The one you didn't pick....

[geoawelch]

This is probably a rhetorical question - Have you ever been haunted by the guitar you didn't select?

As mentioned in my first post, I am waiting for delivery on my first Taylor, a 322.

While checking out guitars the other day I was shown a heavily discounted (and discontinued) GA8 - it was about $XXX more than the 322.

I ultimately kept coming back to the 322 and she is the one I selected, but....

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[TaylorGirl]

I ultimately kept coming back to the 322 and she is the one I selected

To answer your question, no.
But, I think you picked the right one, from the sounds of it.
Maybe you can go back and get the GA8 TOO  .
I think once you get your 322, you'll be ok.

[cigarfan]

Not really. I've owned so many really nice guitars, those are the ones I ponder when they are gone. Those that don't make it home I just count as "you can't buy em' all!

[Earl]

The one that I recall was almost 30 years ago.  I played a Martin D28 12 string in a music store once that both sounded great and played easily.  It was a financial stretch at the time, so I passed.  That one haunted my dreams until around 2005 when I found my Taylor 12 string that played even better.  By then I had gotten over any desire for Martin guitars (see my signature).

[Strumming Fool]

The more I learn about guitars, the more I learn about what actually works for me. I like what I like, so I have no regrets about guitars I didn't select, or even guitars I did select and later gave up. I love what I have now, and feel extremely confident in my next selection(s)!

[M19]

Slightly different take, but at the beginning of the year I was strongly considering a McIlroy A25c at Shoreline, but I wasn't quite (financially) ready, and it sold before I was. Once the $ were in place, I bought my Lowden F32c and couldn't be happier.

Fast forward to yesterday, and I see that very same McIlroy for sale in the AGF classifieds. Quite a bit of pick damage for the price asked, IMHO. Made me (briefly) wonder...what if? Then I picked up the Lowden and played Fahey's Sunflower River Blues in Open C and thought...Lucky me!

[TaylorGirl]

You know, I've always been a firm believer in something my dad told me long ago (that his mom told him).....things happen for a reason. It may be something negative at the time, but it happened for a reason. You may not understand it at the time, but God has a plan. Eventually, you'll see the reason. I look back on things in my life and it always seems to hold true.