"Just because the guitar has six strings, it doesn't mean you have to play all of 'em. The essential chord is a "triad", three notes including the root, third, and fifth note of the respective scale.
If you limit yourself to…"
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Taylor GS Mini
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Just picked one of these up a week ago Tuesday.I'd been looking for an upgraded acoustic to replace my little Yamaha acoustic-electric. (nice to play, but less-than-stellar sound)I needed a…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Gary D Richard Feb 21, 2011.
Taylor GS Mini
I'm in the market for a new axe; a small-bodied acoustic. Dropped by Guitar Center today to see if they had any of the ones I'd been researching.The Yamaha LS6 was in stock; an impressive…Continue
Started Jan 10, 2011
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"I can't give you any specifics on the soundhole pickups....Most are electromagnetic, like electric guitar pickups. The vibrating string excites the magnetic field and the signal is amplified. Most of them sound like…"
"Performance and performance style are highly individualistic and I don't think anyone has a lock on what works and what doesn't.
We see folks who stand like statues and others who throw themselves around the stage like…"
"Don't know if this will help... I sell a lot of refurbished bicycles. My usual practice is to take half the retail (MSRP) and then adjust up or down according to condition, desireability, etc.
With guitars, you have to consider that…"
"It wasn't that old Martins didn't use truss rods, they used a fixed, non-adjustable rod that was fitted to the neck before the fingerboard was glued on.
You can see these clearly at the Frets.com…"
"I'll give you my standpoint from the opposite side. I'm pretty much from the "good enough for folk music" crowd. There are those who are, by dint of their personality, to seek perfection and…"
"Sounds like they did the old cheap-and-easy "repair" of filling in the nut slot (usually with glue and powdered material) to raise the action on that string.
NOT what you'd expect on a quality guitar.
As said above, find the…"
"Well, I went for the "cheap" Taylor. I bought a GS Mini. a mere 500.00. Nice little axe. It's a small-bodied instrument with laminate sapele sides and back and a solid top.
The reviews on this…"
"Over at the "other" acoustic guitar discussion board:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/index.php
We had an extensive discussion on this in the "general" thread. No firm conclusions. …"
"There ya go... "Mountain", according to the first hit on Google, is a 70s Japanese brand. At that time, the Japanese were busily producing thousands of guitars, most of which were copies of quality…"
"I believe Epiphone is still making their "Masterbilt" Fingerstyle guitar as well. I just bought a Taylor, the small-bodied GS Mini model, and it's very nice.
Couldn't say how it would handle the percussive…"
"Jeez... Fuzzy pics, my man. Hint. Use something better than your cell-phone camera. Take 'em outside where there's some light. (flashes glare badly off most guitar finishes)
Take a close up of the…"
"Good question.... It appears to be a proprietary method of using tablature notation by a certain publisher... Amazon shows a series of "best of" tab books in this form. Can't find any explanation as to how it differs from…"
Gary D Richard replied to Mark Werner's discussion Taylor GS Mini"I bought one right before Christmas for a travel guitar, and I had the p/u installed sounds great plugged in but unplugged it doesn't have a lot of volume, but I would highly recommend it for travel, the only guitar this small with more going…"
"Classical guitar players spend a great deal of time getting the right "embrochure" or position. They use a footrest, hold the instrument so that only the bottom rear edge touches the leg and the top forward edge touches the arm...…"
"A "semi-hollow body" is an electric guitar type, like the standard Gibson 335. Neck-through-the-body with hollow "wings" added on for a certain amount of acoustic resonance.
If you're looking to build an actual…"
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