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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2012, 07:42:35 PM »
Dave,

Very nice.  Congrats.  I have had a Taylor just like yours on my wishlist for a while.  For now, it can only be on paper.  But one of these days ...

Please give a thorough review once you've gotten well acquainted. 

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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2012, 10:18:05 PM »
Dave,

Very nice.  Congrats.  I have had a Taylor just like yours on my wishlist for a while.  For now, it can only be on paper.  But one of these days ...

Please give a thorough review once you've gotten well acquainted.

I will do that.  Right now I'm still in the "it's awesome" honeymoon stage. :)   Not sure if/when that will go away.  I've missed having a Coco guitar for quite a while.  Its good to have one back in the rotation.  They have a very cool sound.

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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2012, 06:54:19 PM »
Is that the Cindy inlay on the fret board that's usually only on the 900 series or the presentations? It's astonishingly beautiful!
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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2012, 10:35:00 PM »
Very pretty :)

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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2012, 10:21:24 AM »
Is that the Cindy inlay on the fret board that's usually only on the 900 series or the presentations? It's astonishingly beautiful!

No its one of their LTD inlays from a couple years ago.  My wife has the same inlay on a BTO she had built.

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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2012, 10:26:39 AM »
Is that the Cindy inlay on the fret board that's usually only on the 900 series or the presentations? It's astonishingly beautiful!
the Cindy inlay on the guitar on the right is a 914ce that's on Black Beauty's desktop
wall paper & the guitar on the left is Dave's 814ceLTD - they are 2 different guitars
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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2012, 11:17:14 PM »
Well its been a few months and I've had a great opportunity to play the 814LTD.  I will say I'm as smitten with it after a couple months as I was the first time I picked it up.   

About three weeks ago I had gotoh tuners and a bone saddle put on.  I love the new tuners.  They are a huge upgrade (I have them on my GS also and had forgotten how nice they were after playing my 714 a lot).  The bone mellowed the tone a bit but I also thing the guitar has broken in a bit. 

While I'm extremely happy with the guitar my other guitars are planning an uprising as they rarely get played.  I will hopefully rectify that situation in the coming months but for the moment I'll just bask in the new guitar smell!

I should have bought another coco years ago!

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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2012, 11:49:46 PM »
There's nothing WORSE for a case of GAS than having Guitar Rodeo in your town!

Wait, I meant there's nothing BETTER for a case of GAS than having Guitar Rodeo in your town!  ;D

Didn't see this thread earlier. That's one sweet slice of Coco there Dave. Glad it sounds as good as it looks.
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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2012, 01:07:49 AM »
WOHOAA! Nice! looks like my babys sister right there :) i attained one of these beautys about 2 months ago and everyday i am more and more pleased with it! I am curious though, i would rather have the gotch tuners on it...if there is anything that im not a fan of it is the tuners...the rest of the guitar?? only gets better and better and better...along with the fact that there is no one that sees it that isnt blown away! great choice brother!!

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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2012, 03:46:50 AM »
i'm green.
green with envy. 
wow.
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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2012, 07:23:14 AM »
WOHOAA! Nice! looks like my babys sister right there :) i attained one of these beautys about 2 months ago and everyday i am more and more pleased with it! I am curious though, i would rather have the gotch tuners on it...if there is anything that im not a fan of it is the tuners...the rest of the guitar?? only gets better and better and better...along with the fact that there is no one that sees it that isnt blown away! great choice brother!!

I think if I was to spec out a BTO with Coco the only two changes I would have made to the LTD is the tuners and the fretboard inlay (it would be blank).  Thanks to Taylor for giving me a relatively inexpensive BTO :)

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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #26 on: October 19, 2012, 02:14:35 PM »
Very nice indeed. I have heard nothing but great things about Jim and GR

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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #27 on: October 19, 2012, 03:31:51 PM »
Beautiful Guitar! I love my 814, but I would love to have that one!

Congratulations!!!

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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #28 on: October 19, 2012, 04:46:58 PM »
Beautiful!!
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Re: New 814LTD!
« Reply #29 on: October 19, 2012, 06:49:48 PM »
I love my 814ce Spring LTD coco!
What an excellent tone - deeper lows than rosewood, slightly more mids and really articulate highs.
Congrats.
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