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Dentro Del Mundo De Taylor Guitars ESCAPARATE DE EDICIÓN LIMITADA 12-Fret completamente de koa GS de nogal/cedro GA de granadillo/cedro Modelos 300 honey sunburst Baritones de granadillo de Tasmania El lado acústico Novedades: Grand Orchestra La púa en llamas de John Petrucci con cutaway + 114ce-N con de Trey Hensley cuerdas de nylon 2 www.taylorguitars.com prendado de una Baby Taylor de koa Me encantaría saber quién de Aprecio por el arte con componentes electrónicos, de los vuestra empresa tuvo la idea original Cartas Mi esposa, mis dos hijos adolescen- que mi vieja Baby Taylor carecía. La de añadir dos cuerdas adicionales a la tes y yo acabamos de regresar al Reino compré impulsivamente y vendí mi vieja guitarra barítono. Unido tras un largo viaje por California Baby Taylor. En enero de este año me Giuseppe Fraschini Cuéntanos tu historia que incluyó San Francisco, Yosemite, enamoré de una preciosa GS Mini Koa- Houston, Texas (EUA) Santa Bárbara, Huntington Beach, Los e; no pude resistirme y me la compré. Escríbenos a: Ángeles, San Diego y varios puntos Tiene un sonido potente y alucinante Nota del editor: Como ya contamos [email protected] intermedios. Cuando regresamos a para su tamaño y se ha convertido en en nuestro reportaje sobre la barítono casa, nos preguntamos: «¿Qué fue lo mi guitarra favorita para tocar en el sofá de 8 cuerdas en el número de Otoño mejor del viaje?». Alguien dijo avistar o mientras veo la televisión desde la de 2009 (núm. 61, «Range Rover»), la años posteriores, ¡y ahora ya lo sé!) ballenas en Monterey. Alguien más, el cama. guitarra fue una derivada de dos mode- Recientemente, recomendaba a un zoo de San Diego. A mi esposa le con- Luego, en marzo, se me ocurrió los distintos diseñados para celebrar el amigo que se hiciera con su primera movieron los horizontes al atardecer en una idea loca y vendí todas mis gui- 35º aniversario de Taylor: una Grand Taylor (soy fan) en una tienda y vi una el Big Sur y San Francisco. Coincidimos tarras electroacústicas (una Fender Symphony barítono de 6 cuerdas y una nueva 510e con clavijero ranurado (que en que nos gustó todo aquello. Pero, J5, una Garrison G20, una Epiphone Grand Symphony de 9 cuerdas con la ahora habita en MI casa). Después de para mí, lo mejor del viaje fue la visita a DR-500MCE y una Martin GPCPA4 que se pretendía añadir algunas octa- echar de menos durante décadas mi la fábrica de Taylor Guitars en El Cajón. RW que había comprado hacía cosa vas superiores con sabor a 12 cuerdas vieja J-45 (que cambié por un trombón Para ser sincero, no estaba para nada de un mes) y encargué una Taylor 322e pero de manera reducida. Resultó que, para uno de nuestros hijos hace muchos en el itinerario, pero no teníamos nada (de caoba y granadillo de Tasmania). tímbricamente, las dos se complemen- años, en un grandioso alarde de locura), planeado la última tarde antes de tomar Me encantó sentir la caja de tipo Grand taban de manera única y cautivadora. finalmente, ¡he encontrado una digna el vuelo desde San Diego y sería un Concert y el sonido cálido, equilibra- Por ese motivo, nuestro equipo de dise- sustituta! broche perfecto para unas vacaciones do y oscuro de esta combinación de ño construyó un prototipo de guitarra Suena exactamente como recuerdo memorables. Nadie más de mi familia maderas. Ahora no consigo dejar de barítono de 9 cuerdas. Hubo consenso y amaba de mi J-45 original, pero mejor toca la guitarra y no estaba seguro de tocar esta guitarra. Tengo la GS Mini y en que era ligeramente demasiado aún. Me encantan los graves y cómo que les apeteciera, por así decirlo, pero, la 322e sobre el sofá y alterno tocando tintineante, así que construimos una suena en general, tal vez algo más nítida por suerte, todos expresaron el entu- una y otra. Estoy pensando comprar versión de 8 cuerdas, y ¡voilà! Púa sofisticada y definitivamente mejor equilibrada de lo siasmo necesario y allá que fuimos tras una 522e, pero he de decir que estoy En las fotos de Wood&Steel [Verano que recuerdo de aquella guitarra con la pagar y salir de nuestro último hotel. muy contento con las tres Taylor que de 2016, núm. 85], parece que Pat que crecí hace ya tantos años. También La visita la guió Steve, de vuestro tengo —tres tamaños para ocasiones Sueño tasmano de 12 trastes Simmons utiliza una púa para el pulgar me encanta cómo se siente el mástil de departamento de ventas. Fue excelente: diferentes—. Es la mejor colección de Tengo varias guitarras y me encan- pero no es posible verla desde el ángulo talla en V, y el aspecto familiar, pulcro y aportó mucha información, fue instructi- guitarras