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05-21-2022, 03:24 PM
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Favorite Crossover?
What's a really nice ($2K) crossover nylon string? Cordoba, Furch, Yamaha?
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2022 Brook Lyn Custom, 2014 Martin 000-18, 2022 Ibanez GB10, several homebrew Teles, Evans RE200 amp, Quilter 101R and various speaker cabinets, Very understanding wife of 48 years 
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05-21-2022, 04:34 PM
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I recently purchased a new Martin 000C12-16E for right around the $2k mark. I am very pleased with it. The fit and finish is perfect and it has that Martin quality of construction we know and respect. The action is right where I like it and it sounds very pleasing to the ears. Full disclosure though... I didn't immediately bond with it right out of the box. It took a day or two. The tone leaned more towards steel string than nylon string and I want to lean more nylon with it. I swapped out the Martin strings that came on it and now it's more of the tone I'm desiring to hear. The guitar responds well to both fingerstyle or using a pick. All in all its an excellent option. I am not crazy about the padded gig bag though. I don't mind padded gig bags, but this one is lacking storage that would be useful.
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05-21-2022, 05:00 PM
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For me it’s the furch, I actually sold my much more expensive lowden because I loved the furch so much
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05-21-2022, 05:17 PM
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A discerning friend of mine, after much deliberation, has just purchased a Taylor 412CE-N. It looks like a lovely instrument from the pictures he’s sent me, and I trust his judgement - and also understand his reluctance to part with money until he’s absolutely sure he’s found ‘the one’.
This, coupled with my personal experience with another friend’s 241CE-N, which I found most impressive, leads me to suggest that you might want to check out Taylor’s nylon string options.
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05-21-2022, 10:34 PM
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Doerr Trinity 12 Fret 00 (Lutz/Maple) Edwinson Zephyr 13 Fret 00 (Adi/Coco) Froggy Bottom H-12 (Adi/EIR) Kostal 12 Fret OMC (German Spruce/Koa) Rainsong APSE 12 Fret (Carbon Fiber) Taylor 812ce-N 12 fret (Sitka/EIR Nylon)
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06-01-2022, 05:55 PM
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Cervantes crossover… It’s very nicely built and has great tone and sensitivity and is quite loud and punchy when you dig in…
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Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans: John Lennon Lowden'87 L27FC Taylors’93 Kottke’94 910’82 855c(flor)Harp’19 Emerald Synergy (koa)’17 Doerr Solace select’12 Carmel OM ‘11 SCGC-FS Nylon:Sand,Cervantes.WeissSlide,Gypsy Elecs:Collings Eastside.Turners:RN6,RS6’59335Hist:Strat,Tele,Bass-Lakland,Fender Fretless.Amps:Princeton,Calif Blonde/xcab,Vox,Uke,Accordian,misc devices
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06-16-2022, 03:08 PM
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~~~~~Bird is the Word~~~~~ Martin D-41, Larrivee L-19; Gibson L-130; Taylor 614-ce-L30; R Taylor 2 H&D Custom OM; Bauman 000 Cervantes Crossover I; Kenny Hill 628S; Rainsong Shorty SGA; CA GX Player, Cargo; Alvarez AP70; Stella, 12-string; 2 Ukes; Gibson Mandola; Charango, couple electrics
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#12
06-20-2022, 07:12 AM
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I currently have the Kremona Verea, and it's getting a lot of playing time right now.
For crossovers, I much prefer 12, rather than 14, frets to the neck and with a cutaway. The tricky thing I've found is that unless the neck is uncomfortably long (like the Martin, which I had to send back) they require very hard tension strings to avoid fret buzz and weak sound. I found this to be the case with the Taylor '12s. This Kremona is living well with La Bella 2001 Medium Hard strings right now and has a rich, pleasing tone, particularly on the basses.
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