Unofficial Taylor Guitar Forum - UTGF
Welcome to the Unofficial Taylor Guitar Forum! => Welcome to the UTGF! Please introduce Yourself! => Topic started by: jjrpilot-admin on December 12, 2011, 01:30:14 AM
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Hello Everyone!
I just thought that I'd get the ball rolling. This is our first sub-forum. I also believe that is is the most important. It's place where "new" and "old" members alike can introduce themselves.
This sub-forum really sets the tone for this forum/website. I want all new members to know that they are extremely valued and welcomed!
I'll go first! My name is Josh, and I'm the founder of this forum/website. It was born out of a love to learn and discuss all things "Quality Taylor Guitars."
Anyways, we'd love to have you join us! I hope you all enjoy it here, and hope that you'll find our little community warm, friendly and inviting.
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First, a big thanx to Josh for putting this new forum together.
I like the idea of idea of learning about each other with some introductory information as well..
I can't believe Josh's excitement and enthusiasm for all things Taylor, and he just got his first one this year! It's awesome, as only a few brands spark this kind of fervor among their fans in any market; besides Taylor I also happen to find myself drawn to some of the others as well, like Apple and Harley Davidson.
I'm Dave. I've been playing bass and guitar for almost 30 years now (holy cow, has it been that long!), since I was 13. I started buying, collecting, selling, and trading stuff pretty early on, though nothing of value until post college. I played in working bar and wedding bands a lot then as a side job, and always funneled any money I made playing music back into gear. In 1995, I was finally ready to buy a "good" acoustic, so I went shopping. I grew up on the east coast (I am on the west coast now), and had been to the Martin factory a few times, and everyone knew that name was the standard. In a little acoustic shop I went to, the dealer gave me a Taylor 810 to compare to the others I told him I was interested in.. I couldn't believe the difference in playability, and the quality of the build and tone. I even loved the case (I still miss those pink poodle Taylor-made cases). I walked out a Taylor owner, and a have been a fan, player, and collector ever since.
I believe they have continued to innovate in so many ways, and make their best products ever today.
Over the years I have managed to accumulate some nice guitars... I especially have been obsessed with Cocobolo ever since those 2008 Fall Limiteds hit. That Wood and Steel issue had me at first sight. I keep waiting for the GAS to mellow, but so far, it hasn't happened..lol.. I usually try to justify any new ones by agreeing to sell another one.. Those are the hardest choices ever, though!
I have been fortunate to have made a lot of great friends, even with some dealers and some Taylor staff over the years, thanx to this "hobby".. I wish I had found the online Forums long ago, but I've only been a daily Taylor reader on the AGFs for a year or so now.. And I am exciting by the prospects of meeting all of you HERE, and in the official Taylor forum soon.
Happy playing!
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Thanks Josh for creating the first new sub-forum :) I've been here since day two, but if you will excuse me, I need to introduce myself. Oh, thanks for making this place a reality.....
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Hi guys,
Invited by JJrpilot and here I am.
I'm Paul from Malaysia started playing 3 yrs ago at 37yrs. My one and only guitar is FG730s and planning to get a Taylor in the near future.
I'm strumming most of the time at home or small groups. Keen to learn some fingerstyle playing at some point.
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Hi guys,
Invited by JJrpilot and here I am.
I'm Paul from Malaysia started playing 3 yrs ago at 37yrs. My one and only guitar is FG730s and planning to get a Taylor in the near future.
I'm strumming most of the time at home or small groups. Keen to learn some fingerstyle playing at some point.
Welcome Paul!!!!! :)
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Hello Dave, Chi, and Paul! :) Glad all of you were able to get comfy here and look forward to more of your input! Thanks for coming over! :D
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hey everyone im steve 40 years old and i live in west virginia,where im an electrician for a coal company here.i bought my first guitar this past monday and it came it today.so i have no clue what im doing yet but i hope in time i can make some nice sounds come out of it.by the way its a taylor 614 ce with honey burst.
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hey everyone im steve 40 years old and i live in west virginia,where im an electrician for a coal company here.i bought my first guitar this past monday and it came it today.so i have no clue what im doing yet but i hope in time i can make some nice sounds come out of it.by the way its a taylor 614 ce with honey burst.
That's a REALLY nice first guitar............be sure you post pics in the NTGD sub forum.
OH, and Welcome, nice folks on this forum.
Gary
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hey everyone im steve 40 years old and i live in west virginia,where im an electrician for a coal company here.i bought my first guitar this past monday and it came it today.so i have no clue what im doing yet but i hope in time i can make some nice sounds come out of it.by the way its a taylor 614 ce with honey burst.
Steve! Welcome to our forum! Make yourself at home sir! Glad to have you!
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hey everyone im steve 40 years old and i live in west virginia,where im an electrician for a coal company here.i bought my first guitar this past monday and it came it today.so i have no clue what im doing yet but i hope in time i can make some nice sounds come out of it.by the way its a taylor 614 ce with honey burst.
You've started on the right track. Just make sure you ask around, these guitar guys are cool. ;)
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Thanks for the invite Josh.
My name is Geoff and I'm from way across the pond in the UK.
I play a '99 712 and just love it!
Looking forward to being part of a great community.
Happy New Year!
Geoff
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I figured it out!! I knew if I kept clicking I"d find it.
My name is Steve,from South Mississippi.
I played my first Taylor in 1994.We were on the way to the Vicksburg Civil War Park & stopped at a Subway to eat. Next door was a small guitar shop.4 hours later we resumed our trip and my love affair w/Taylor guitars began.
At the time I was playing a great guitar ,a M----- D3-18 in bluegrass settings & small coffee shop type bars,etc.
Anyway, a few months later I bought my first Taylor ,a 510.I was in a store in Jackson,there was one behind the counter.The owner allowed me to restring it. When I picked the A string,it almost jumped off the bench.A couple hours later I left w/it.
That's how it all began. I've been working on guitars since the late '80s & Taylors are the most dependable guitars out there.
Thanks for allowing me to be a part of your forum.
Steve
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I figured it out!! I knew if I kept clicking I"d find it.
My name is Steve,from South Mississippi.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but from up here in Yankee Land, every part of Mississippi is "South Mississippi." ;)
I haven't been in MS for years, but in my early life I often visited extended family in Purvis, Hattiesburg, Bay St. Louis, and points in-between. My lasting memories include heat, snakes, playing in the insecticide fog after a plane spraying chemicals passed over, and gumbo, not necessarily in that order.
Welcome!
~ S.
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I figured it out!! I knew if I kept clicking I"d find it.
My name is Steve,from South Mississippi.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but from up here in Yankee Land, every part of Mississippi is "South Mississippi." ;)
I haven't been in MS for years, but in my early life I often visited extended family in Purvis, Hattiesburg, Bay St. Louis, and points in-between. My lasting memories include heat, snakes, playing in the insecticide fog after a plane spraying chemicals passed over, and gumbo, not necessarily in that order.
Welcome!
~ S.
I grew up in Purvis, Went MS State ,live 30mi N of Hattiesburg
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Glad to see the "Taylor" Forum will continue with you and with El Cajon in the future.
I appreciate being able to "go to" my area of interest for knowledge or enjoyment.
