@@oakenclient yeah got a 93 M325 that plays beautifully. I’ve never had it set up, so sometime soon I’ll bring it to a certain shop in Enmore for a treat.
@@peteross5941 Well, I lied a little bit. It isn’t entirely perfect. It’s needs a setup too, the strings are way too high off the fretboard. And actually, the entire pickup system has conked out. Tried to get it replaced with an original, but it was $500. Maybe I’ll wait to buy it until I need to be able to plug it in or maybe I’ll just get a sound hole pickup like a bartolini or something, and then wire it in that way. It’s still perfect to me though.
He’s had the bridges done on his guitars over the years. Unlike the general public though, he doesn’t pay for these repairs and has several guitars ready to go at any given time. His techs keep them running.
Don't the "newer" model Matons screw the pickup box directly underside to the bridge, through the soundboard. Engineering also dictates that a 6" block isn't going to come through the tiniest of holes drilled to put the bolts in.
Correct. They use the same pickup system as Takamine used to use but they made a far larger hole in the soundboard to mount the pickup. The end result is the top of the guitar becoming mechanically compromised and leveraging the bridge right off the body.
@@drgearaustralia Gee if you're such an expert perhaps they should hire you after the recently retired Andy Allen. Ten Maton's, 23 years, and never had an issue...
@@drgearaustralia Q: "Whywould I want to work for a company that refuses to listen to repairers and other luthiers" A: Because they know better than you do how to build guitars, work on them and repair them - 1946 to now is a long time, longer than you've been alive and working knowledge is multiplied from what you think you know. - Good luck to you in your future endeavours but it's really poor form and looks sad to denigrate another company because you think they didn't do it right, that is in the eye of the beholder and let the consumer make up their own mind on the principles of "caveat emptor".
Hey mate, I own one of the new S70 models without a pickup I have recently discovered a timber plate glued on the inside of the guitar where the piezo routing would’ve been It didn’t really bother me too much as I do like the guitar just found it odd And then I came across your video about the bridge lifting Would you say all tops including models without pickups like mine are routed for that AP1 pickup? Making the bridge prone to lifting? Please let me know if you’ve had any experience with the S60/S70 no pickup models regarding this issue Cheers for looking out for us Wosky
I love my EM325C, it's a 1994 model and it's perfect. I am very lucky to have it.
@@oakenclient yeah got a 93 M325 that plays beautifully. I’ve never had it set up, so sometime soon I’ll bring it to a certain shop in Enmore for a treat.
@@peteross5941 Well, I lied a little bit. It isn’t entirely perfect. It’s needs a setup too, the strings are way too high off the fretboard. And actually, the entire pickup system has conked out. Tried to get it replaced with an original, but it was $500. Maybe I’ll wait to buy it until I need to be able to plug it in or maybe I’ll just get a sound hole pickup like a bartolini or something, and then wire it in that way. It’s still perfect to me though.
You better tell Tommy Emanual about this problem.
He’s had the bridges done on his guitars over the years. Unlike the general public though, he doesn’t pay for these repairs and has several guitars ready to go at any given time. His techs keep them running.
I have an identical looking guitar, an M400 - fantastic guitars
Don't the "newer" model Matons screw the pickup box directly underside to the bridge, through the soundboard. Engineering also dictates that a 6" block isn't going to come through the tiniest of holes drilled to put the bolts in.
Correct. They use the same pickup system as Takamine used to use but they made a far larger hole in the soundboard to mount the pickup. The end result is the top of the guitar becoming mechanically compromised and leveraging the bridge right off the body.
@@drgearaustralia
Gee if you're such an expert perhaps they should hire you after the recently retired Andy Allen.
Ten Maton's, 23 years, and never had an issue...
@@joebloggs24 why would I want to work for a company that refuses to listen to repairers and other luthiers?
I’d rather work for a reputable company.
@@drgearaustralia
Q: "Whywould I want to work for a company that refuses to listen to repairers and other luthiers"
A: Because they know better than you do how to build guitars, work on them and repair them - 1946 to now is a long time, longer than you've been alive and working knowledge is multiplied from what you think you know.
- Good luck to you in your future endeavours but it's really poor form and looks sad to denigrate another company because you think they didn't do it right, that is in the eye of the beholder and let the consumer make up their own mind on the principles of "caveat emptor".
Thanks for telling me how to pronounce the name
Hey mate,
I own one of the new S70 models without a pickup
I have recently discovered a timber plate glued on the inside of the guitar where the piezo routing would’ve been
It didn’t really bother me too much as I do like the guitar just found it odd
And then I came across your video about the bridge lifting
Would you say all tops including models without pickups like mine are routed for that AP1 pickup?
Making the bridge prone to lifting?
Please let me know if you’ve had any experience with the S60/S70 no pickup models regarding this issue
Cheers for looking out for us
Wosky
No clue sorry. You’d have to look under your saddle to see if you can see the underside of the bridge plate or not.