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Location: Keller, TX | Actually, all my Ex's live in Texas. Which is why I wanna move to Tennessee...
Tom Tennant -> t tenn
Just too easy. Haven't gotten around to creating a "formely know as..." title yet. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by ttenn:
...all my Ex's live in Texas. Which is why I wanna move to Tennessee... now that should be a song! ;) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I've been from Tennessee to Tucumcari,.... |
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Location: Illinois, U.S.A. | I was just surfing around YouTube and ran into this clip , a fellow with an e-store demo-ing a new design of capo.
He seems to be playing an EF-75, though. Take a look and decide .... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Yes, that very much looks like an EF75J. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I'd guess it was a 75.
Hard enough to play with out figuring all that extra stuff out. |
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Location: big island | it is a 75. that guitarist is on several videos with his tak and also he responded to a question about the guitar in the comments below this capo video. |
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Location: big island | sent my EF75 to my luthier to lower the action by sanding down the saddles. takamine is paying for the job under warranty because the intonation was off on the low E. there are no authorized tak luthiers on this island so kaman corp arranged the repair with my friend. no big job and i could have done it myself but did not want to void the warranty. anyway, what a difference! the EF75 now plays effortlessly and is in tune all the way down/up the neck. what a sweet woody sound! it is actually louder than before which surprised me.
i kinda suspected the guitar was developing the high humidity bulge below the bridge, but my luthier thought not. if you own one, does yours have an ever-so-slight elevation of the belly below the bridge? mine is almost undetectable visually, however, i can feel it as i run my fingers over that area. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Aloha, Randy! Just checked #82 and it has a slight rise. I don't have my small mirror handy to check, but I suspect it is a result of the bracing at that point.
Glad to hear your intonation problem is rectified. I need to find a good luthier to adjust my action; it's a touch high and I don't have much faith in the guy at the store where I purchased mine.
You mentioned volumne; I have found that mine has increased in volumne as it has broken in. It is now, with light strings, louder than my 1112-4 with medium strings.
All around, an incredible instrument!
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Location: big island | aloha dave,
i did not take a before photo, but here is an after one showing the new saddle height. dramatic break angle difference from the factory set-up.
EF75 saddle |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I had found that the intonation on my 340Blewgrass was off on the B&E strings. I made a new saddle with the touch point at the back rather than the front and it fixed the problem. The 75, (#71) I've had no problems with. It continues to amaze me how good this guitar is. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Randy, no noticeable bulges on mine. Thanks to this board, I've been very sensitive to maintaining humidity in the bandroom at a consistent 45-50% level, with some summer days reaching a bit more. Consistent humidity makes a significant difference. |
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OT: Tak EF75J
