Yamaha AEX 1500!

EHHackney

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Sep 4, 2004, 9:59:40 AM9/4/04

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I just received one on Wednesday, that I purchased on e-bay, and I'm just
starting to play it and work with strings, set-up and equalization.
Theoretically, with the combination of mag and piezo pickups, it should be the
perfect fingerstyle guitar for me. If that turns out to be so, remains to be
seen.

In the meantime, it's a beautiful guitar. Sunburst with a single neck
humbucker just like (I think) jazz guitars should be. The workmanship and
finish are outstanding and the set-up is very close to ideal, though I'll
probably mess around with minor adjustments and strings. The size is just
right for me, too. It's a little thinner than my 175, and L-5 size guitars are
just too big for me.

Hack
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Steve

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Sep 4, 2004, 10:31:02 AM9/4/04

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This is the one Martin Taylor uses to good effect?
I saw one locally (for more $$) and it seemed pretty nice.
I once had some MIJ Fender that was a blue Lace Sensor neck pickup with a
piezo bridge on an oversize Tele body. Sounded beautiful.
I couldn't get that same sound from a Carvin version though.
-SteveYetter-

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RobertH446

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Sep 4, 2004, 10:37:18 AM9/4/04

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those are nice guitars!
i remember talking to martin taylor about his when he played that model.
told me his came right off the line. no mods of any kind.
now if i could just play like him!!!

BOB

Bob Irwin

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Sep 5, 2004, 6:51:08 AM9/5/04

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I hear that Martin Taylor designed this guitar for Yamaha. Too bad that
Yamaha stopped making this guitar. A great guitar for the money. You can
still pick up a used one for around $1200.00. Bob Irwin

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Eugel

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Sep 5, 2004, 11:05:56 PM9/5/04

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Hi Hack

Yes, it's a beautiful instrument.
I used to have one and enjoyed it very much. Size was right,
workmanship very good.

One thing though - I found it to be very susceptible to feedback; much more
than my other archtop also with floating pup.

- Eugel

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EHHackney

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Sep 6, 2004, 11:29:44 AM9/6/04

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>One thing though - I found it to be very susceptible to feedback; much more
>than my other archtop also with floating pup.

Yeah, I can see that coming. I have just played it at home, not that loud, and
even with a lot of anti-feedback filter dialed in it has started to feed a few
times. Is "Doug's Plugs" still around? I have put tape over the f-holes of
other guitars, but not this one.

Hack
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Dennis O'Neill

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Sep 6, 2004, 5:16:44 PM9/6/04

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"Bob Irwin" <bobi...@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<S8mdnRj-0NA...@comcast.com>...
> ... Too bad that Yamaha stopped making this guitar. ...

Just curious, what's your source of information? The AEX1500 is
presented on the Yamaha website and it's on offer by Music123 and
Musicians' Friend.