NGD ! Daddy happy 😁

[Rayk]

Hmm jazz fusion? Why was she pictured with a Guitar again ?

 

[adorshki]

I would never associate Cassandra Wilson with an acoustic guitar -- Guild or otherwise. I've never seen her play.

Maybe for composition?

Hmm jazz fusion? Why was she pictured with a Guitar again ?

$$. Plus the first guitar was always free.

 

[Rayk]

Hey Ray!! Congrats on that one. Looks BEAUTIFUL to me. From when I saw it earlier seem like you'll have to adjust the action a bit (I would) but still that saddle is super tall and it's just beautiful.. How does it sound???

Action fixed . Sound , I swear this guitar was barely played it was a action buy that include a good bit of guitars so they said .
Anyway two days of picking on her and she seems to be improving . She sounds great better then my 1st one for sure . Nice bass response and a bit a crispness on the high end , sustain and overtones are improving also . She’s a shaker to you can feel in your belly.
I’m impressed and truly think she’s not broke in yet . Strumming chords sound great and she power through them with clarity. I already came up with tune on her so I’ll get it recorded soon as I can . I feel pretty good about getting this back CV-1 Rules !!! Totally! Lol

 

[T Bone]

What a beautiful guitar, congratulations!

 

[stormin1155]

Very nice! Congratulations! I love my CV-1 and CV-2!

 

[Rayk]

Very nice! Congratulations! I love my CV-1 and CV-2!

Cool nice to know more owners . Then again I might ran across you before but I don’t remember. Lol

 

[D30Man]

That is a looker Ray. Loving that burst top man! Headstock is killer too!

 

[SFIV1967]

Was this series not made for an artist? Sone finger style player? Will somebody...

No, the series was not made for him but Tacoma offered a Willy Porter Signature Model. It was only shown in the 2008 price list, so it looks like it was available in the last year of Tacoma. And it also had the Graphite Neck Block System...

On quick look the model looks like the normal CV-2C but it came with three bone and three Ebony bridge pins!

Ralf

 

[Rayk]

Ooooo change the pins and no one would ever know the difference unless that drilled through the back for a cord of some kind meant something ? Blow the pic up and look in the sound hole.

oh another difference is the Madagascar fingerboard and bridge that’s the CV-1 setup also it says spruce top which would be Sitka if it was Adirondack I figure they be letting folks know . So it’s a blonde CV-1 Lol

 

[adorshki]

Ooooo change the pins and no one would ever know the difference unless that drilled through the back for a cord of some kind meant something ? Blow the pic up and look in the sound hole.

Believe that's the soundhole mic on an arm, of the Fishman Ellipse Blend system. "Blend" systems had dual inputs: UST and mic.

 

[Rayk]

Believe that's the soundhole mic on an arm, of the Fishman Ellipse Blend system. "Blend" systems had dual inputs: UST and mic.

Hmm I missed the blend part but I haven’t heard of that model then again I don’t go looking for pickups . Lol

 

[SFIV1967]

Believe that's the soundhole mic on an arm, of the Fishman Ellipse Blend system. "Blend" systems had dual inputs: UST and mic.

Here's are Willy Porter pictures, it was quite a big system. The microphone arm came out in the left picture on the bottom and you could bend it as you liked, hence in some pictures it is visible and in others not.

Ralf

 

[SFIV1967]

So it’s a blonde CV-1 Lol

No, the CV-1/CV-1C had rosewood back and sides, the Willy Porter model had flamed maple. So it's more similiar to the CV-2C, but the CV-2C had a red spruce top vs. sitka on the CV-1C and Willy Porter model. Also the CV-1C and CV-2C used the D-TAR Wave-Length Load'N Lock system vs. the Fishmann. And the CV-2C had an ebony fingerboard.

Ralf

 

[Rayk]

No, the CV-1/CV-1C had rosewood back and sides, the Willy Porter model had flamed maple. So it's more similiar to the CV-2C, but the CV-2C had a red spruce top vs. sitka on the CV-1C and Willy Porter model. Also the CV-1C and CV-2C used the D-TAR Wave-Length Load'N Lock system vs. the Fishmann. And the CV-2C had an ebony fingerboard.

Ralf

Right on . But I just went with the CV-1 I had to pic one . Lol

after I went to bed last night I got thinking about the pick up system being the Fishman . Wasn’t thinking much originally about the pick ups .
lol

 

[adorshki]

Right on . But I just went with the CV-1 I had to pic one . Lol

Technically I thought "Blonde CV-1" was ok, because "Blonde" means an unstained maple body and natural top.

after I went to bed last night I got thinking about the pick up system being the Fishman . Wasn’t thinking much originally about the pick ups .
lol

Truth to tell I only put it together when I saw the Fishman system described on that price page and realized what the "Blend" had to imply, as I have the earlier "Pro-Blend" system on my F65ce. And have seen a soundhole-mic-on-an-arm on an F65ce, described as an option by Hans.

 

[Rayk]

Technically I thought "Blonde CV-1" was ok, because "Blonde" means an unstained maple body and natural top.

Truth to tell I only put it together when I saw the Fishman system described on that price page and realized what the "Blend" had to imply, as I have the earlier "Pro-Blend" system on my F65ce. And have seen a soundhole-mic-on-an-arm on an F65ce, described as an option by Hans.

Must be a rare gem I never seen one for sale not that I was looking hard for it .
But what would they list as a Cv-x or F40x or whatever his name is again a long side contemporary series ? Lol

Edit - They call it The Willy Porter contemporary series .