NED (New Emerald Day)
 

X20 Artisan in amber ... not so’s y’d know from my pics. Very poor light here today, even out in the snow.

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Very pleased with it, sounds great already but strings are extra light and action’s a wee bit low for my ham fists, will order a new saddle.

Bought used , but immaculate , from non posting (so far) AGF member “ebeneezerc” ,
with both of us being Scotsmen we were able to brave the weather and do the deal !
Thanks Charles, a pleasure to meet you.

Family shot:

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Congrats, LJ. I too am enjoying a new-to-me Emerald day, having recently received a green X20 Artisan bought from a fellow AGF-er. Played it for an hour again last night, and my other CF guitars are lonely and ignored.

One of these days, I will get around to starting a NUGD thread myself, with a family pic with its big brother, the green X20-12. For now I am too busy playing (when not busy working).

Hey, that’s great Jon! You’ve really jumped on to the Emerald train. My X20 is due in May.

Congrats Jon ! Love the family pic. I wonder how many of us have more than 1 Emerald? Can't seem to stop at one.

Congratulations, LJ... I think it's beautiful! Sure would like to see it with better light. Those guitars are so sweet.

I like that guitar stand too. :)

Congratulations!

Enjoy your new to you guitar!

Hey, Jon - congrats! :up: I wondered how long you'd be able to hold out. Great guitar, huh? You should be covered now, with a big one and a little one. In the words of the philosopher K.C.: "That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it..."

After you get to spend more time with the X20, you can start playing the: "I like this one better, because..." game.

The X20 and the X7 should be sold as a set. :evilgrin:

LOL....I agree with that !!

Congratulations LJ!

Nice... you done real good... I think I have a few Emeralds... need one of those X-7s.

One thing I’d change on the 20 would be the neck profile, I don’t know if the current ones are such a handful (this is a 2015, I think).
I would describe it as a pretty pronounced D shape , although no deeper overall than a Taylor (C shape ?) it feels very fat at the “cheeks” and not so comfy for me to wrap around.

I think the X7 is a bit slimmer in that area, feels more comfortable, but the short scale may be fooling me.

My fave is a Martin Mod-V and they are nothing like that, but ,,, what the hey ? I’m already adapting ! ;)

You could test that theory by using a capo on the first fret, which will make the scale length just a bit over 24", pretty close to your X7. Technically that will also put you into a slightly thicker / wider part of the neck profile than in the first position.

PS: Notice no typos this time? I took time to proffread my work before posting. :D

The 20 definitely has a chubbier profile , I’m pretty adaptable, another couple of days I probably won’t like anything else.

Well done on the typos :D I cheat and always use a smell-checker myself.

UPDATE: I think they may both have the same profile after all* ; what changes is the ANGLE of my hand and wrist,
with the X20 being a much longer reach to my favourite end of the fretboard, more of the base of my fingers contacts the neck.


(*if anyone cares anymore....) :D

Yo Earl;

Spelling, smelling; who cares? the Brits have been mangling the English language for forever. Now that we're free of them, I think we should feel free to mangle at will. Misspelling is, after all is said and done, an art form. Viva el arte!