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Bearclaw - one usually either likes it or not.
I'd call Taylor customer service, they may be able to provide a solution for you or put you in the right direction. 800 943 6782
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Bear claw is highly responsive to different lighting conditions. In bright lights, it can be harder to see. I don’t think the seller intentionally disguised the bear claw. I’ve had unusual figure like this in some of my custom built instruments. It had a pretty irregular pattern, too. I thought it looked cool. Look behind the bridge on my Baranik.
As for the action, it’s never fun to find out you have to adjust action, but it may be helpful for you to learn the actual numbers that you like for action and relief so you can be more quantitative in your questions. That being said, taking the saddle down is easy enough. If you need a neck reset, also not a big deal. Why not reach out to the seller and ask them to pay for a neck reset? But before you do, what is the height of the saddle above the bridge?
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Like others have shared, the bear claw is considered "cool" now. I do like it regardless of how trendy it is. It makes it look more organic. I sure hope the seller will compensate you to have the neck adjusted.
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I can understand the OP's disappointment. I've been in a similar situation or more than one occasion with purchases from overseas. Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do when the return costs are prohibitive other than to sell it or learn to live with it. |
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You stated that the Guitar is new -- so I assume it comes with the Taylor Warranty. Why don't you contact their Brazilian representative and see if they will deal with the neck for you under the terms of the Warranty? From the Taylor website:
https://www.taylorguitars.com/intern...cations/brazil Brazil WMS NEGOCIOS INTERNACIONAIS Rua Catequese, 1171 cj 24 Santo André, SP Phone: +55 11 2832 7800 Fax: + 55 11 2832 7808 E-mail: [email protected] There’s no reason you should pay for the neck adjustment on a new guitar. Last edited by mhw48; 08-16-2022 at 04:17 PM. |
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Not to mention the fact that he has attached a pick guard to the top.
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Were you playing on playing it or will it be wall art? Wood is an imperfect material, perhaps you should have gone the carbon fiber route.
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I’m a bear claw fan also, and I think the OP’s guitar is fabulous.
Whenever I see bear claw, I look to see how symmetrical it is on the book matched top. It is rarely symmetrical. I think the reason is the kerf. 1) only a rare and lucky cut goes through the middle of the figures in the wood all the way across the top, and 2) most of one side of the bear claw ends up as saw dust (the width of the saw blade plus sanding). Even the beautiful guitar a couple posts above doesn’t look symmetrical, at least at first glance.
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I concur. I hpe someday to bump into a bearclaw soundboard I can afford. That stuff goes for a premium, near as I can tell bearclaw doubles the price of a soundboard. I think OP's got himself a desirable rarity. A premium soundboard snuck into the shipment to Mexico.
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It looks very nice.
There was one recent thread regarding a custom built martin and it had a bear claw top. And it looked great.
https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=649636 Also reagarding action, first thing I will do is to keep it in a hard case at right humidity. As you are in Brazil it might be possible that humidity is on higher side. Get a Humidity meter and some dessicant silica beads. Put the guitar in hard case with the humidity meter. Put the dessicant beads in a cloth and tie it. Leave it in the guitar. One pouch dangling in the soundhole and one near the headstock. You might have to check few times to zero on the amount of dessicant beads needed to maintain 45% humidity. You might be surprised how much humidity effects the guitar.
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I concur with this!
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For we Lakota Sioux, Bearclaw Spruce came as a result of Mother bear being born from the sacred tree. She left her bearclaw mark on the tree to let all know this is a sacred tree.
In my fathers time and before, they would never cut down a spruce with bearclaw and would give ceremony before carrying out and using one that fell down on its own. I suggest you consider the silking and bearclaw as a good sign for the instrument you received and get the neck adjusted by the Taylor dealer in you vicinity as recommended in earlier posts. |
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Duplicate post…
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