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I Found 2006 Taylor 712ce with Hardshell Case for $1500 - Is This a Good Deal?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ship of fools Jun 14, 2009.

 

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Which one of the following describes your involvement in music? (Check all that apply)
Amateur or recreational musician, Guitar student
How many years have you been playing guitar?
More than 30 years
Which of these instruments do you own or play?
Flattop steel-string acoustic guitar, Nylon-string guitar, Electric guitar, Resonator guitar, Travel guitar, Bass guitar, Ukulele
The make and model of your guitar(s) and/or other instruments and gear.
ACOUSTICS
Breedlove '09 Northwest Classic ~ '09 Revival OOO-R Dlx ~ '10 American OOO-MM Custom ~ American C25-SMe ~ '07 AC250-SM12
Taylor '10 GC Koa 12-Fret Spr Ltd ~ '10 412ce Spr Ltd (Spruce/Walnut)

NYLON/CLASSICAL
Taylor: '11 NS72ce
Kermona: '09 Orpheus Valley Sofia


ELECTRICS
Fender: 60th Anniversary Tele ~ Pink Paisley Tele ~ Pawn Shop Mustang, Pawn Shop 51, Road Worn 50s Tele
Taylor: '07 Custom (Walnut)
Squier Classic Vibes: '10 50s Tele ~ '09 Custom Tele ~ '09 50s Strat ~ '09 60s Strat ~ '08 Duo-Sonic
Squier Vintage Modified: 3 51s, Tele Custom II
PRS: '11 Santana SE
ESP LTD: EC-256 Goldtop

BASS
Fender: '06 Mustang
Ibanez: '08 Mikro

TRAVEL
'10 Taylor GS Mini

ACOUSTIC AMPS
Fishman: Loudbox 100 ~ Solo
Roland: AC-33

ELECTRIC AMPS
Fender: '68 SF Super Reverb ~ '68 Pro Reverb ~ '75 Vibrolux Reverb ~ '95 Custom Vibrolux Reverb ~ '65 BF Princeton ~ '66 BF Champ ~ '78 SF Deluxe Reverb ~ EC Twinolux ~ Excelsior ~ Super Sonic ~ G-Dec 3 Thirty
Richter 5E3-G
Budda TwinMaster
Ampeg Jet-20
Vox AC15C1 Ltd Red
Roland Street Cube

BASS AMPS
GK MB210
What is your website address?
http://kirstenray.com
What type of music do you like to play?
I used to play mostly my own music which I'm not sure how to characterize. Lately I've been learning/playing blues on both acoustic and electric. I'm just getting into playing rock and finger style. I'm also playing a lot of pop songs acoustically to entertain the family.
Do you subscribe to or regularly read Acoustic Guitar?
I purchase copies at newsstands/bookstores

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Taylor GS8e Decision

I have a chance to buy a Taylor GS8e for $1981 out the door. It is on clearance at Guitar Center. I wanted a 814ce, but I played the GS8e and loved it. I don't need it though and $2000 is a lot of money to drop on something I don't need. I have too many guitars as it is. I could pay off a bill with that money, but it is such a good deal on the guitar, because usually you don't get a discount on new Taylor guitars. Decisions, decisions!!

Posted on January 24, 2009 at 4:15pm — 6 Comments

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At 3:27pm on September 22, 2011, Mikheil Tsitsishvili said…
Hi,

Have you played on Peavey Austin 400 with acoustic guitar? how it can be compared and rated with today's acoustic amps of AER, Schertler, Bose, Ultrasound ...
Thank you for your time!

Sincerely,
Mikheil

At 8:21pm on March 16, 2010, Tom Conklin said…
Oh, Ok. Thanks. The message seemed to vanish, so I then sent an actual private messgae. I hope they don't mind. Thanks for your help. :)

Tom
At 6:08pm on March 16, 2010, Tom Conklin said…
Hi Kirsten,

I hope your doing well. Hey, what does it mean when someone has "chosen to moderate comments"? Someone recently added me as a friend and when I tried to send a comment to them, I got that message.

Tom
At 6:17am on February 7, 2010, Tom Conklin said…
Holy damn! If I had all those I would be in guitar heaven! Wow! Nice collection. I'm putting a new band together now, and thanks to your help, I will have squeeky clean pots!
At 11:34pm on February 6, 2010, Tom Conklin said…
I have a Schecter Hellraiser with a Floyd Rose Tremelo and locking neck. Cherry Red and I love it! I also have an old Fender Mustang which is in rough shape. I would like to restore it someday maybe. I no longer have a six string acoustic, but I do have an old Epiphone 12 string. It needs some work though.
What do you have? I'll check back in the morning... It's late here and I'm falling asleep. I'm on the East coast.
At 9:01pm on February 6, 2010, Tom Conklin said…
Hi Kirsten!

Thanks for the nice welcome. I'm am actually more of an electric player, but that's probably because I don't have an acoustic guitar right now. I have a classical guitar though. :)

I was actually wondering about your Peavey Autin 400 Amp. I have one. I bought mine twenty years ago... or something like that. Have you had any noisy pot or connector problems since you had it? I've never used contact cleaner or Pot Cleaner and was wondering if you know how to clean the pots and connectors on the amp?
At 9:11am on June 15, 2009, Gary Andreozzi said…
Hello Kirsten, That Hagstrom Viking from your collection caught my attention. How do you like it? I love the styling of the Hagstrom line, though I do have so many other guitars that are calling to me. I found a 1983 Hammer Phantom A-5 under someones couch and paid $50. for the thing. Check the pics on my page and see what I did with it. Good to meet you. GA
At 7:48am on February 6, 2009, Edward Sparks said…
Be careful of "Clearance" instruments from the Guitar Center and never buy one that is marked "AS IS" as that usually means that they have made a repair, and sometimes the repair is not apparent. Just make sure that it is on clearance because they haven't been able to move enough of them, or that it has been replaced by another model, etc. and that it is not beacuse that instrument has a problem! We never "need" instruments, we just have to have them!!! :-) Take it from me, I have aobut 30! Anyway, here is the address to my website. If you get a chance to visit, please feel free to sign the Guestbook!

Thanks, Edward
http://mysite.verizon.net/emsparks/index.htm
At 3:39pm on January 25, 2009, Robert Mattson said…
Wow. Quite a fleet of instruments you have there! I'm humbled. ;-)

-Rob
At 7:06pm on January 24, 2009, Phil Trawick said…
I really like the GS8. It has great tone, probably one of the best I've heard in any Taylor. Sound projection is also great, almost on par with the Martin dread I have. I am not too fond of the electronics. I is probably just me but I have not been able to get the tone I really like to hear in an acoustic. Overall though, it is a great guitar that give me a different tone than my Martin.

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