I am very pleased with Taylor Customer Service and the Service Center folks and enjoy getting
to stop by for a tour or visit to the gift shop.
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Hello everyone. Just found this place from a comment at AGF.
I started playing guitar after 25 year pause and have developed a serious case of GAS. Mostly playing electric but just purchased a 916ce. Tried a J45 last spring but just couldn't develope an attachment so I got rid of it.
I've been taking lessons for about a year and a half and I prove the old saying "you can't teach an old dog new tricks"
Trying to learn some finger style but we will see what happens.
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Hello everyone. Just found this place from a comment at AGF.
I started playing guitar after 25 year pause and have developed a serious case of GAS. Mostly playing electric but just purchased a 916ce. Tried a J45 last spring but just couldn't develope an attachment so I got rid of it.
I've been taking lessons for about a year and a half and I prove the old saying "you can't teach an old dog new tricks"
Trying to learn some finger style but we will see what happens.
Bill great to have you here sir! Take off your shoes and make yourself at home!!! ;D
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Hey guys. I just found out that the Taylor Forum was no more!
Glad to be here.
My name is Ruben. I've been enjoying trying to play the guitar for over 48 years...
Love my Taylor guitar.
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Hey guys. I just found out that the Taylor Forum was no more!
Glad to be here.
My name is Ruben. I've been enjoying trying to play the guitar for over 48 years...
Love my Taylor guitar.
Glad to have you here Ruben! I LOVE my Taylor as well!!! ;D
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I was wondering where the Taylor Players section at the AGF went?????? Just noticed my PM and I am glad I did. Thanks for making this forum available. I have been a Taylor lover ever since I first played my friends 80's vintage 12 string with the mustache bridge. I bought a brand new 1989 510 back in Minneapolis, and played her for 21 years. I've never been one to flip a lot of guitars, I tend to find one and stick with it. Due to personal reasons I sold my 510, and was fortunate to find an as new 1996 512 with the pink poodle from a collector in Tuscon. A new old stock gem. I really wanted a 512 in 89', but I would of had to wait quite awhile at the time and I bought the dread instead. So anyway.........I now have my grand concert and I'm in love. I've always been a Hog fan. Thanks for listening. :)
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Hi All,
I bought my first Taylor in 1991 and have been a big fan ever since.
I have had quite a few since that time but recently have whittled them down to a precious few.
I have found Taylor to be a very inovative company which has never lost their passion for building the best possible guitars.
They have always been very helpful to me.
I am glad to have found this new forum....thanks Josh!
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Hi All,
I bought my first Taylor in 1991 and have been a big fan ever since.
I have had quite a few since that time but recently have whittled them down to a precious few.
I have found Taylor to be a very inovative company which has never lost their passion for building the best possible guitars.
They have always been very helpful to me.
I am glad to have found this new forum....thanks Josh!
Hi Bill,
Welcome! Looking forward to receiving the TRC you will be making for my 412CE Fall 2011 Ltd.
Cheers.
Bill
Shrewsbury, UK
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Hey folks!
Probably the old man of this group but glad to join you folks. Been playin' guitar since the early 70s and just recently (Dec 2011) purchased my first Taylor, a Spring 2011 Limited Edition Taylor GS-LTD Mahogany ES. Gotta say, the other guitars at my place have become kinda invisible to me at this point.
Look forward to interacting with everyone!
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Hello Everyone,
I am probably one of the newest newbies. My name is Tim I am currently in the process of buying my second taylor - i sold my first taylor several years ago(a beautiful 600 series. I miss her :'( but I will be buying another soon. I am currently serving overseas in the military so as soon as I purchase this guitar online I will have it shipped to my home in the states and it will be waiting for me to get home! I was researching Taylors and this site gave me some real good info so I decided to join.
Excited to talk acoustics,
Tim
Epiphone SST
Fender Stratocaster
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Hello Everyone,
I am probably one of the newest newbies. My name is Tim I am currently in the process of buying my second taylor - i sold my first taylor several years ago(a beautiful 600 series. I miss her :'( but I will be buying another soon. I am currently serving overseas in the military so as soon as I purchase this guitar online I will have it shipped to my home in the states and it will be waiting for me to get home! I was researching Taylors and this site gave me some real good info so I decided to join.
Excited to talk acoustics,
Tim
Epiphone SST
Fender Stratocaster
If you are serving someplace dangerous, stay safe! I was in Iraq for 6 months.
Cheers.
Bill
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Where were y'all 30 years ago? 8) Better late than never. I've learned plenty already.
CB
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Hello Everyone,
I am probably one of the newest newbies. My name is Tim I am currently in the process of buying my second taylor - i sold my first taylor several years ago(a beautiful 600 series. I miss her :'( but I will be buying another soon. I am currently serving overseas in the military so as soon as I purchase this guitar online I will have it shipped to my home in the states and it will be waiting for me to get home! I was researching Taylors and this site gave me some real good info so I decided to join.
Excited to talk acoustics,
Tim
Epiphone SST
Fender Stratocaster
hi Tim,
good to see you here :)
WELCOME !
sounds like a great 'returning-home plan' to me :D
thank you for your service
there's a good number of 600 series fans here &
we're looking forward to hearing more from you :)
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Hello everyone,
I just recieved my taylor DN3 yesteday and I am, of course thrilled.
This is my first Taylor, and playing it for the first time has done nothing less than exceed my expectations.
I did a lot of research on the internet concerning this purchase and learned a great deal about Taylors in general.
In the past I had a couple of concerns about Taylor Dreadnaoughts, most of all their reputation as being on the "bright" side. This as been completley dispelled by my acquisition of the DN3. I couldn't ask for a better base response.
I also read a good bit about concerns with the 1 3/4 fretboard when it came to finger picking. I don't understand that at all. I have a good many guitars with varying fingerboard width. Seems if you can fingerpick a 12 string, a seagull, or any classical guitar that you would welcome the extra space on the DN3. To each his own.
This is a great guitar.
I can only imagine what an 8 series sounds like. But I am very happy with mine.
Other guitars include:
Alvarez MD60
Alvarez AJ60SE
Takamine EF 385 12 string
Couple of very old and well aged Yamaha Classicals
and another 12 string or two
The only one that comes close to matching the harmonics of the Taylor is the Masterworks Cedar, and when I played it today after putting the DN3 down it sounded like it had a headcold.
Play on, Bigdogjer
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Bigdogjer, congrats on your new Taylor! I bet it really booms! Great to have you here! ;)
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Thanks for the effort and organization to put this together and keep it...organized...best to you in that respect.
I was a barely-competent rhythm guitar player in a garage band full of loadies 1964-1969. Gave that up when I moved to San Diego and only picked up the guitar occasionally when I was looking to 'impress' a lady friend. Hey-it worked as planned...
I have been hanging around the San Diego music scene and the Tropical Rock/TropRock/DockRock/IslandRock/PermanentVacation music genre for a decade. Ok, ok, Jimmy Buffett/ParrotHead music-and decided to jump back in.
Had Carpal Tunnel release surgery in Spring 2010-very happy with the results-and bought a Taylor 210e to start the re-entry process. After a year, I found that the dred was a little too big to get my arm around, got an OM Eastman, AC412ce-which is a very nice guitar... and then, last fall, got a GSMini.
