Why an Auditorium not a dread?

RaSh · Post by **RaSh** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:16 pm

Does anyone knows why dave uses an Auditorium shape guitar(taylor 914C) as his main stage guitar while he's a strummer?,and he doesnt finger pick that often...almost never, except on 2 or 3 songs as far as i know!

taparoo · Post by **taparoo** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:21 pm

I'm with you. It would make more sense to use a dread like his Martin. I wish he'd go back to using a dread.

RaSh · Post by **RaSh** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:23 pm

i know he uses his DM3MD for his acoustic stuff alone or with tim, BTW there a new D&T comming up soon, anyone here going?

philtheman · Post by **philtheman** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:53 pm

The only reason that I can think of is that back when Dave first got into Taylors they didn't make a dred style body. Now that they do I don't think that Dave will change. He picked Taylor because plugged in it cuts through the mix with a full band WAY better than a Martin.

Yakko · Post by **Yakko** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:08 pm

Maybe Dave thinks they are pretty..?

sfmartins · Post by **sfmartins** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:30 am

I guess Taylor's brighter sound makes is cut much better through the band...

MakoMako · Post by **MakoMako** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:08 pm

Could be that maybe Dave thinks the Auditorium styled body is more comfortable while he stands up. I notice that anytime I've seen him with a dread, he's sitting down. And most anytime standing is with his auditorium.

Yakko · Post by **Yakko** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:52 pm

MakoMako wrote:Could be that maybe Dave thinks the Auditorium styled body is more comfortable while he stands up. I notice that anytime I've seen him with a dread, he's sitting down. And most anytime standing is with his auditorium.

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pacific34 · Post by **pacific34** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:13 am

if you look back to the early years, he's always had a sleak auditorium as opposed to a bulky/softer sounding dread. with the exception of a few times (dave and friends/dave and tim) he's always had an auditorium of some sort. it has to do with cutting through the bands sound, which is much heavier than dave and friends.

SPOTLIGHT5584 · Post by **SPOTLIGHT5584** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:24 pm

my friend and i are going to the Dand T show at Radio city music hall

pjdk28 · Post by **pjdk28** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:23 pm

because taylor dreads sound like shit, more so than the taylor 14's anyway

RaSh · Post by **RaSh** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:43 pm

taylor dreads sound like shit????
i doubt that

paulaitchison · Post by **paulaitchison** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:42 pm

the cut away.

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:52 pm

I don't care what anyone says, the chet had his signature sound. He never should have ditched that.

daveguitar127 · Post by **daveguitar127** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:40 pm

totally agree the chet is the best guitar he ever played with the band with bcuz it cut through the band so well and you could hear all the cool little fills he was playing. (plus i have one so i like them)