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Gorgeous! My X20 is a few years older and wants to have a play date. Who knows where that could lead?
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That is simply beautiful. I bought my daughter a relatively cheap Ziricote (veneer) uke, and that has really kindled my interest in the idea of a ziricote guitar. Lends itself so nicely to the sinuous curves of the X20!
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Sinuous... I like sinuous. Some of my favorite things on this Earth are sinuous.
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Just beautiful. That's still my favorite veneer layout, with the contrasting sapwood running down the center. The pinless bridge sets it off, too. Congrats!
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Jim in St. Louis Taylor NS34c Tayor 616 (2016) Emerald Custom X20 Artisan Some past guitars: 1968 Martin D35-S Martin 00-28VS Rainsong Dread |
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That is rather lovely.
It’s also one less guitar they have to make before they get to mine
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Does the grain look even deeper in person? It's beautiful, congrats!
How was it shipped? Did the Post Office deliver it, or one of the ground carriers? |
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To best simulate the soft V I told Sean to tell Alistair to shave off a little of the material around the V apex, somewhere between .125" and .250". He really nailed it. The result is extremely close (as I recall) to the SC soft V neck. I'm hoping he made a full mold of my completed X20 neck so as to be able to duplicate it for another custom woody, this time an X7. Waiting to hear on that now as he's on holiday. |
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All I know is that Emerald is using An Post for shipping. I guess it goes to USPS when the parcel arrives in the US. The guitar and its case arrived perfectly protected in a very thick and tight box. |
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Now I have to say that the difference between the neck of my X20 and the model isn't night and day, they're still pretty close. I'm just very picky The point is that Emerald's capability to perfectly duplicate a neck depends of the dimensions and shape you want. Smaller no problem, bigger can be more challenging. |
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I found some 510 locking tuners for my X20. In combination with the pinless bridge, changing strings has never been so easy
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Very cool, Tøf! I have never tried locking tuners. Do they add much weight to the headstock? Were they a direct fit with no drilling?
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Such a beauty. Congratulations.I´m new here in the carbonfibre world, bought a OF660 and its an impressivev guitar. reading a lot in this forum and the X20 is such a nice guitar. But to place an order without playing this before ist an big adventure.
So - nice to hear that sombody else from norway has one. |
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They are strictly identical to the original tuners, just the Magnum locking mechanism added, so the swap takes litterally 5 minutes without any modification.
Weight wise they’re probably slightly heavier but I don’t feel any difference mounted. Just be sure to go for the mini 510 tuners. The reference of the ones I bought is SGS510Z-A07-MGT-LONG. The buttons were the more traditional squarish ones, I changed them for the original ones. With a pinless bridge, insert the ball end, pull, lock, string installed 😃 |