The GSMini will travel with me and go on the sailboat, the Eastman has been going with me to open mic events and other occasions where I can start working my way up.
This is my retirement hobby/project. I don't really need to make money makin' music, but I do need connection with others.
Song: 'Old Man Tom' by Jim Morris (Southern Florida)
He said "It's the trip not the destination, boy, I know because I've been,
Learn to play that guitar, son, you'll always have a friend"
I got the message
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Hello everyone,
I just recieved my taylor DN3 yesteday and I am, of course thrilled.
This is my first Taylor, and playing it for the first time has done nothing less than exceed my expectations.
I did a lot of research on the internet concerning this purchase and learned a great deal about Taylors in general.
In the past I had a couple of concerns about Taylor Dreadnaoughts, most of all their reputation as being on the "bright" side. This as been completley dispelled by my acquisition of the DN3. I couldn't ask for a better base response.
I also read a good bit about concerns with the 1 3/4 fretboard when it came to finger picking. I don't understand that at all. I have a good many guitars with varying fingerboard width. Seems if you can fingerpick a 12 string, a seagull, or any classical guitar that you would welcome the extra space on the DN3. To each his own.
This is a great guitar.
I can only imagine what an 8 series sounds like. But I am very happy with mine.
Other guitars include:
Alvarez MD60
Alvarez AJ60SE
Takamine EF 385 12 string
Couple of very old and well aged Yamaha Classicals
and another 12 string or two
The only one that comes close to matching the harmonics of the Taylor is the Masterworks Cedar, and when I played it today after putting the DN3 down it sounded like it had a headcold.
Play on, Bigdogjer
hi Bigdog,
good to see you here :)
WELCOME !
congrats on the DN3 :D
in terms of fingerpicking, i've heard that a slightly wider neck is preferable to some & that
flatpicking tends to favor a slightly narrower neck & string spacing, but it's all about one's
personal preference, imho, & i'm glad that the DN3 complements the rest of your arsenal 8)
looking forward to hearing more from you -
thanks for sharing & please make yourself comfortable :)
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Hello from Saratoga Springs, NY ...
My name is Jeff Brisbin. I'm a Solo/Singer/Songwriter who gigs quite a bit ... I should hit my 800th gig around August.
I'm proud to say I've been playing Taylors since 2003.
My first Taylor was an 814ce ... what a great, beautifully built instrument.
The latest Taylor that gave me G.A.S. is my new 2011 T-5C with a gloss Black Spruce top. Being a solo player, this guitar allows me
to change up my tone so easily ... as D Copper (Mr. T5) always says ... it's not a Les Paul, Strat or Taylor 810 ...
it's a T-5 .... and it has it's own awesome tones.
I got it at the end of September 2011 and when played
through my Bose L1 PA System ... it just has such beautiful tone. I've never had so many comments and compliments about what a beautifully built guitar it is.
I'm so glad you started this Forum. I'm a member over at AGF ... and it's a great Forum ... but I wanted a place where Taylor Guitars would be the focus.
I certainly will join Brian's new Taylor Forum too ... and I agree that there's room for both !!!!!
So thank you for this Forum ... I know we will all enjoy it ... the more we all give our "two cents" and participate.
www.jeffbrisbin.com
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It's great to have you here Jeff! Make yourself at home!!! :)
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Hello everyone,
I just recieved my taylor DN3 yesteday and I am, of course thrilled.
Congratulations on finding a great guitar, Bigdogler! I have a GA3 and a 314ce both which are on the warm side (that's what I love about them). Not all 3xx Taylors are warm, but I hunted all over when searching for my 314ce because I wanted the same type of warmth that my GA3 has. Hope to see you around on the forum...if you can pry that DN3 from your hands. ;)
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Thanks for the nice Welcomes, folks.
I am still romancing my new Dn3. I still play the Alvarez md60 a good bit, and also enjoy the tak ef 385 12.
I having been playing again for a number of years now after putting the guitar down for a couple of decades.
I'll never be great, but lordie I love playing, I had picked up playing again as a means of helping me to write music for stage shows that I have written. This has led me to occassionaly sitting in with a few times with professional musicians for a song or two at gigs.
Which has led me to my current self challenge; that is to play more often standing up, without the aide of a footstool, barstool, or support of any kind other than the legs I was born with.
The DN3 is still a sweet heart, even during my standing evolution, but dang it's a struggle to feel comfortable and secure with a strap on. I ordered a Taylor Strap. It's a beaut, but any temp. Strap lock attachement to the end pin seems hopless, since it has such a large cap. I won't consider any permanent alteration. I know the DN3 is of a rather straight forward asthetic nauture, but I intend to leave it as Mr. Taylor and God created it. Any thoughts toward temp strap secuity?
My next post will be to bore you with changing the elixers to another brand. I love sound but I've got a set of Dean Markly Acoustic Alchemy mediums that I'm itching to try.
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Hello everybody, and thank you JJ for setting up this new Taylor Guitar forum!! 8)
A bit of history about me.......I have been playing acoustic and electric guitars for about 20 years. I enjoy playing both and have so much gear it is ridiculous, but that is another story.
My very first guitar was an Alvarez while I was in college in 1982. That was a good starter guitar for me and I played it throughout my college years. Upon graduation (and obtaining a job), I purchased a couple of decent upgrade guitars over the next few years. My first real Taylor guitar experience was when I played through a new 2002 314ce at a local music store. It really felt much better than my previous acoustic guitars and sounded fantastic to me! I still own my 314 (which has really opened up and sounds better than day one), and have since added a 2010 814ce and most recently a 2012 416ce. Admittedly, my 314ce hasn't received near as much play time as the other two, but all 3 guitars are excellent in different ways to me!
Oh, I have also gotten into the GSMini bandwagon, and own a 2011 spruce and a 2012 mahogany top GSMini. My GSMini guitars sound and play incredibly well and are a lot of fun to take on a weekend venture. I actually even let "others" play my Minis......lol
Anyway, thanks for setting up this forum and sending me an invitation link!! :D
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Hello everyone!
I am the proud new owner of a Taylor 210ce. I've been playing guitar for about 16 years and this is the first time I've spent more than 500$ on an acoustic. I'm loving the tone on my new instrument...can't put it down!
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Hello everyone!
I am the proud new owner of a Taylor 210ce. I've been playing guitar for about 16 years and this is the first time I've spent more than 500$ on an acoustic. I'm loving the tone on my new instrument...can't put it down!
Welcome Sir Broomstick! Glad to have you here! Don't love it too much...Taylors are addicting! There's no cure. ;)
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Hello, My name is Kelly Lee and I just bought my first Taylor, a 114CE. I actually traded 3 off brand guitars and some cash for it. Really like the sound but already want to move up to another Taylor.
Any suggestions on them, 516-716CE or GS-5?
Thanks Kelly
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Hi Kelly. Welcome to the site. Enjoy your 114ce.
