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Thank you. This is the New Salem Village near Petersburg, IL. Home of Abraham Lincoln during his early years. The Cabin in the background is the Lincoln-Berry General Store, one of Abraham Lincoln's endeavors before going to Washington, DC.

Thank you. I love all of them for different reasons. The Martin is my most expensive and probably the one I prefer when playing alone and attempting to sing. I also love the rarity of the D-76 for collector reasons.

Thank you. I would agree, wasn't sure it came through in the video. The E1D Eastman is wonderful for camping. I picked that up for $425 and that is the best "low end" guitar I've ever played. I would not be afraid to play it in a jam setting at all. It will hold up to anything out there. The Taylor does have a lower action which is why the fret buzz, I can have a pretty heavy hand. The new Tony Rice style Eastman is tight and new. Each day it gets better and I am loving it the more I play it. It is very articulate and great for lead playing which is what I am wanting to work on. The Martin, well it is a Martin. It has everything I expect from a Martin and love it for those reasons. It's like an old comfortable pair of shoes that just feels like home.

Thank you for the comment. I'm not sure what you are saying. Here are facts about my post, 1) This is not a channel that promotes anything and there is no financial gain as the result. 2) The main reason I post is mostly personal. I've had family that played instruments and once they passed I've realized I have no video of their journey into music or videos of their playing. 3) I have two very young and beautiful granddaughters that I wish to inspire as they get older and I may not be here in person to do so. My hope is these videos might help do that.

Thank you. You are too kind. I have been laid up due to shoulder/neck injury. Started working on this for some guys I play with and posted it for their benefit. I'm not proud of it but considering the pain and numbness I have on the right side I thought is was good enough for them to work from. Bonus that someone else got some benefit from it as well. Thank you again.

@@jefflittle6567 it was good, stands well. I enjoyed it. Thank you.

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Considering it belongs to me and not worth spending $500 on a $200 guitar, I will do what I want. Truth is, I like the results. Too bad you have such hatred toward Taylor. Besides the Taylor, I also own Martin, Eastman, Gibson, and Washburn. They all have a place and bring me great joy. Don't be so narrow-minded.

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Thank you Tom.

Not for sale

I'm just asking about the current price range. Because I want to own and want to sell it. Minus usage conditions

I've read several places that the SJ-180 is plywood top. I have looked this one over many times and it looks solid to me. I would assume there must have been some with solid tops from what I can tell.

NO! Cheap guitar..not worth it! Get a FS-830!

​@tigerbalm666 different people have have different requirements and preferences. Those can be great guitars for some styles.

Thanks. Watched a lot of RUclips videos and went from there. Reamer tool coming today and I figure I am going to remove the strings and tweak it some more. Something I did not mention in the video: if you run your fingers down the side of the neck and can feel the sharp edges of the frets, its usually a sign the guitar has been too dry. Mine has this problem and its really hard to steam the neck with the finish on it. Steaming the fret board too much can cause the glue on the fret board to let go. I don't like the gloss finish on the neck anyway, so taking the finish off to steam is going to help solve two problems. I also failed to mention that the neck on these old Yamaha's are often glued with epoxy making them very difficult (if not impossible) to remove, so I am getting the results I wanted without being too invasive. I have been happy with the results thus far. Moral of this project.....Keep your guitars at proper humidity. :-)

Thank you. BTW, should I know who Captiantek77 is? Not that it matters, but you know what they say about curiosity. :-)