V Class Review in Acoustic Guitar Magazine

[TD2]

http://acousticguitar.com/review-taylor-builders-edition-k14ce-grand-auditorium/

[jpmist]

Thanks for posting!

"What does surprise me is the piano-like evenness among strummed chords, arpeggios, and multi-octave single-note lines. To my ear, all are exceptionally even and balanced, with no notes puttering out or dominating. They’re just there, present in your music."

Have to agree with the "piano-like" comment . . .

[zeebow]

thx for posting - can't wait to try one for myself!

[Sprintbob]

This thread went semi-viral over on the AGF. I will say I don’t find the audio in the AGM review to be flattering to the guitar. It has a sparkle to it but to my ears it sounds overall as thin and “strident”. The selection of music the player chooses also does not give a good range of what the guitar really sounds like IMO. I’d recommend folks also check out a similar review on Peghead Nation. Teja Gerken strums, flatpick, and fingerstyles the K14 and it’s much more complimentary to it. He also just posted a review of the new 914 so it will be interesting to listen to both one after the other. So far, the reviews I’ve listened to on V-braced guitars are not moving me to consider buying one but I sure hope to try one at some point.

I guess I’ll just have to make do with what I have  .

[RileyKendall]

There are 2 different scenarios to consider:

1. Guitar player A who already has older version said model and is questioning if its worth the trade?
2. Guitar player B who does not have any of these models and wants one but can't decide if V class is better?

So, should player A trade up to V class or not? Should player B get V class or not?