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HI RICKY MAYHEW HERE. I AM 64 YEARS OLD WITH SHORT FINGER. I PLAY UKULELE AND MANDOLIN TRYED PLAYING GUITARS TOO BIG. LAST WEEK WE STOPPED AT GOODWILL NEAR WHERE I LIVE. GUESS WHAT I FOUND IN THE CORNER. BABY TAYLOR AND TAYLOR GIGBAG. WHAT A HAPPY CAMPER!!!!! 2004 305 BABY TAYLOR. IF YOU HAVE SMALL HANDS THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED. IT SOUND SWEET. NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LEARN SOME MORE CHORDS. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING IT USING UKE CHORDS. I ONLY STARTED PLAYING 2 YEARS AGO. ON SMALL JOHNSON UKULELE ALSO BOUGHT AT GOODWILL. I LOVE PLAYING OLD GOSPEL SONG AND PLAYING AT CHURCH. TAYLOR RULES!!!!!!
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BOULDER CREEK UKE TENOR-OSCAR SCHMIDT CONCERT BOTH ELECTRIC. ROGUE ELECTRIC MANOILIN IBANEZ EX ELECTRIC GUITAR SQUIRE STRAT
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Hi Ricky. Welcome to the site. Congrats on finding the Baby Taylor.
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Hi Ricky and welcome, congrats on your Taylor find.
I love to play the uke too and have a OS OU7T that I really like. Looking to get the Les Paul uke soon so I can get "plugged in" as well.
Great to have you join us!!
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Hello guys, I hope we will have here a good time (my english is sometimes terrible, but ok)
I'm looking for a new Taylor and learn more about those guitar.
Thanks for inviting God bless Johan
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Hi Johan, it's great to have you here!!! :)
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Welcome Johan, are you looking for/have an 814? This is a great forum for advice and suggestions.
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Welcome Johan, You will find virtually any answer for any question on your search for a new Taylor, have fun.
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Hi Johan. Welcome to the site. Enjoy.
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hi Johan,
good to see you here :)
WELCOME !
i responded to your posts in the thread that is in the classifieds
i hope you enjoy spending time here -
looking forward to hearing more from you
please make yourself comfortable :D
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I've been playing for a while. Mainly play Bluegrass and Country but primarily Bluegrass. For years I've owned only Martin guitars (HD28, D18V, and a D16GT).
Lately however I've played some Taylors that have simply knocked my sox off. So I'm hangin out here trying to get a feel for what the real Taylor Pros like and why they like em. I'm probably going to step outside my comfort zone and own one of these puppies before long.... I know there will be no sacrafice in quality, sound, or playability but I'm just not real comfortable making a choice without some guidance. However I suspect at the end of the day... my hands and ears will be the final judge. 8)
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Welcome NAMM28, you'll get lots of good info here.
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Hi NAMM28, welcome to our site. You've found the right forum, trust me. This is a great site. Enjoy yourself.
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Hi, wandered on here from that "other forum". ;) I own three Taylors, a GA4, an 814ce and a brand new 2011 spring limited macassar ebony. Been playing for a while, mostly to myself and the dog, who gets up and leaves when I start.
I missed the old Taylor specific section of the other forum so did an online search for Taylor forum and landed here. Good to see the old bunch still active, and hang out with a bunch of folks that appreciate Taylor guitars.
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Welcome tamiller1952! I hope you enjoy your stay here with us.
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Hi tamiller1952. Welcome to our site. Enjoy.
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Well,
I guess first off, thanks to Josh and all of you for this forum. I'm a long time listener, first time caller, so to speak. My name is Mike and I'm a guitar-aholic. I have some pretty decent electrics and now finally have a quality acoustic. My first Taylor was purchased 2 days ago.... a 310ce. I've been playing guitar since the late 70's and hope to some day be good at it.
I'm sure I'll be learning quite a bit from you all... and for that, in advance... THANKS!
Oh, and maybe I'll eventually do the same for somebody else down the line!
Mike
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Great to have you here Mike!!! Make yourself at home and congrats on the new Taylor! ;D
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Hi Mike, welcome to our forum. Congrats on the new 310ce and enjoy the site.
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Hi all, I pretty much totally re-wrote this post, I thought it was pretty good until I saw it posted lol. Hopefully it will make a bit more sense now. Firstly, I would like to thank Josh for making this place a reality, what a fabulous resource. I am so happy to be here. The closest I get to playing a Taylor, is hijacking my sons 514ce when he is not using it.....which, understandably, he almost always is, so I am going to relieve my substantial frustration by buying one of my own.
I would love to progress from "noodler", to devoting all of my spare time to learning finger style guitar. I have been lucky enough to have had my sons guitar to help me to make the decision that I am definitely a "Taylor guy" and that I want to be a finger style guitarist, and now, hopefully with your help, I have to find my companion for the journey.
I have seen a mint condition BTO for sale and would like to run it by you, I would love to hear your opinions before I pull the trigger. It plays extremely well, and even with my limited knowledge, I love the tone.
The asking price was recently reduced to £xxxx, xxxx dollars to you guys ;) is this OK?
Also it has no cut away at the dusty end, aestetically I love it, but do you see it as a stumbling block playability wise, down the road at all?
And finally, it has no on board electronics, I would like some, and would love it if you could suggest the best way to go.
These are the specs.
Taylor Custom GC Specification (BTO)
Shape: Grand Concert
Back/Sides: Mahogany
Back Config.: 2 Piece, No Wedge
Top: Western Red Cedar
Fingerboard, Bridge: Ebony
Neck: Mahogany
Peghead Veneer: Ebony
Bracing: Sitka CV Bracing w/ Relief Rout
Binding Material: Tortoiseshell (Faux)
Purfling: Plastic
Rosette: Abalone, Single Ring 600/800 Series
Peghead Logo: Taylor MOP
Neck Width: 1 3/4 Inch
Scale: 24 7/8 Inch
Neck Profile: Standard Carve
Peghead Type: Slotted Peghead
Finish Body: Gloss
Neck Finish: Satin
Tuners: Taylor Slot Head
Nut/Saddle: Tusq
Bridge Pins: Ebony
If you knew that finger style was the way that you wanted to go, and were looking for a lifer, could this be your number 1 contender
Thanks in advance, Dave.
removed prices due to no pricing discussion--Cindy
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Hi Folks,
I started playing guitar a number of years ago, left it drop for a few years and recently rediscovered my enthusiasm. I enjoy listening to and (try) playing a wide range of music, I also do a bit of home recording. Mostly a finger picker but I like to thrash out a song on my Hofner Shorty.
Taylor 414 ce
Freshman FA400D
Fender Gemini II
Takamine EG128C
Hofner Shorty
Thomann Acoustic bass
I live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
David
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Hi both Daves from the above couple of posts! It's great to have you guys here! Please consider this community your home, and make yourself comfortable! ;D
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Welcome to the forum djl1. I think everybody would enjoy your recordings.
Mike
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Hi Dave and David. I'll add y'all to the "What's 2 more friends named Dave gonna matter" list.
Seriously, welcome to our site. I think you'll find a home around here. Enjoy.
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Hi All,
New to this forum or any forum for that matter... I found this to be an excellent resource while looking for my first Taylor acoustic. I have been playing for about 3 years and primarily Tele's, but wanted to add a nice acoustic to the mix. Did some research and a few hours in various guitar stores looking for the right Taylor, but never a doubt that it would be a Taylor. Well after all that I went with a beautiful 2012 714CE Engleman Spruce!! I have to say it is outstanding, the only issue I have is that I can't put it down! My Tele's are getting very little play time, still in a bit of awe with my Taylor.
