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Old 01-28-2018, 08:13 PM
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Least stressful winter guitar shipment. My Emerald X20 made its way in earlier this week. Still getting properly acquainted. In any case, here's some pictures.







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Old 01-28-2018, 09:03 PM
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Very striking lefty woody! Congrats!

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Old 01-28-2018, 09:26 PM
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Congratulations! It looks coool!
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Old 01-28-2018, 09:42 PM
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That’s one cool, beautiful guitar. Congrats! So, tell us more. How do you like it...playability, tone, balance, volume?
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Old 01-29-2018, 12:13 AM
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Wow that is nice!!
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Old 01-29-2018, 05:53 AM
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Beautiful!! This left thing is confusing....do you play it upside down a la Elizabeth Cotton :-)
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Old 01-29-2018, 06:23 AM
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Wow ! She’s beautiful, but sadly rendered unplayable on acount of being built entirely back to front,
surprised they didn’t spot this before shipping.

C’mon Emerald get your act together, we expect better from you !
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Old 01-29-2018, 06:54 AM
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Do you have to play it in front of a mirror?
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Beautiful guitar!!!
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Old 01-29-2018, 08:20 AM
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Old 01-29-2018, 09:42 AM
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Stunning! The blue and red Artisans are my favorite colors and that woody top is equally gorgeous. Nice!!
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Very tasteful. Congratulations on some nice decision-making and a beautiful instrument.
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Old 01-29-2018, 10:46 AM
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Very purdy!! It still counts an a carbon NGD, even if you have a little bit of wood on the top. Congrats!
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Old 01-29-2018, 11:22 AM
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Very nice woody! Congrats
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Old 01-29-2018, 11:44 AM
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That’s one cool, beautiful guitar. Congrats! So, tell us more. How do you like it...playability, tone, balance, volume?
Good playability. I was a bit surprised at the tone and volume when I got it on Tuesday. Maybe it was jet lag, but it was a bit quiet and subdued. By Saturday it seemed to have greatly improved; richer tone, and louder. I can see where some people have said it is a bit bass heavy, although it works for me. Still quieter than some of my other guitars, but certainly loud enough.

Going to switch the strings eventually so I can more easily compare to what I'm used to as I don't often use 80/20.

It has now probably taken the crown as my most left handed guitar, previously held by a multi-scale, wedge, sound ported dread.
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