additional trek towards GC or Sam Ash. I also needed a set of strings and he charged me the going rate instead of the GC $1.00 mark-up.

I did two more things to that guitar. I finished my saddle bottom sanding and got the guitar really playable. I then went back to 12s instead of 11s. All in all, this is much more playable than it was when I bought it 5 years ago when I didn't know what to look for. All in all, you've done extremely well and supported a local, closer shop while saving money. Already too-good-to-be-true! :D (Cheapest I could get on that same DiMarzio pickup was $125 after all, would have saved $75 here?) I think it is a great pickup.

You also got real success with your saddle reduction or height adjustment on this Taylor and I'm glad you're happy with it, and of course there's nothing as satisfying as being able to do it yourself, especially with excellent results.

The other thing you might have done, and it is just as well you didn't go there, would have been to crank the truss rod clockwise a bit, due to the added tension and higher action of the heavier new strings.

But it is good that you didn't have to go to that trouble, or minor risk. The guitar must be settled in well with your climate or environment to finally be as perfect as it is with your saddle work. Yay! 8)]]> In The Studio Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335824 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335813 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:48:23 +0000
Good specially when you are playing on the stage. You can move around. No samples yet. I did use it to add a rhythm guitar track to a song I'm re-doing. Maybe I'll just do a rhythm number without anything added.

Yes, I imagine that would be much less restrictive than having to play into a mic stand. I've never done anything live and don't think I'll be doing anytime soon though.]]> In The Studio rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335813 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335810 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:02:32 +0000
Good specially when you are playing on the stage. You can move around.]]> In The Studio Rahul https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335810 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335809 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:54:49 +0000
I was hoping to find one of the $40 SD ones there. It was a small, local shop that had opened recently. Not much selection. I decided to support the little guy kind of thing. Plus, it was less than the $69.99 MF price tag. More like $62. It also mean't that we could zip on hom instead of making the additional trek towards GC or Sam Ash. I also needed a set of strings and he charged me the going rate instead of the GC $1.00 mark-up.

I did two more things to that guitar. I finished my saddle bottom sanding and got the guitar really playable. I then went back to 12s instead of 11s. All in all, this is much more playable than it was when I bought it 5 years ago when I didn't know what to look for.]]> In The Studio rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335809 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335807 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:24:00 +0000 In The Studio rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335807 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335802 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:35:17 +0000
Nice going with the new toy Roy. What a great price! Americans are so lucky? :shock: :roll:

Yes, that's the puppy I wanted, but it was $189 here plus 14 percent tax at the time. My friend and jammin' buddy got one, money being no object, and I liked it very much.

As I said in a previous similar topic, I had to settle for a cheaper Belcat, (I posted a pic) while recommending this DiMarzio and also Seymour Duncan etc. That would cost a bit more. Also said I had to be cheap, because my soundhole pickups tended to get lost or disappear. :shock:

What I like about the whole soundhole deal, is that the pickups are certainly transferrable, if you have multiple acoustic guitars, otherwise I agree with your overall assessment of tone, and with Scrybe's, compared to a Shure-miked guitar, and how about the standard A/E's like Takamine et al., with piezos or under-saddle/crystalline units and pre-amps?

He he, you would have to get a whole new guitar for that, oh boy. :roll:

Congratulations and enjoy your newly found recording ability and potential. :D]]> In The Studio Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335802 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335790 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:52:10 +0000 In The Studio katmetal https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/new-toy-14/#post-335790