Thanks for the help!
Tony, Calgary Canada
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Hi Tony. Welcome to the site. Congrats on the new 714ce. Enjoy both. ;D
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Hi All,
New to this forum or any forum for that matter... I found this to be an excellent resource while looking for my first Taylor acoustic. I have been playing for about 3 years and primarily Tele's, but wanted to add a nice acoustic to the mix. Did some research and a few hours in various guitar stores looking for the right Taylor, but never a doubt that it would be a Taylor. Well after all that I went with a beautiful 2012 714CE Engleman Spruce!! I have to say it is outstanding, the only issue I have is that I can't put it down! My Tele's are getting very little play time, still in a bit of awe with my Taylor.
Thanks for the help!
Tony, Calgary Canada
Hi Tony! Welcome to the UTGF sir! It's great to have you here, make yourself at home! ;D
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I'm 55 and live in Wisconsin. I got my first Taylor, a Lemon Grove 510 about 12 years ago. It sounded REALLY good, but had this weird triangular neck carve I never really adjusted to. Two years ago I replaced it with a 910 that sounded and played great, but just recently I found a custom DN with Brazilian that both looked and played better than the 910. That's where I am at the moment. Otherwise a bunch of electrics from the golden era, a Larrivee 12 fret, a couple of Ovations to play out, banjo and mandolin that I don't play worth !@#$...
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Hi Drbob1. Welcome to the UTGF. I think you'll enjoy our site. :)
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Hello everyone, I guess I am another new guy on the site for today at the least, my name is John, and I just got my new Taylor, so I guess I am part of the club, until I mess up I guess, been playing my old vintage Yamaha FG 180 since 1977 , but today I stepped up to the plate and went in debt for a New 2011 Taylor 716ce vintage sunburst, with the red western cedar top, besides some guitar playing in front of the fire place and campfires, I am also an Artist, strange how that came about in my life around 1998, I do oil paintings of Florida's Rivers and Springs, and with that I saved up for my first Taylor guitar, My save the river club called, Our Santa Fe River, had a song contest, and asked if I would write a song about the river and compete, I was very hesitant being I never sung or even played a full song in my life. So I wrote the darn song, "Keepers of the Santa Fe River" I was so nervous that I basically lost the first two verses of the song on stage as I shook, but I pulled it off and took first place, So that got me on a roll with writing the next song for the next contest, add a little harmonica and I think I can pull it off again. As with this new Taylor, most expensive piece of wood I ever bought for myself, I hope to keep the inspiration going.
So that's my hello to the forum speech. So long for now. John 123
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Floridartist
John,
Welcome to the Forum..
You did very well on your Taylor decision.
The 700 series is one of Taylor's best dollar values with a great combination of quality, resale value, beauty, great sound and yet is so easy to play!
Vintage Sunburst..
You are going to fit right in..
As far as the song:
Well, in the center of the stream, the currents just right.
The song flows and meanders taking you to the rocky shoals, drawing us into the adventure..
The tempo of the song continues to follow the flow of the river, till we quietly approach the alligators nest.
You did an awesome job on many levels..
We look forward to your assessment of the 716ce.
This is a Taylor, perfectly fit to your style and persona.
You navigate well
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Hi John. Nice intro and welcome to the UTGF. Enjoy the site. :)
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Wow, you guys are on the ball, you checked out my song "Keepers of the Santa Fe River" I hope you saw the studio version with the slide show, because the live performance was a disaster, I appreciate that you welcomed me, and showed interest and respect as a new guy on the forum, thank you. I just woke up and sitting in this brown guitar case is the most beautiful guitar I ever saw in my whole life, Is this one of the promised rewards from the life I have lived, a gift from heaven above, I wonder, Looks like a good day to write a song about the river, Inspired!!! play well my new found club.
John123
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Hi,
just joined the forum so this is just to say hi. I ave two Taylors at present. A 1998 412 acoustic which I've had from new and gets played a lot more than any of my other gutars. I've also got a 614CE from 2003. They are fab guitars but I'm looking to sell the 614 and get an 812. I prefer the smaller body shape and think the woods used on the 6 series is too bright for me. Anyone interested let me know.
Have fun and keep plucking.
Ian.
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Hi,
just joined the forum so this is just to say hi. I ave two Taylors at present. A 1998 412 acoustic which I've had from new and gets played a lot more than any of my other gutars. I've also got a 614CE from 2003. They are fab guitars but I'm looking to sell the 614 and get an 812. I prefer the smaller body shape and think the woods used on the 6 series is too bright for me. Anyone interested let me know.
Have fun and keep plucking.
Ian.
Hi Ian! Please make yourself at home! Glad you're here! Lots of great folks here for sure! ;D
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Hello all,
I joined because i was originally trying to find more info on the Taylor friends and family sale. I ended up finding what i needed and am now a proud owner of a sweet Taylor 610ce with quilted maple back and sides. I'm relatively new to guitar only about 8mo into the journey but practice on a daily basis and enjoying the journey thus far.
Regards,
Chris
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Welcome to the forum ee_guy. That is a very nice guitar you picked up, congrats. Maybe you will post a few pictures to show us.
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Hi to everyone!
I'm glad that you started this forum. It reminds me of Taylor guitar company's idea that more information for the player benefits
all involved.
I live in a suburb of Portland, OR. .. started playing guitar as a late bloomer.. but loving it more as time goes by.
I have never made a dollar playing guitar for anyone, but enjoy playing for others above all things.
I've gone through several guitars in 20 years, being happy with each one. I presently own a Guild F512, a Taylor 415 jumbo (soon to be sold), and a Taylor GS7 custom, with a 1 7/8 neck.. and believe that
it has all the qualities in it that a good fingerstyle, and strumming guitar could have. I love it... incredible sound, playability, and volume! (I thought that my 1978 Guild F512 had plenty of bottom end, but this Taylor holds its own.)
Anyway... looking forward to interacting with you. I have been blessed to have lived in the No. CA area for 12 years, and met a lot of good people in the industry, as well as being able to attend the Acoustic Guitar Festival in Healdsburg, CA for several years...
and I am sure that I can learn a lot from all of you.
Thanks
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Welcome Joseph, Pleased to have you here with us. Make yourself at home.
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Hi Joseph. Welcome to the UTGF. I hope you enjoy the site as much as I do. Good folks. :)
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Just an update on my previous message. I now have 3 Taylor Guitars. My wife bought me a stunning GS Mini Mahogany for christmas, lucky me eh??? I've never seen a top like this one. Most are plain but this one is something special. It plays really well too but I'm going to put some lighter gauge strings on as the medium ones fitted are a liitle heavy for me.
That's it
Ian.
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Hey all, I'm Buzz from East TN. I have been playing for quite a while now. I now own my second taylor it is a 410ce, my first taylor was a 314ce with the old fishman pre amp. Oh how I wished I had my 314 back.
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Hey all, I'm Buzz from East TN. I have been playing for quite a while now. I now own my second taylor it is a 410ce, my first taylor was a 314ce with the old fishman pre amp. Oh how I wished I had my 314 back.