que he tenido jamás y este ta tocar, pero parecía que me había en el que están tomadas. ¿Qué tipo refinado de los detalles. ¡Gracias! vo y, además, con buen humor. Aprendí año quiero tocar y cantar en la calle atrapado la rutina. Soy de los que no de púa es? Parece que tiene un bonito Steve Yetter mucho, especialmente acerca de las dis- para ampliar mis horizontes musicales. pueden pasar delante de una tienda de diseño, con una especie de banda Santa Cruz, California (EUA) tintas propiedades de las maderas. Me Aruna Kalutanthri música sin detenerme y estar una hora elástica. impresionó particularmente saber que, a Ottawa, Ontario (Canadá) probando todas las magníficas guitarras Guy cada guitarra, se le coloca una etiqueta que tengan expuestas. Quería com- Nota del editor: Es una púa especial Mejor que nueva electrónica que permite trazar toda su prarme una guitarra mejor y, después que Pat se fabricó él mismo. Tengo una 514ce de 2013 (un historia vital desde el momento en que Nacimiento de la Baritone 8 de tocar las guitarras que me habían modelo bastante subestimado) y recien- comienza a construirse. Solo toco la guitarra; llevo toda la gustado, acoté mi búsqueda a las Taylor. temente os la envié para repararla. La El año que viene será uno de esos vida coleccionando y cantando música Mi tienda local de música, Encore, es Un reemplazo digno dejé sobre el sofá para hacer algo y cumpleaños «importantes» y, tras pasar antigua y tradicional de todo el mundo. distribuidora de Taylor. Me pasé una vez Crecí con una [Gibson] J-45 del 61 mi chucho le dio con la pata a uno de los primeros 49 viajes asignados alre- Siempre he buscado instrumentos a la semana durante tres meses y toqué con tapa de pícea de Adirondack y me sus juguetes cerca de ella y, de algún dedor del Sol sin una guitarra de gama que consigan expresar mejor los soni- todas las Taylor que tenían. El dueño, divirtió leer lo que pensé que era una modo, hizo que diera la vuelta y el más- alta, tengo grandes esperanzas de que dos y la atmósfera de la música y las Larry, me dijo que iban a celebrar un hipérbole acerca de la pícea de Lutz en til se golpeó contra la mesa de café. cumplir los 50 pueda marcar el inicio de canciones que están profundamente Taylor Road Show al mes siguiente y vuestro artículo «Reformas en caoba», Quedaron dos grandes abolladuras la fase Taylor de mi vida. Le he echado arraigadas en la historia y los sentimien- que sería una oportunidad estupenda sobre la Serie 500 en el número 84 de en lugares donde el pulgar roza en los la vista a una 614ce o algo parecido. tos humanos, y he probado y tocado para ver, escuchar y tocar distintas Invierno de 2016 de Wood&Steel. La cambios de acordes, etc. No soportaba Felizmente, como resultado de la visita, banjos y distintas guitarras de 6 y de Taylor nuevas. Le había echado el ojo a única guitarra que siempre he pensado que estuviera así y, generalmente, no mi esposa (que no es guitarrista) apre- 12 cuerdas. una 522ce 12-Fret pero quería probar la que tenía un sonido remotamente pare- confío mis guitarras a cualquiera, así cia mucho más profundamente el ver- Ahora tengo tres guitarras Taylor: nueva 322ce 12-Fret con fondo y aros cido al de mi J-45 de la época de CMI que decidí enviárosla al El Cajón para dadero arte que supone la construcción una NS62ce, una K26e y vuestra de granadillo de Tasmania. La suerte era una Guild D-40 hecha en Tacoma, que la arreglarais bien. También pensé de las guitarras Taylor y me dice que Baritone 8-string, que encontré recien- quiso que trajeran una al Road Show. también con tapa de pícea. Sin embar- que sería genial ponerle la cejuela y reconoce el verdadero valor artístico en temente en una reventa. Aunque me Agarré [ambas] y entré a una sala inso- go, siempre he preferido los graves la selleta de hueso. Estoy totalmente vez de mirar solo el precio. Así pues, es encantan las dos primeras, me fascina norizada. En serio, cualquiera de las dos «retumbantes» de las cajas grandes alucinado con la calidad del trabajo. No posible que mi deseo de cumpleaños se el sonido de la 8-string. Sus reso- habría sido un acierto, pero el sonido con una longitud de escala más corta, se nota que haya estado dañada antes. haga realidad. ¡Cruzo los dedos! nancias profundas y cálidas parecen de la 322ce 12-Fret era simplemente a pesar de no haber encontrado jamás ¡Bravo! Además, los complementos de Gracias una vez más por vuestra recrear a la perfección la magia de la espectacular y la guitarra me decía: otra J-45 que se pudiera comparar con hueso elevan hasta la estratosfera el hospitalidad.
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