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a little help guitar friends and Luthiers I got a 100 series dreadnought and pickup worked for about 4 months now it’s only 1/4 to sound. I have to boost it to get anything and the sound is very bright. Should I fix it or trade it just wondering about the money cost to get it repaired? I switched a couple of batteries didn’t fix a problem.

Thanks for sharing! Would like to see this same model Super Gretsch where you change out the bridge for a "Chet Atkins Vibrato Tailpiece".

Got mine 3 weeks ago (H7V) and I love the P90's. Sire's strong spot is matching their pickups on every guitar and model I've heard. Mine was setup by Sweetwater and have to admit they hit everything perfectly. Nut slots, intonation, string height and neck relief. IMO every guitar needs some setup from a qualified luthier, it really does make all the difference in the world! Also makes playing your guitar a lot more fun too!

Great video, and some nice playing. I have a 1972 (?) Framus Texan 12-string that I picked up around 78'. It's in great shape, but the tuners suck. I am planning on replacing the tuners with Grover Minis. Did you tune that guitar to E or tune down to a D?

What a nice video, thank you

Why would you not reuse the battery compartment for the element. An element normally does not sound as good as the ES2 system.

The tailpiece frequensator means my strings aren’t fully wrapping around my tuning pegs, I’m curious if my strings are just too short?

Here's my two cents on the Bridge Doctor. I have installed 3 of these successfully; however, I have two issues with it. 1) You need to drill a hole in the center of the bridge after which you insert a brown cover-up grommet, 2) The jury is out on whether tone is reduced by forcing the bridge and top down, against its will so to speak. And BTW, do not over tighten; I busted the wood pillar in half on one of the guitars I did, so beware. To be fair, the belly bulged on this Taylor is "really bad". Maybe the B.D. is a viable fix. One more things, this is Taylor we're talking about. They provide lifetime warranties (not sure if it's transferrable). Bring your guitar to a Taylor center! Problem here is you might wait 2 months to get it in !

How bad was the top pulled up? Couldn't you just use Taylor's neck reset system, of swapping out shims, to get the string height back down at the saddle? Then you wouldn't have to use the Bridge Dr and you could keep the, in my opinion, better pickup that came with the guitar from Taylor. I've not seen a flat top guitar yet that didn't have a little pull up around the bridge area. Most guitars are even made with a slight dome in the top. Just curious.

Lololol hey man. I bought an H7 a month or so ago and have had some problems with it. So I did a youtube search and found this video. I live in the Philippines now but you were my luthier in Tallahassee =) what a small world! When you said Folkstone guitars I almost passed out lol

Would an Easy Glide Zero Nut replacement have the same effect on tuning?

I own 2 , love them both😊, the rear bridge needs replaced, the strings tend to hit the back of the bridge.

Can you tell me how you set the pickup height?

I've noticed this man doesn't reply to anyones questions or comments. So I'm just wondering, is he still with us today.? Thanks

How much of that belly bulge came out with the bridge doctor. still looked like it had a little.. My Taylor grand symphony, ( no electronics ) big body acoustic has also developed belly bulge exactly as you showed this Taylor to have. In your experience is this a common problem with taylors and how much bulge does the bridge doctor help with. I may have to use one. Cheers

What about the fret removal and installation???

Great Work and thanks for the video!

Where did you get that pick guard? Looks great!

That's a great tip about sanding and polishing the nut slots.

If you hold down a string at each fret then press on and off at the next higher fret the clearance can be observed. Usually, new guitars have a ski jump on the first 3 frets with the clearance of an open string fretted at the first fret being the highest. Even on my American Fenders the nut was cut really high. I use a feeler gauge and leave the clearance of the lower strings at the first fret a lot higher when unfretted. The bottom E and A strings can drone without fret buzz when picked hard.

This is great information to soak in. My uncle sent this same model to me via my mother to find a luthier to repair and setup. The action is good, but intonation is terrible and electronics are in shambles. Thank you for sharing this. It’s so very informative.✌️☮️. I hope RS GuitarWorks 1mile down the street will agree to be commissioned to take on the job. My uncle is a monster of a finger-style guitar picker on the guitar. Every time he plays I feel like bowing down professing,“I’m not worthy, “ like the scene from ‘“ Wayne’s World.”🤣☮️✌️

It sounds great.

I remember years ago seeing a fretboard after the frets had been removed and just couldn’t believe the amount of damage done to the wood. One of those things that happens when working with frets, just caught me off guard. I’ve never done one yet. Guys I need to find new some junk to play with. And thanks again for the Chet Atkins’s memory lane. I guess I kinda forgot about him over the years but dad’s favorite.

Thank you sir, I appreciate this info. About to order the next model of this in black from Sweetwater. No red which I might have popped for. Retiring a second time in a year and I’ve been studying on becoming a luthier but no hands on except a little on my Epiphone J-200. I see that sending these through the plek machine is an option but for $299 I can get a start on buying the gear to do my own setups. The high nut is something I’ve seen in videos before but your video takes care of the problem, model specific. Not that it matters as this is a common process for all guitars but it just makes this setup a bit more special. Thanks again.

Did you leave the sound and volume controllers and the switch in the S2 version? I bought the same guitar and the same pickups and want to exchange the S2 pickups for the 58/15 LT TCIs tomorrow. -- Do you have a picture or scheme of how you soldered the new pickups?

Thank you! Finally something besides all the gushing. I am experiencing the same intonation issues. And now that I look into it, Guitar Center has a shocking number of 214ce models for sale, used. Looks like a LOT of buyer's remorse.

