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Old 12-06-2015, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by acoustictone View Post
If a better pickup comes to market ,and you know it will, and the consumer wants it bad enough they will sell their old guitars with that hole in the side and buy new! Just good business for them to cut that hole in the side.

Joe
I don't think manufacturers base their guitar builds on that premise but you're correct that a better-sounding, future system may well prompt the sale of a player's older versions of a brand--it affected me that way! I think they install systems they think are good at that particular time-frame of manufacture, along with availability and consistent, on-time delivery of systems from a manufacturer. I give kudos to Taylor for making their own systems to better integrate with their guitars. The new Expression System 2, I feel, is a real plus for their brand.
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