I thought it would be of interest to many of you. I have a GS Taylor and love the sound and the playability of the guitar, however I have never been happy with the ES system on it. I had sent it back to Taylor this month, and had it upgraded to the 9v system. I was disappointed when it returned it still had the quack on the B and G strings up the neck when plugged in. I did some research and found it an issue with many folks having the same complaint. I spent XXX bucks to fix it and still the same result, and then after some more research people have been raving about the LR Baggs Lyric so I just put in a LR Baggs Lyric in, I left the ES in tact, and added another jack, what a huge improvement in the sound, the guitar sounds like it should no quack on the B string. I now am running both systems through Radial E Ez Pre blending the pickups together. The Lyric provides clean high end and the ES gives you a deep low end, and with the EZ Pre you have the ability to change the blend and EQ with a great deal of control. I recommend you look around before you update the ES or if buying new leave the ES out of the Guitar. Using another system really is a huge improvement in the plugged in sound.
Happy Playing.
edited for price