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Old 03-20-2010, 08:03 AM
MikieG MikieG is offline
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Marty,

You are exactly, correct about my callouses. Just, before I came to this forum this morning, I spent time doing my callouse maintenance; emery boarding off the roughness, and as doing so, I was thinking, "I hadn't emery boarded since I got my 12er, and it sure, seems like my callouses are beginning to get larger." I was suprprised when I read that very, thing in your post. I am not regreting the acquisition of the 454ce, I am in love with it.

Here's what i posted in this Thread: "400-series (xx4-series) LOVE"

"The 454ce arrived right, on time"

It wasn't all, that painful, having to wait for my new, Taylor 454ce to make it's way from El Cajon, CA to 'My Favorite Guitars', and then to my house. It sure, was worth the wait, and the concern of, buying a 'special order', non-returnable, un-seen and un-played guitar. This guitar, I'll call her 'Vanessa', (her oVANgkol tonewood), is Swweeet!, right outa' the case! Her playability / action is fantastic!, she seems to be easier to play than "Taylor", (my 310ce), and her tone, (very,configurable with the 'body sensor' 'pre-amp switches' and the 'pre-amp controls'), is jus', as fantastic!; and her Ovangkol is so, visually, interesting and intriguing; and I have always loved "Taylor Guitars" 'Grand Auditorium' body shape. Her fingerboard is wider than "Taylor's", 1/8", I believe, and I initially, thought, "uh oh", but to my amazement, I find it easier to chord, and move about chords, easier than on my 310. I sure, like the 9 volt battery in this 2nd(?), 2009, generation 'Expression System', as compared to the (2) 'AA' batts used in "Taylor's" 2004 'Expression System'; the 9 volt's 'latch' set-up is quicker and slicker. The 'l.e.d.' on the 'pre-amp', letting ya' know the batts condition, is nice, too. ... I had been thinking, since I first, found out that "Taylor Guitars" offered a 'Service Package', which one could 'up-grade' to the newer, 'Expression System', long before thinking about a 12 string, I had considered sending the 310ce off, back to "Taylor Guitars", to have this done. Now, that I have the 454ce, I did, jus', that; it should be in CA by Wednesday. ...... Thanks fer lis'nin' ... 'Vanessa's' Pics: http://www.acousticguitarcommunity.c...1?context=user ... http://www.acousticguitarcommunity.c...e?context=user ... http://www.acousticguitarcommunity.c...k?context=user ... glad there's a "Taylor" forum to allow me to ramble on like this. ... Mike Grieff

- Mike

Last edited by MikieG; 03-20-2010 at 08:09 AM. Reason: I wanted to add a post's content from another thread.
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