Reply With QuoteNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! You're a Martin man!!!!!!! You are not allowed to like a Taylor too!
Just kiddin'! Congrats, I bet it sounds sweet!
Regular Fretter
Another NGD! Taylor 810
Those of you who are rabid signature readers (anyone?) will notice that my Vox AC15 and Taylor 310 are now missing. They were sold to finance a deal that was just too good to pass up:
My new, mint condition 2005 Taylor 810! An absolutely "as new" guit w/o a mark on it, not even on the pickguard! Some of you have seen me mention Guitar Chris, from whom I've purchased all of my Martin and Peavey (and past Ibanez) stuff. Well, Chris took this Taylor on trade from an older gentleman who bought up to a Martin HD-28, and priced it at $1,699, incl immaculately clean OHSC (Geib style, like my Martin M-36!)
He called me yesterday to let me know what he had. I went down to his store, checked it out, A-B'd it w a few Martins (D-18, HD-35 and SWDGT)...and bought it then and there! Like I said, just too good to pass up a deal like this!
So, to my ears, my subjective opinion is that I now own two of the finest acoustic six-strings available, at any price: my Martin M-36 and this Taylor 810. I'm finally thinning out the herd and rounding up heirloom-quality keepers. (And, at this age and stage of my life, that can't happen quickly enough!)
Obviously, the 810 simply "replaces" the 310 I sold, and, although I loved my Vox AC15, it was just not practical for apartment use, so that went too, but for a very good cause.
Last edited by bigG; December 4th, 2009 at 02:50 PM.
bigG
Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Cherry Mahogany, Peavey HP Signature EXP, Epi Sheraton II, Fender Standard Fat Strat, original 1982 Made in the USA Fender Bullet (w original HSC)/ 2005 Martin HD-7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition (#102 of 250), Martin M-36 (0000), Martin OM-21, Martin 000-15M, Hohner EL-SP Plus Parlor acoustic
Amps: Swart Space Tone 6V6se, Swart Night Light Power Attenuator/compressor/stereo line-out, Peavey Windsor Studio, Vox AD50VT, Fender Super Champ XD, Vox DA15, Marshall MG10KK, '83 Peavey Bandit 65
Pedals: Cry Baby 535q wah, Bad Monkey OD, Boss DS-1, Sabine FuzzStortion, HardWire RV-7 Reverb
www.swartamps.com
www.ericjosephelectricguitars.com
Carpe diem, brother, cause you don't know how many diems you have left to carpe.
Contributing Member
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! You're a Martin man!!!!!!! You are not allowed to like a Taylor too!
Just kiddin'! Congrats, I bet it sounds sweet!
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Regular Fretter
Thanks, Steve!
The 810 has been Taylor's flagship guitar since the beginning. Bob Taylor revoiced it in 2003, changing the bracing and adding a route around the underside outer edge of the top, allowing for more low-end than previous 810s. It is sweeeeet! Best action of any acoustic I've ever played, also.
(I'm over at the Acoustic Friday Thread watching those vids again if you need me *s*)
bigG
Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Cherry Mahogany, Peavey HP Signature EXP, Epi Sheraton II, Fender Standard Fat Strat, original 1982 Made in the USA Fender Bullet (w original HSC)/ 2005 Martin HD-7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition (#102 of 250), Martin M-36 (0000), Martin OM-21, Martin 000-15M, Hohner EL-SP Plus Parlor acoustic
Amps: Swart Space Tone 6V6se, Swart Night Light Power Attenuator/compressor/stereo line-out, Peavey Windsor Studio, Vox AD50VT, Fender Super Champ XD, Vox DA15, Marshall MG10KK, '83 Peavey Bandit 65
Pedals: Cry Baby 535q wah, Bad Monkey OD, Boss DS-1, Sabine FuzzStortion, HardWire RV-7 Reverb
www.swartamps.com
www.ericjosephelectricguitars.com
Carpe diem, brother, cause you don't know how many diems you have left to carpe.
Contributing Member
Down in FLA, you won't have the dryness/lack of humidity problems that make it kinda tough on Taylors up here in the high desert either. Have fun! I have to check out your Dylan stuff on that acoustic thread later too. I am starting another Friday one in a bit too though.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Regular Fretter
Wahoo!!!!
Very cool. Congrats on a terrific deal.
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic
hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
There's also a negative side."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Guitars: Dean Sweet Wood 00R, Martin D2R, Guild D60, Guild D35NT, Morgan Monroe M30, OS baritone Uke
Advanced Fretter
I love the 8 series. It is like night and day after playing the 310ce that I own. Taylor's lower end guitars (like mine) have always sounded a little generic to me. I have a friend who actually went into his burning house to save his 810. Mission accomplished.
Patrick
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