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a 214ce DLX and the intonation is perfect on the five lowest strings, but the high e string needs to be sitting on a part of the saddle that's closer to the nut because when I fret the high E string on the 12th fret it sounds noticibly flat. Now I know I need to put a new saddle in there because it kind of looks like it grooved its way into the saddle, but I also need to get the hex key to loosen up the pickups so I can actually take the saddle out. I'm thinking about using maybe a drop of super glue and letting it dry just for a temporary fix. The intonations perfect on all the other five strings. So I need to get a new saddle where the high E string is resting at a shorter scale length to fix it sounding flat when I fret higher up the fret board. It's not noticeable when I fret near the nut but when I get higher up the fretboard it starts sounding flat. The 12th fret harmonic sound perfect but when I fret at the 12th fret it sounds a quarter tone flat. Has anyone had experience loosening up the es2 pickups to switch out the saddle? Because I read on Taylor Guitars website it says do not take the saddle out without loosening up the es2 pickups near the bridge. I would assume they say that so you don't damage it. But yeah I was just wondering if anyone's had experience in loosening up the bridge es2 pickup.

Waaaaay better than any epiphone I’ve ever played even the bona versions

I have one of these but not electric

I am old, like these early Framus 12s. I bought one like the one you show when I was a kid of 16 new in a music store in KC, MO after working all summer and saving circa 1965. Later sold it after I bought a better Gibson J50. A few years ago saw one like mine on CL and bought it. Full restoration later she is hanging on the wall with 4 other 12s. Plays like an electric with a narrow neck and small frets with low action. I added a humbucker in the sound hole and plug her in to play as her acoustic properties are not great compared to her mates in the house. My restored and refreted '77 Takamine F400 12 gets most of the attention. Their construction is odd to say the least for an acoustic. But it makes them easier to fix in many ways. I had to saw the neck off the Takamine and convert to bolt on to save it. But it was well worth the effort. I have seen a bunch of similar vintage Japanese guitars with similar bolt on necks too. I have the Framus only for nostalgia reasons. it is not a guitar I would play out with.

Taylor DOESN'T EVEN USE GLUE FOR THE BRIDGES!!! DOUBLE SIDED TAPE AND 2 PLASTIC PINS!!! BRUTAL

Bought this guitar last week and love it😊

I have one of these rigs coming and I sure hope it is set well enough .. I like to see what you did.

There are an alarming number of Taylor issues out there on the ether. They are largely the same. They seem to have long term issues that show their faulty design / manufacturing.

I got one on my wall, from about 70 fully intact and very playable. I also own an old early Framus Hollywood solid body single guitar with three microfones, its from about early sixties, and is very nice to play.

Hi Could you please let me know what socket wrench I need to adjust the truss rod? I have a similar Framus 6 string that needs a truss rod adjustment. Thank You!!

Wow. Nice work!

I just bought one exactly the same looking forward to get it in good playing condition, today the action is sky high. This is how it sounds in open G tuning playing slide th-cam.com/video/gha9F5RbmmU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_MpWKo0KcnBETPys

Great sounding pickups. Dominger doesn't list the Master T set on their website. There's another guy on You Tube demoing the set but they're humbuckers not single coil. Anybody have a clue?

Taylor guitars are known for being bright sounding guitars already. So I'm curious as to why you chose a bone saddle rather than a micarta or even a tusq? plus the tone is more consistent than bone. Great intonation work on the saddle btw. I'm always learning new things on the guitar, so I'm genuinely curious as to why you chose bone? I just think that the bone would've been a better balanced match on a Martin? than the Taylor?

Nice video. I have a couple of questions that I'll post later. Very nice that you included that rendition!

Pickup system still sounds horrible. I can hear piezo distortion from a mile away. They never sound natural.

The Guitar Lennon used was different (not like yours) , the back of your guitar was moulded in a press NOT carved, the headstock had a brass framus label glued to it and finally if you put the right shims in the neck pocket you8 cna get good action at the 12 fret AND a decen break over angle.

Just got my Sire H7V and the nut was way too high. Took it to my tech and I cant wait ro get it back !

This guitar is good enough as an entry level, but of course this guitar is different from the Gibson 335. If you buy this guitar expecting the sound of 335, you will be disappointed.　You can understand it just by listening to Larry Carlton's performance video. His beautiful overtones are a bit lost.

i HAVE A THIN BLACK WIRE WITH A SMALL CONNECTION ON THE END INSIDE THE GUITAR FLOPPING ABOUT.Should it be connected to anything, Just bought the guitar and it sounds awful really dull

I have just bought the P90 version of this Guitar, intonation of mine is fine, and the action looks lower than that one, I would like the action lowered just slightly, if 335's are your thing, these are amazing guitars, I had an SG that the same issues with nut too high.

I concur with Gabriel O’Brien on everything he posted. I have owned at least 12 Taylor’ guitars in the last 30 years, currently four, and I have never had a problem like this guy is having. I am sure the repair technician is worthy of his craft, but the warranty that Taylor offers with their guitars, and the expert repair technicians they have, there is no reason to use anyone but Taylor. When I see the fret ware, I can’t help but ask how hard is this guy squeezing the neck? I’ve had fret replacement on one Taylor and it was seventeen years old. And to replace the es system, no way. Taylor would have had it working perfectly.

I just obtained one, works well except the bridge pickup is dead/no signal. Gotta change it, any chance of consulting with you on email? I do my own tech, but that wiring cavity is challenging to find where things go. Thanks!