Picked up a GS Mini hog!

[sstaylor58]

Just picked up a great little mini mahogany. Beautiful darker wood, swapped out the plastic pins for ebony and dropped in a bone saddle. She sounds really good. I had a koa version for several years but could never get past its rather thin sound, so I sold it last fall. So far this hog version has a very satisfying sound. Just want to share with other Taylor affectionado’s! The photo is from reverb where I purchased it.

[zeebow]

Congrats, minis are super fun

[TaylorGirl]

Congrats, hope this one works out better for you. They are really fun to have around.

[Strumming Fool]

That's a really nice one - congrats!

[Toucan256]

That's my next purchase. Very nice.

[xtremearmor]

Some day in my future as well I'll be grabbing one as a travel guitar.  They are great guitars for the money.

[Guzzijeff]

Congrats on your new Mahogany GS Mini. Enjoy it. Can't get away from them.  I have had several versions (original, Blackwood, Rosewood and a Holden Village).  I still have the HV. Do you have any interest in a hard SBK case for yours. I have never used my case and am selling it. Keep the music playing!

[sstaylor58]

Thanks for the comments and the offer of the case. I am all set case wise thanks.

[Frettingflyer]

Looks like a fantastic Mini, enjoy, glad you found what you wanted.

[sacredground]

Congrats! The GS mini in mahogany will likely be my next.

[Catapaw]

I love my 2012 Mahogany GS Mini.  Due to arthritis I am not playing the Medium strings that the guitar came with, instead I am now playing with D'addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze Lights.  Just strumming with my fingers - flesh with some nail.  Really smooth.  I'm trying to get a Neil Young tone I'm chasing in my head.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/DAddario/EJ16-Phosphor-Bronze-Light-Acoustic-Guitar-Strings-Single-Pack.gc

[Frettingflyer]

I love my 2012 Mahogany GS Mini.  Due to arthritis I am not playing the Medium strings that the guitar came with, instead I am now playing with D'addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze Lights.  Just strumming with my fingers - flesh with some nail.  Really smooth.  I'm trying to get a Neil Young tone I'm chasing in my head.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/DAddario/EJ16-Phosphor-Bronze-Light-Acoustic-Guitar-Strings-Single-Pack.gc

Lots of Mini’s with lights on them, lose a little oomph if you will, but easier to play and still sound good. We have lights on ours now too.

[zeebow]

never tried it with lights, mediums come on it to get enough volume out of the small body though.

[sstaylor58]

Yes, the sound quality in terms of both volume and sweetness is really impressive with this little guy. I have been playing it a lot since I received it last Friday, and it sounds very close to its 314ce cousin. The 314 has a little deeper low end, a little more lush, but it is also 5 years older so the age probably contributes some of that (plus being all solid wood). But I have to say I’m really impressed. I know there is a lot of love for the koa versions, and I know they take longer to open up, but I had an absolutely gorgeous koa mini that even after 3 years of playing pretty steadily did not have the fullness of this mahogany version. Maybe it’s just my ears, don’t know. But I do know with searching you can find (and I did) a beautiful hog top that can give a koa top a run for its money in the looks department as well. Again, at least to my eyes. To each his own, I’m just happy to have a hog top back in the stable!

[sstaylor58]

The only bummer to my mini purchase was that the original owner must of let their cat use the top of the case as a scratching post because it is all scratched and tufted up. I cleaned and cut the fabric remnants out as best I could (even used an old norelco electric razor) to shave the fabric tufts off, but it still looks like the cat got after it. Oh well, it could’ve been worse... . I’ll have to keep a lookout for a used bag in good shape.