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My Custom X20 has arrived
Put me in the 'another satisfied customer' category!!! I thought when I saw the shipping video, it surpassed my expectations. But seeing it in person really knocked me out. It is all I could ask for and have been enjoying the heck out of it since I got it the other day. I am glad I went with the narrower nut width. Although I prefer 1 3/4", the overall neck width of Emerald's are a tad too wide for me. The narrower width trims just enough off the entire neck to make it a little easier for my hands. I have not noticed any tonal differences from this vs the straight carbon top I previously owned (not that I expected one).
For those who may have questions, here are my spec's: Pao Ferro Veneer 1 11/16" nut width 14" radius Gold Tuners K&K (w/o the ghost piezo) And the eye candy (first 2 from Emerald): Already thinking about an X7 to replace my Journey RT660.... Thanks for looking. Vince
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What a lovely warm-looking guitar - and the gold tuners were an excellent choice.
How are you liking the sound, especially compared to what you’ve owned and played before?
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Martin 0-16NY Emerald Amicus Emerald X20 Cordoba Stage Some of my tunes: https://youtube.com/user/eatswodo |
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It's A Beauty, Vince--Enjoy Your X20!
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Very nice. I love Pau Ferro, and you found a good piece.
Emerald does leave a lot of space between the outer strings and the edge of the fretboard. I wonder if you could cut a new nut with the usual 1.50" E-e spacing to make it feel like a narrow neck with the string spacing of a 1-3/4" nut. |
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Congrats. She's a beauty....
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*That's my only criticism of Ovation nuts, too.
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Martin HD-28 Sunburst/Trance M-VT Phantom Martin D-18/UltraTonic Adamas I 2087GT-8 Ovation Custom Legend LX Guild F-212XL STD Huss & Dalton TD-R Taylor 717e Taylor 618e Taylor 614ce Larrivee D-50M/HiFi Larrivee D-40R Blue Grass Special/HiFi Larrivee D-40R Sunburst Larrivee C-03R TE/Trance M-VT Phantom RainSong BI-DR1000N2 Emerald X20 Yamaha FGX5 Republic Duolian/Schatten NR-2 |
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Wow...That looks incredible!! Congrats
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Beautiful! Congratulations!
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Some CF, some wood. |
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Thanks.
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Much appreciated.
That means a lot coming from one of the resident experts
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I recently did that on my Journey OF660. It has a 1-3/4" nut, but they left too much (for me) room outside the strings. I bought a blank nut and was able to increase the string spacing by nearly 1/8". So it's a 1-3/4", but feels much roomier, and makes it possible for me to thumb fret the E. I might have to try that with my X20.
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X20
Hi,
Absolutely beautiful! Still loving mine! Ian |