My padauk X20/X30 have arrived! Photos are in! (page 3/4) - Page 2

byudzai · #16 11-02-2018, 06:41 PM

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seriously? 45 DREAMS! You clearly need some dream therapy. When you lay you down to sleep, you start by thinking of the most magnificent guitar you've ever owned, the one you've ordered. And then you drift to you playing that magnificent instrument to the same level of quality. And then you see the raving fans, hear the heavenly music that you are creating. And then you black out from such exhausting fantasy. When you wake up, you can start worrying again. But at least you'll have had a good night's sleep.

you forgot all the doe-eyed readheads in the crowd! i'll report back in the morning!

Captain Jim · #17 11-02-2018, 08:31 PM

I've tried that technique, Evan, but it never works... the only dreams I remember are replays of my working days!

Probably more into the nightmare realm.

Byudzai, fear not - the crew at Emerald will work their Irish mojo on your guitars, just like what you've seen posted here. I am excited for you!

kramster · #18 11-03-2018, 05:44 AM

Did you get it yet...Did you get it yet...Did you get it yet...Did you get it yet...Did you get it yet...

Just parcticin'.

Methos1979 · #19 11-03-2018, 07:52 AM

You got ME excited since I placed my order a month before you! I contacted Kevin to see if maybe mine was going to be ready early but he replied that mine had far more difficult customizations that required Alistair's personal touch and so mine was still on track to be ready the end of this month. I've been doing very well not dwelling on it! Right now focused on Thanksgiving and then it shouldn't be long after that.

wickedwahine · #20 11-03-2018, 08:02 AM

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You got ME excited since I placed my order a month before you! I contacted Kevin to see if maybe mine was going to be ready early but he replied that mine had far more difficult customizations that required Alistair's personal touch and so mine was still on track to be ready the end of this month. I've been doing very well not dwelling on it! Right now focused on Thanksgiving and then it shouldn't be long after that.

Looks like you and I are in the same boat. I ordered in July, but talking to Alistair yesterday, he told me that mine won’t be ready in November after all, but he did say it should be before Christmas. I have an out of town trip in early December, so I am focusing on that and hope it arrives soon after I get home. I am happy for the OP though, I will live vicariously through you.

byudzai · #21 11-03-2018, 07:08 PM

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You got ME excited since I placed my order a month before you! I contacted Kevin to see if maybe mine was going to be ready early but he replied that mine had far more difficult customizations that required Alistair's personal touch .

You got me curious! What all customizations did y'all choose?

byudzai · #22 11-03-2018, 07:22 PM

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Looks like you and I are in the same boat. I ordered in July, but talking to Alistair yesterday, he told me that mine won’t be ready in November after all, but he did say it should be before Christmas. I have an out of town trip in early December, so I am focusing on that and hope it arrives soon after I get home. I am happy for the OP though, I will live vicariously through you.

What all customizations did YOU get? I'm not sure why mine got knocked through early, maybe because I ordered two or something, or maybe mine were not that complex?

GuitarDoc · #23 11-03-2018, 07:27 PM

It will go by fast. When they get here these moments will be forgotten.

wickedwahine · #24 11-03-2018, 08:08 PM

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What all customizations did YOU get? I'm not sure why mine got knocked through early, maybe because I ordered two or something, or maybe mine were not that complex?

Mine is a custom paint color. Though I think the hangup actually is that because it is nylon, Alistair needs to make the headstock, and he has been really busy. He asked what scale length and nut width to use, and I told him to just go standard on it. So the only real customization is the paint color, and I don’t think they are anywhere near that stage. I am the most impatient person ever, but that is okay. As long as I have it before my music camp in March, that is all that really matters.

kramster · #25 11-04-2018, 05:30 AM

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As long as I have it before my music camp in March, that is all that really matters.

Good to have a dream.

mountainmaster · #26 11-04-2018, 07:31 AM

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Mine is a custom paint color. Though I think the hangup actually is that because it is nylon, Alistair needs to make the headstock, and he has been really busy. He asked what scale length and nut width to use, and I told him to just go standard on it. So the only real customization is the paint color, and I don’t think they are anywhere near that stage. I am the most impatient person ever, but that is okay. As long as I have it before my music camp in March, that is all that really matters.

When I ordered my X7 nylon I was told that every nylon guitar from Emerald is in fact a full custom job, which is why they cost so much more.

#27 11-04-2018, 10:02 AM

Working toward my 5th Emerald nylon string guitar--definitely custom work. The waiting is sometimes hard--but it does sustain anticipation and hope.

Ran across this quote ascribed to Ben-jammin Franklin: "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

Captain Jim · #28 11-04-2018, 10:37 AM

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Working toward my 5th Emerald nylon string guitar--definitely custom work. The waiting is sometimes hard--but it does sustain anticipation and hope.

Ran across this quote ascribed to Ben-jammin Franklin: "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

I don't know, Evan. You and Jammin Ben may have been school mates, but I keep playing... and keep growing older. It's a real dilemma with this waiting stuff: when you're younger, you don't have as much patience - when you're older, you don't have as much time.

Earl49 · #29 11-04-2018, 05:06 PM

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.....As long as I have it before my music camp in March, that is all that really matters.

A healthy attitude there, made easier by owning that lovely X7 koa woody. You know, just in case....

byudzai · #30 11-04-2018, 07:51 PM

ONLY HOURS LEFT TILL EMERALD RE-OPENS!!!

I work night so I get to be the first guy to bug Kevin in the morning. I try not to -- although one time we had a multi-hour chat about guitar playing -- but today I'm gonna ding him soon as they open and beg for the photos.

I said to Steph today "Imagine if it were the 1800s and you had a mail-away husband from Russia who would arrive by sea in three months. You only had a drawing of him. But in a few hours someone with a photograph is going to arrive to show you what he actually looks like..."

She got the idea lol.