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Old 11-05-2020, 08:02 PM
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Default NGD. Emerald x-20 dark pau ferro with inlays

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Well here it is!!! x-20 dark pau ferro top, 24.9" scale length, EVO gold frets,mother of pearl inlays
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Old 11-05-2020, 08:52 PM
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Wow, that is one of the best veneers I have seen, at least to my taste. Congrats, enjoy that thing.
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Old 11-05-2020, 10:03 PM
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Beautiful!!! How do you like the 24.9” neck?
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Old 11-06-2020, 08:25 AM
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Wow, that is one of the best veneers I have seen, at least to my taste. Congrats, enjoy that thing.
you know with all the veneer options available it can be difficult to pick just one. I just went with my gut feeling. I was watching the February veneer unboxing video and when this pau ferro was shown I immediately said that one. The problem was choosing between the sets of dark pau ferro. In the end it certainly is a 'personal taste'.
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Old 11-06-2020, 08:31 AM
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Beautiful!!! How do you like the 24.9” neck?
will let you know after I play it for a while. I felt more of a difference when I first played it than I would have thought, however after a couple of minutes it felt natural. I am a Gibson electric player so I am used to playing shorter scales but that is with a pick, fingerstyle (which is what I play on acoustic) is slightly different.
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Great decision-making, great result. I look forward to more on how you like the short scale.
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Old 11-06-2020, 10:13 AM
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That really is a lovely looking guitar. I much prefer the more subtle veneers, and that, along with the gold inlays and trim, is a very classy combination.

Looking forward to more detailed impressions as you get to spend some time with it.
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Old 11-06-2020, 08:29 PM
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That is one pretty guitar! I know you had a special neck done because of the inlays and scale length , but did you request a special neck width, something narrower than their standard thick n wide neck profile?
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Wow.... that is quite beautacious!!
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That is one pretty guitar! I know you had a special neck done because of the inlays and scale length , but did you request a special neck width, something narrower than their standard thick n wide neck profile?
I asked for a 1.75" nut and initially a 2 3/8" bridge spacing. With the new pinless bridge it came with a 2 1/4" bridge spacing and honestly I am glad. I play almost exclusively fingerstyle on acoustic so before ordering I measured my other guitars and my Lakewood had the widest bridge spacing @ 2 5/16". I felt perhaps more room would be good The reason I am glad I did not get a wider bridge spacing is because of the fingerboard width at the 12th fret, something I had not considered. All my acoustics are 2 3/16" at the 12th fret with the exception of my PRS Angelus which is 2 7/32". Generally wider bridge spacing begets a wider neckboard .
The Emerald is 2 1/4" at the 12th fret. Funny how such a minimal size difference is immediately obvious. When I picked the guitar out of the case for the first time,by grasping the neck, my brain immediately recognized the difference. Now as for playing, it absolutely makes no difference, I never wrap my left thumb around past the 2 nd fret for any of my acoustic playing.
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Great decision-making, great result. I look forward to more on how you like the short scale.
So right out of the box came the immediate realization that I had to find the right strings for this thing. I am not sure what Emerald shipped with, but they were not my taste. I cut them off immediately and put on my go-to strings, Martin MA130FX Silk and Phosphor 11-47. I love these for fingerstyle on all of my guitars, very balanced, warm, easy on the fretting hand. But on the Emerald they were DULL. I got a little worried, was the guitar dead?? I immediately went into my string drawer and found a set of Santa Cruz Low Tension strings. WHEW!!! They sound fantastic!
It always amazes me how strings really do make such a huge difference. Hence the million string threads on this forum.
Now I just have to PLAY!!!!!
Hopefully, I will record something this weekend and post.
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