Members LiveMusic Posted June 11, 2006 Members Posted June 11, 2006 Takamine EG240. I paid about $270 plus tax. I have been playing my other guitar, haven't played this for months. Now, I like it again! This guitar has an interesting tone compared to my Carvin Cobalt 780 (jumbo). It has a more "woody" tone on the low bass notes. These notes don't have much sustain. I wonder if that is good or bad? Seriously, having not much sustain on these, could that HELP this particular sound? Like when I am playing country bluesy songs, it just sounds cool. As opposed to the Carvin, which sounds too "sweet." Furthermore, what can you suggest I could do to make this guitar sound as good as I could get it? I need to have a setup done, it's never had one. New strings, but I don't know which ones. Anything else? Like new bridge pins or saddle or anything like that a luthier could do? I don't want to spend much on a cheap guitar but I'd spent $50 to $100 if I thought I could improve it. When I bought this guitar, I was amazed how good it sounded plugged in in the music store. I later remembered the guy plugged it into a California Blonde amp. I wonder if an amp really does make that much difference. Because it sure sounded good!
Members babablowfish Posted June 11, 2006 Members Posted June 11, 2006 The consensus seems to be that installing a bone nut and saddle will improve the tone, although it may not be the change you are looking for. If you want to improve the sustain, I have found that the John Pearse KingPins (bell brass) improved the depth and sustain on my guitar; however they don't work for everyone and I suspect they don't perform well on guitars with bridges that have been routed so that the ball of the string sits under the bridge, rather than being held in place by the pin. Anyway here is a link.http://elderly.com/accessories/items/JPKPBP.htm
Members hrhodes3 Posted June 11, 2006 Members Posted June 11, 2006 I dont like bone Not consistant tusq tm or other synthetic
Members studyscoot Posted June 11, 2006 Members Posted June 11, 2006 bone is plenty consistant, especially if you order from Colosi, or something similar. Any luthier should also be able to hook you up with a great bone saddle.
Members studyscoot Posted June 11, 2006 Members Posted June 11, 2006 all the high-end builders use natural materials such as bone or ivory, and none of them that I know of use synthetics like tusq.
Members Hudman Posted June 11, 2006 Members Posted June 11, 2006 I went with a bone saddle from Bob Colosi ($20 + $3 shipping) on my Larrivee L-03. I also dressed it up with ebony tuner buttons and ebony pearl dot bridge pins from First Quality Music ($35.00 total with shipping). My L-03 wasn't cheap (apprx. $800). The bone saddle seemed to improve the clarity and sustain. I didn't notice any tone improvement from the bridge pins. They look a lot better than the stock, white plastic bridge pins. You may want to go with a heavier string gauge. I put Martin SP PB mediums on my $200 Alvarez RD20SSB a couple days ago. It made a BIG improvement in bass response and volume. I will never go back to the stock light strings. They sound weak in comparison. This is the place for saddles: http://www.guitarsaddles.com First Quality Music:http://www.fqms.com/?CFID=1837577&CFTOKEN=19302891
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