Hello to Everyone!

[800rate]

My name is Ray Teel and I am from the Houston, Texas area.  I currently have a Larrivee Guitar forum III.  It is a 00 size European spruce over rosewood.  I also have a Larrivee OM-05, a Martin D-28 Marquis and a D-35.  I have had one Taylor in the past, a GSA-5, which was cedar over mahogany.  I am currently hunting for my next Taylor which will be a 812e.  I have fallen in love with the 00 and concert size guitars, probably more so since I am now 58 years old and find the dreads a little big for my shoulder, arms and stomach.

[CodeBlueEMT]

 Hi Ray. Welcome to the UTGF. We have our fair share of Taylor GC owners around here. A friend of mine let me play his HD-35 a few months ago. He enjoyed it more than me. I'm starting to sample a few Martin's here and there. Enjoy your search.   

[TaylorGirl]

Welcome Ray.  I have a 512ce cedar/mahogany GC. I'm a fingerstyle player, for which it really fits the bill. The GC's are comfortable guitars that actually have big voices for their size. Not really designed for heavy strumming though.

[George]

Welcome to UTGF, Ray.  My last guitar hunt was "open", in that I had no idea what I was looking for.  The only thing I knew for sure was that I wanted a big acoustic, and I ended up with my first Taylor, an 816ce - objective achieved!  But I was almost seduced at the last minute by the maple 614.  You know what you're after in your hunt, and you haven't asked for any advice, but here's my 2 cents worth anyway :-)  Be sure to check out the new 600 too - they're every bit as good as their big brothers...

[Jersey tuning]

Welcome.  I, too, am a fan of smaller sized guitars.  I own a Tacoma "Parlor" (Sitka/Koa), Taylor custom GC (000 sized--my most frequent "go-to" guitar), Froggy Bottom "C" (00 sized), and a Martin 2-17, which is barely over 12" at its widest.

A Taylor 812 is a great choice.

[Strumming Fool]

Welcome Ray-

Lots of helpful info to be found on this forum. Enjoy!

[mgap]

Well I guess I am not the only one that hit 58 and found the shoulders preferred the GA size.  Welcome to the forum 800rate.  The 812 is a very, very nice guitar.  The size you will be very comfortable and the sound is awesome.