Great to have you here Buzz! ;D
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Hey all, I'm Buzz from East TN. I have been playing for quite a while now. I now own my second taylor it is a 410ce, my first taylor was a 314ce with the old fishman pre amp. Oh how I wished I had my 314 back.
Welcome Buzz ... I think you will like this forum a lot! Some good people on here!
I was wondering if you live near Johnson City, TN. I met a couple guys, who owned a book store, at a Christian music festival in Front Royal, VA back in the late 70's. They were from Johnson City, TN. They were 2 of the funniest, nicest guys I've met. They invited me along for a day trip to Washington, DC (first time I had been there). Anyway... good memories... great times!
Enjoy your time here on the forum!
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Great to join the forum. I've been a Taylor player for many years, acoustic and electric. My main goal for the forum is to be able to keep my two current Taylors (T5 and 714ce) in great playing condition. I look forward to learning from you all! Larry S.
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Great to join the forum. I've been a Taylor player for many years, acoustic and electric. My main goal for the forum is to be able to keep my two current Taylors (T5 and 714ce) in great playing condition. I look forward to learning from you all! Larry S.
Great to have you here Larry! Make yourself at home! ;D
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Hello from Grapevine Guitar Works, we are the 7th largest Taylor dealer in the USA! Not bad for such a small store here in historic Grapevine Texas...
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Oops, missed a few:
Hi Buzz, LDSaudt, and GGW. Welcome to the UTGF. :)
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Welcome Grapevine Guitar Works! It's about time the store I've been bragging about joined the party!
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Hello everyone... Newbie here...new to forums... Been taking lessons for about 6 months...didn't k.ow there was so many songs with only three chords...any advice is appreciated.! started with a cheap woods guitar....then upgraded (with the help of a co- worker)to a used 314.ce
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Hi B-ryan and welcome to the UTGF! :) Many songs can be simplified (rewritten) to use only open chords making them easier to play for beginners. There are also many easy-play guitar Fake books out there in a variety of genres that might spark some interest for you. Congrats on the 314ce! You obviously have a terrific co-worker who steered you to an excellent guitar. Nice to have you here. :D
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I work in a big automotive factory..but once word gets out(about learning guitar)people come out of the woodwork to talk music!!I'm a transplanted buckeye (oh) working in Louisville ,ky.making the super-duty pick-up trucks...we work long hours(up to 12 hrs. A day..5/6 days a week.don' tweet or.Facebook or MySpace any of that stuff.thought i could learn stuff about guitars and guitar playing.
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I work in a big automotive factory..but once word gets out(about learning guitar)people come out of the woodwork to talk music!!I'm a transplanted buckeye (oh) working in Louisville ,ky.making the super-duty pick-up trucks...we work long hours(up to 12 hrs. A day..5/6 days a week.don' tweet or.Facebook or MySpace any of that stuff.thought i could learn stuff about guitars and guitar playing.
Hi B-Ryan! It's great to have you. Forgive me for saying this but "GO BLUE!" ;D I'm a transplanted Michigander! Anyways, back on topic...it's great to have ya, please make yourself at home! ;D
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We are an acoustic music duo (www.jiva.co.uk (http://www.jiva.co.uk)) in the UK and have been playing Taylor guitars since 26 March 2003.... Rewind for some background... Apologies for the lengthy intro, but our journey (in more ways than one) to Taylor is a story and a half - so skip to the last paragraph if you just want the current guitar line-up!
Began playing acoustic guitar in 1971 (Eko Ranger 6 and Eko Ranger 12). Added an Eko El Paso (black, double scratchplate), then a Fender and moved up a notch or three to a Yamaha FG580 (Jacaranda Brazilian Rosewood 6-string) and spent years searching for its 12-string counterpart - eventually found it in the Yamaha FG630 after dabbling with various 12-strings including Fylde, Guild and Bozo. Of those early guitars we still have the Yamahas and Val's Eko Ranger 6.
In 2003 we were looking for a smaller guitar for Val and I (Jimmy) thought she was sure to find a good fit with another Yamaha but, no, as soon as she picked up a Taylor Big Baby that was it... we took it home and found that its sound just blew away the Yamahas. So GAS kicked in and we bought me a Taylor XXV DR 25th Anniversary on eBay. But then the 12-string didn't seem to cut it against either of the Taylor 6-strings, and we headed off to Wales to buy an 855 (again from eBay). When we got there the guy also offered us a Taylor 810-LTD Brazilian Rosewood at a bargain price if we bought it with the 855. Sure enough we drove home with them both.
The Big Baby was semi-retired (but we still have it) and Vall had two beautifull 800 series while Jimmy had the 25th Anniversary (which all of a sudden didn't sound right against the Val's guitars). So we shopped around and bought Jimmy two Yamahas - a CPX15 6-string and CPX 8 12-string. Nice, but the 6 was returned to the store with an electrics fault and the 12-string still wasn't right alongside Val's 810 and 855. We traded the Yamaha 12 against a Taylor 810CE for Jimmy, but Val fell in love with it and we swapped guitars... Jimmy was back to his tonewood heaven (Brazilian Rosewood and spruce). We also bought a second 855 (eBay USA this time), and it seemed we had the perfect blend - each of us with an 810 and an 855. But Jimmy's 810-LTD developed a buzz that we couldn't track down, and so Jimmy was on the lookout again for another guitar!
While surfing the web in 2007 we found a new 910CE in Scotland, and made arrangements to go and check it out - and, would you believe it GuitarGuitar had a 2004 910CE-L7 Brazilian Rosewood that had been unsold in their Glasgow shop for 3 years. They had it shipped to our local store (Newcastle) and on 21 September 2007 we took the 810-LTD in to see if they would do a part-ex. After a thorough examination of the 810 they agreed, and Jimmy became the proud owner of the 910CE-L7... BUT, we had promised to drive to Scotland to check out the other 910 - and (you guessed it) we bought it too!
Here the story takes a wonderful twist - when we decided to get married we wanted the wedding to be held somewhere that was in keeping with our life and music... nowhere seemed to fit the bill, and then we had a totally off-the-wall thought "Maybe Taylor might let us get married at their El Cajon facility?"... so an international call to Customer Services was made, and we guess it must have been quite a shock to have a couple of Brits asking that very question. But, after further emails and phone calls where we explored the possibility we were thrilled when they said yes!!! We would have been happy to have the ceremony in the parking lot, we didn't want to cause any disruption - but on 12 August we were married in the Marketing Suite... a day that we will never forget. During the ceremony we played a song to each other (on guitars borrowed from Taylor on the day). Val was so taken with the 12-string that we just had to enquire if it might be for sale... yep, you guessed right again. This is a Custom Build Jumbo 12, Cocobolo back & sides, Spruce top, custom edgeburst, all the beautiful trimmings on the headstock and fretboard and a sound to die for.
Wind forward to 2012 and we were at a UK Taylor roadshow when we spotted the impossible - a Custom Jumbo 6, Cocobolo back & sides, Spruce top, custom edgeburst, the same trimmings/appointments - the twin of Val's newest 12-string. We bought it on the spot, convinced that we could wish for nothing more... until... it developed an Expression System fault (we'll spare you details) and it was shipped to Amsterdam to be fixed under warranty. By major coincidence, when we took it to GuitarGuitar for shipping to Taylor they had a pre-owned 2004 914CE-L7 Brazilian Rosewood Taylor in the shop... and we could not resist it... bought it 3 years to the day after buying the 910CE-L7 from them.
