In the market for a travel guitar, or your name is Ed Sheeran?

[Andrew Sak]

Whoops, I did it again! I just bought this 2023 Emerald X7. I’m picking it up tomorrow. I now have three guitars that could be classified travel guitars…


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Nice wood!

 

[Andrew Sak]

She came, Natasha Asteroid did. I like it. The carbon fiber will handle camping well. Every edge is rounded. It sounds nice, and the action is good. It's great looking. It came with a decent gig bag and wiping cloth. It's a 3/4 size. The neck seems normal. 1.70 nut.

* a set of strings too.

 

[Bob411]

HNGD

 

[Bob411]

She came, Natasha Asteroid did. I like it. The carbon fiber will handle camping well. Every edge is rounded. It sounds nice, and the action is good. It's great looking. It came with a decent gig bag and wiping cloth. It's a 3/4 size. The neck seems normal. 1.70 nut.

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* a set of strings too.

I'm confused by the strap button placement. Pic you posted before you got it, which makes more sense to me-

I will check that out. I have a cheap, Chinese, carbon fiber, acoustic electric on the way. It got good reviews, and it will be great for those camping trips.
The action is supposed to be low out of the box.

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[Andrew Sak]

I'm confused by the strap button placement. Pic you posted before you got it, which makes more sense to me-

Woah! I hadn't noticed that. It appears they put it on the opposite side as all of their pictures. My Taylor has it on this side as well. I will have to test it out to see how it works.

These should go well with the abolone planet inlays. I almost got the black, TUSQ saddle too. I would most likely have to sand it down though. I'll keep the bone in for now.

 

[Andrew Sak]

I did a Yahoo Search on the travel guitar I just purchased....

 

[Bob411]

Woah! I hadn't noticed that. It appears they put it on the opposite side as all of their pictures. My Taylor has it on this side as well. I will have to test it out to see how it works.

These should go well with the abolone planet inlays. I almost got the black, TUSQ saddle too. I would most likely have to sand it down though. I'll keep the bone in for now.
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Well, if it's good enough for Taylor...

I mean, it's not like it would be possible to wrap your hand around the guitar and neck so, the strap is in the way. It was just very confusing. Ya know how some cell phone pics are backwards? That was my first thought. Then, I wondered if you are a lefty. I just kept going back and forth between the two pics. My brain started to hurt going between the two, one of the pics being on the previous page didn't help, so I quoted both of the posts.

 

[Andrew Sak]

Well, if it's good enough for Taylor...

I mean, it's not like it would be possible to wrap your hand around the guitar and neck so, the strap is in the way. It was just very confusing. Ya know how some cell phone pics are backwards? That was my first thought. Then, I wondered if you are a lefty. I just kept going back and forth between the two pics. My brain started to hurt going between the two, one of the pics being on the previous page didn't help, so I quoted both of the posts.

I've noticed lots of guitars have them on that side of the heel. This guitar doesn't have a heel because it's all one piece. I will have to test it out. I'm not sure why some of their guitars have them on the top, in an out of the way location.

Apparently, it was their plan: