What a beautiful, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL guitar! (The 614ce I mean.) Welcome to the "club". I think you DO have the "right" guitar for you, since you like playing it and looking at it so much. Just b/c a guitar brand or style or whatever is used to gig or play publicly or in the studio more than others, that in no way diminishes your choice of the perfect guitar for you! It's funny that we don't know what we don't know, huh? I am anxiously waiting for the day I will bring home a new 615ce in trans black (or if that cannot happen due to budgetary constraints, at least a DDSM or maybe even a 214ce-blk) as I have wanted a black Taylor for a long time now. Yours is awesome.
I think your new Taylor is a million times more guitar than the old Gibson... but before I get flamed
just let me say that I personally am not a Gibson fan at all, and I am even less of a fan of old/classic/vintage guitars. I'd take a brand new (or anything post-ES... 2004 or newer) Taylor jumbo over ANY other brand or age/vintage at any price. The only reason I'd ever own or go after a classic/vintage guitar is if I could get it at a true steal of a price, and then sell it for lots more just to buy a new Taylor (just like what I did in acquiring a Kronbauer boutique guitar back in 2008 solely to sell it to finance the purchase of my first Taylor... a 2004 615ce L30 Honeyburst). But in your case, since you've had your Gibson so long and it has such a special place in your heart and undoubtedly tons of great memories, that's a whole different thing and I totally understand why you would love it so much.
Anyway, congrats, welcome to the UTGF, and thanks for sharing the story with us!