That's it... phew... current Taylors are:
2003 Big Baby
1998 855 (Indian Rosewood, Spruce)
2004 910CE-L7 (Brazilian Rosewood, Spruce)
2004 914CE-L7 (Brazilian Rosewood, Spruce)
2007 910CE (Indian Rosewood, Spruce)
2009 Custom Jumbo 12 (Cocobolo, Spruce)
2009 Custom Jumbo 6 (Cocobolo, Spruce)
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What an absolutely amazing story! And forTaylor to allow you and your soon-to-be wife to get married in their Marketing Suite is the icing on the cake!!! ;) (Sorry, couldn't resist!). Thanks for sharing such a unique unfolding of events...your story is certainly quite unusual and captivating! :)
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We are an acoustic music duo (www.jiva.co.uk (http://www.jiva.co.uk)) in the UK and have been playing Taylor guitars since 26 March 2003.... Rewind for some background... Apologies for the lengthy intro, but our journey (in more ways than one) to Taylor is a story and a half - so skip to the last paragraph if you just want the current guitar line-up!
Began playing acoustic guitar in 1971 (Eko Ranger 6 and Eko Ranger 12). Added an Eko El Paso (black, double scratchplate), then a Fender and moved up a notch or three to a Yamaha FG580 (Jacaranda Brazilian Rosewood 6-string) and spent years searching for its 12-string counterpart - eventually found it in the Yamaha FG630 after dabbling with various 12-strings including Fylde, Guild and Bozo. Of those early guitars we still have the Yamahas and Val's Eko Ranger 6.
In 2003 we were looking for a smaller guitar for Val and I (Jimmy) thought she was sure to find a good fit with another Yamaha but, no, as soon as she picked up a Taylor Big Baby that was it... we took it home and found that its sound just blew away the Yamahas. So GAS kicked in and we bought me a Taylor XXV DR 25th Anniversary on eBay. But then the 12-string didn't seem to cut it against either of the Taylor 6-strings, and we headed off to Wales to buy an 855 (again from eBay). When we got there the guy also offered us a Taylor 810-LTD Brazilian Rosewood at a bargain price if we bought it with the 855. Sure enough we drove home with them both.
The Big Baby was semi-retired (but we still have it) and Vall had two beautifull 800 series while Jimmy had the 25th Anniversary (which all of a sudden didn't sound right against the Val's guitars). So we shopped around and bought Jimmy two Yamahas - a CPX15 6-string and CPX 8 12-string. Nice, but the 6 was returned to the store with an electrics fault and the 12-string still wasn't right alongside Val's 810 and 855. We traded the Yamaha 12 against a Taylor 810CE for Jimmy, but Val fell in love with it and we swapped guitars... Jimmy was back to his tonewood heaven (Brazilian Rosewood and spruce). We also bought a second 855 (eBay USA this time), and it seemed we had the perfect blend - each of us with an 810 and an 855. But Jimmy's 810-LTD developed a buzz that we couldn't track down, and so Jimmy was on the lookout again for another guitar!
While surfing the web in 2007 we found a new 910CE in Scotland, and made arrangements to go and check it out - and, would you believe it GuitarGuitar had a 2004 910CE-L7 Brazilian Rosewood that had been unsold in their Glasgow shop for 3 years. They had it shipped to our local store (Newcastle) and on 21 September 2007 we took the 810-LTD in to see if they would do a part-ex. After a thorough examination of the 810 they agreed, and Jimmy became the proud owner of the 910CE-L7... BUT, we had promised to drive to Scotland to check out the other 910 - and (you guessed it) we bought it too!
Here the story takes a wonderful twist - when we decided to get married we wanted the wedding to be held somewhere that was in keeping with our life and music... nowhere seemed to fit the bill, and then we had a totally off-the-wall thought "Maybe Taylor might let us get married at their El Cajon facility?"... so an international call to Customer Services was made, and we guess it must have been quite a shock to have a couple of Brits asking that very question. But, after further emails and phone calls where we explored the possibility we were thrilled when they said yes!!! We would have been happy to have the ceremony in the parking lot, we didn't want to cause any disruption - but on 12 August we were married in the Marketing Suite... a day that we will never forget. During the ceremony we played a song to each other (on guitars borrowed from Taylor on the day). Val was so taken with the 12-string that we just had to enquire if it might be for sale... yep, you guessed right again. This is a Custom Build Jumbo 12, Cocobolo back & sides, Spruce top, custom edgeburst, all the beautiful trimmings on the headstock and fretboard and a sound to die for.
Wind forward to 2012 and we were at a UK Taylor roadshow when we spotted the impossible - a Custom Jumbo 6, Cocobolo back & sides, Spruce top, custom edgeburst, the same trimmings/appointments - the twin of Val's newest 12-string. We bought it on the spot, convinced that we could wish for nothing more... until... it developed an Expression System fault (we'll spare you details) and it was shipped to Amsterdam to be fixed under warranty. By major coincidence, when we took it to GuitarGuitar for shipping to Taylor they had a pre-owned 2004 914CE-L7 Brazilian Rosewood Taylor in the shop... and we could not resist it... bought it 3 years to the day after buying the 910CE-L7 from them.
That's it... phew... current Taylors are:
2003 Big Baby
1998 855 (Indian Rosewood, Spruce)
2004 910CE-L7 (Brazilian Rosewood, Spruce)
2004 914CE-L7 (Brazilian Rosewood, Spruce)
2007 910CE (Indian Rosewood, Spruce)
2009 Custom Jumbo 12 (Cocobolo, Spruce)
2009 Custom Jumbo 6 (Cocobolo, Spruce)
Amazing story!!! :o ;D Congrats, and welcome! You have an amazing collection! Please make yourself at home! :)
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Thanks, Cindy.
Thanks, jjrpilot.
It's starting to feel like home already - some good, kind and knowledgeable people here!
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I am introducing myself as a 414ce owner. I enjoyed my 210ce, but needed a bit more of the sound from the GA shape and expression system, so I reluctantly sold it and a very nice Al DiMeola Ovation to buy my Taylor 41ce new. I am very, very pleased with the sound and the nice wide nut width for my big hands. The soft feel of the finish on the neck is very comfortable, the action is sweet and the tone gives me all the bass, along with the clear treble, I need for my solo acoustic gigs. Plugged into my Fishman loudbox is heaven. I love her! -- 414dan
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Hi ALL. I'm Steve from the UK. Really good to meet you all. I've been playing for more years than I care to remember (38) and am ashamed to say I have only just purchased my first Taylor :-\ I have just got a beautiful 1993 810 complete with the "pink poodle" case and in incredible condition. Guitar has been stored well for the last 15 years and looks like new!! I am no authority on anything Taylor so (and I apologise in advance) I am going to be nagging you guys for all the lowdown on these wonderful Guitars. Hope you don't mind?? :) :) :).
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Hi ALL. I'm Steve from the UK. Really good to meet you all. I've been playing for more years than I care to remember (38) and am ashamed to say I have only just purchased my first Taylor :-\ I have just got a beautiful 1993 810 complete with the "pink poodle" case and in incredible condition. Guitar has been stored well for the last 15 years and looks like new!! I am no authority on anything Taylor so (and I apologise in advance) I am going to be nagging you guys for all the lowdown on these wonderful Guitars. Hope you don't mind?? :) :) :).
