Unofficial Taylor Guitar Forum - UTGF
Marketplace: Buy, Sell, Trade => Marketplace: Buy, Sell, Trade => Topic started by: ronmcc4 on November 14, 2014, 12:21:59 AM
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Sometimes, my job puts me right where I need to be. I was in Central New York on business and was able to make it to the Taylor Road Show tonight in Horseheads New York. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The talent and demonstrations were great. And, I got to hear some guitars I probably would never have any other kind of opportunity to hear. If you get a chance to go to a Road Show, take it!
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Glad you enjoyed it and were able to go. Yes, they are definitely worth the time.
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Totally agree, I have attended several roadshows and picked up some of my favourite pieces at a great prices while attending (must remember to leave my credit cards at home next time). I wish some other mfg's would show that much interested in selling their guitars and educating the public. Buy anything or do you have more restraint than I do?
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Totally agree, I have attended several roadshows and picked up some of my favourite pieces at a great prices while attending (must remember to leave my credit cards at home next time). I wish some other mfg's would show that much interested in selling their guitars and educating the public. Buy anything or do you have more restraint than I do?
Didn't buy anything that night - but - I ordered a 324ce-K the next day based on seeing and playing one at the Road Show. I explained to the dealer where I ordered that I'd seen one at a Road Show the previous night. He was kind enough to give me his "Road Show" price so I still got a great deal. So - indirectly - yes I did. :o
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Got my all time favorite guitar (Taylor Custom GC 12-fret) at a road show..............
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Got my all time favorite guitar (Taylor Custom GC 12-fret) at a road show..............
Your all-time favorite guitar? Jersey, with all the well-deserved rhapsodizing you've done about the Froggy, you like your custom Taylor even more?
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Got my all time favorite guitar (Taylor Custom GC 12-fret) at a road show..............
Your all-time favorite guitar? Jersey, with all the well-deserved rhapsodizing you've done about the Froggy, you like your custom Taylor even more?
Yes--this week anyway. Can't get past the Taylor's incredible sustain and piano-like quality. And the warmth. The Froggy in comparison is like truth serum. You get out of it exactly what you put into it. If I were a virtuoso fingerstylist, the Froggy would be my main tool. The Taylor is more forgiving--kind of makes me sound better than I play. Same reason I embraced a 12-string for some years. Also, the Taylor is more weather/humidity stable so it always seems to be in tune, even when I leave it out in the 35%RH living room longer than I should (shame on me).
Not that I'm getting rid of, or ignoring, the Froggy any time soon. I'm curious to see what happens when I switch Froggy from 80-20's to PB strings.
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Sometimes, my job puts me right where I need to be. I was in Central New York on business and was able to make it to the Taylor Road Show tonight in Horseheads New York. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The talent and demonstrations were great. And, I got to hear some guitars I probably would never have any other kind of opportunity to hear. If you get a chance to go to a Road Show, take it!
Hi Ron, I attended the same road show. It was indeed well done though I did miss Mark Seal's playing demo's from previous road shows. I thought the guitars that were on display/for sale were the best of all the shows I've attended with some gorgeous custom jobs. Prices were good too. I got to play the $20K Brazilian rosewood custom GC which was a thrill. I was amazed they had a sassafras 714ce for sale too (which a female employee of the store ended up buying at the end of the night). I didn't buy anything as I had just bought a sassafras 714ce about a month prior. All in all an excellent show.
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Cool that you were there moosedog! Small world.
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! Small world.
Yeah, but I wouldn't want to paint it.................