Hi Steve! We don't mind the questions at all! :) congrats on your 810!!! ;D
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Hi Steve!
Welcome from a pair of UK forum members - you'll have a great time here among Taylor aficionados. You can find out all that's worth knowing about these beautiful instruments...
We're in Northumberland, whereabouts are you?
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Hi Guys, thanks for the welcome. I am in the mountains of South Wales just shooting the breeze and playing my music. Look forward to getting to know you all. Take care now....
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Hi, my real name is Sula. I live in Montana. I am 10. :) :D\ I have a baby Taylor. It is really awesome!!!!!!! 8)
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Welcome Montanalou, what part of Montana are you from? We like the Missoula area and vacation out there quite often. Glad to have you here.
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Hi, my real name is Sula. I live in Montana. I am 10. :) :D\ I have a baby Taylor. It is really awesome!!!!!!! 8)
Great to have you here Sula! There are tons of great people here! :D
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Thanks. :)
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Hello from West Palm Beach!! My name is Stevie B. Can't wait to check out the rest of this forum!! Really looks informative.
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Hello from West Palm Beach!! My name is Stevie B. Can't wait to check out the rest of this forum!! Really looks informative.
Great to have you here Stevie, please make yourself at home! ;D
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Hi Stevie. Welcome to the UTGF. I lived in West Palm Beach for most of 1980...I think. 8)
Enjoy the site.
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Hello, my name is Paul. I am an aspiring learner with a long road in front of me. I currently have and play a Larrivee D-03, a Gibson Les Paul Standard, a Fender Strat and a Taylor GS Mini that I use as a travel guitar. I am very impressed with the tone and playability of my GS Mini. I have been researching 12-string acoustic / electric guitars and I am considering a Taylor 856ce to add to my collection. I have come to this forum to see if anyone has had experience with the 856ce.
Thanks,
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Hello, my name is Paul. I am an aspiring learner with a long road in front of me. I currently have and play a Larrivee D-03, a Gibson Les Paul Standard, a Fender Strat and a Taylor GS Mini that I use as a travel guitar. I am very impressed with the tone and playability of my GS Mini. I have been researching 12-string acoustic / electric guitars and I am considering a Taylor 856ce to add to my collection. I have come to this forum to see if anyone has had experience with the 856ce.
Thanks,
Great to have you here! :) keep us updated on your search!
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Hi Paul. Welcome to the UTGF. We have plenty of Taylor playing 12-stringers around here. I suggest that you start a thread under the "Taylor Acoustic & Electric Guitars" section. You'll get more responses there and plenty of experience to boot. :) Enjoy the site.
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Howdy,
This is my first post here on the Taylor forum. My only Taylor is a 2002 Baby, initially purchased for my wife. She's not terribly interested in playing these days so the Baby Taylor now does duty outside of the house for when the need arises. While the Baby Taylor's intonation has proven inconsistent at times, it's certainly worth what we paid for it-and then some. I may be in the market for a higher end Taylor to compliment my D-28, hence my interest in this forum.
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Howdy,
This is my first post here on the Taylor forum. My only Taylor is a 2002 Baby, initially purchased for my wife. She's not terribly interested in playing these days so the Baby Taylor now does duty outside of the house for when the need arises. While the Baby Taylor's intonation has proven inconsistent at times, it's certainly worth what we paid for it-and then some. I may be in the market for a higher end Taylor to compliment my D-28, hence my interest in this forum.
I first started with a Baby too. You'll get all your questions answered here in your quest for that next Taylor. We are glad you joined us.
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Howdy,
This is my first post here on the Taylor forum. My only Taylor is a 2002 Baby, initially purchased for my wife. She's not terribly interested in playing these days so the Baby Taylor now does duty outside of the house for when the need arises. While the Baby Taylor's intonation has proven inconsistent at times, it's certainly worth what we paid for it-and then some. I may be in the market for a higher end Taylor to compliment my D-28, hence my interest in this forum.
Great to have you here!!! :D
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Hi eggman, Welcome.
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Hi eggman. Welcome to the UTGF. I have a question: Chickens or Beatles? ;)
Enjoy the site.
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Hello and thanks for the site.
Great to have a place to read about other Taylor experiences and information.
Everytime I pick up my 714 I remember why I got it!
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Moose, welcome. You will enjoy spending time here.
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Howdy,
This is my first post here on the Taylor forum. My only Taylor is a 2002 Baby, initially purchased for my wife. She's not terribly interested in playing these days so the Baby Taylor now does duty outside of the house for when the need arises. While the Baby Taylor's intonation has proven inconsistent at times, it's certainly worth what we paid for it-and then some. I may be in the market for a higher end Taylor to compliment my D-28, hence my interest in this forum.
you should buy your wife a BTO 814ce next ;D
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Hi Everyone!
I have been playing guitar for almost a year and love every minute of it. I currently own 2 electric guitars and 1 acoustic and decided it was time for a new acoustic. Since I already have a mid range asian made guitar I wanted an American made guitar. I searched for weeks and discovered many a fine instruments with little known names but I focused on the three biggies, Taylor, Martin and Gibson. That research took another week or so before I decided on a Taylor and that Taylor came to my home last Thursday and what a perfect piece of instrument art it is!
I look forward to keeping myself a part of this forum that is dedicated to Taylor!
Thanks
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not dedicated site...committed...we are committed...or should be or something...gotta go, flashing lights outside and someone banging hard on the door......why yes sir i do like free coats..no sleeves you say?
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Hey everyone! My name is Neil (or Paco). I've been playing guitar since...1977...which I guess officially ages me! My main guitar for years and years was an Alvarez 12 string. Eventually I branched out...and then developed a serious guitar collecting problem: I'm sure a good number of you understand the drive. I have been a Tele player and a Martin player mostly, but I've also developed a serious Gretsch desire: I play a White Falcon and a 6120. Next week, I'll be picking up my first Taylor: an amazing 555 12 string. I'm chomping at the bit...
Anyway, greetings from the great Northwest. It's nice to be here!
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welcome in paco ! this is a pretty nice site. remember to wipe your feet when coming in, Jr gets a bit testy when you track mud on his diodes.
you'll have to post some pics of the 12'er for us when you get it. we love new guitar days !!!!
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Hey Paco nice to have you on board. Just please watch out for stepchildusmc, he does things with pictures people post and trust me, you don't want to know what those things are.. :o :o :o
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aww...there ya go scarin' another one off Site ! and for the record.... i am NOT the reason the last guy is selling flowers at the airport now. don't you go tellin' everyone that 'ol Steppy's a geetar prevert ( i may be but, they don't need to know)!
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Hi Paco and/or Neil. Welcome to the UTGF. Congrats on the soon to be new 555. Looks like you really appreciate nice guitars. Enjoy. :)
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Hello I'm a new Taylor 214ce owner. I'm a 3 time beginner trying to learn. I'm 62 and love acoustic guitars. I enjoy playing in my practice room and using the internet to learn by. I am usually on the guy's website that is from Tasmania. I won't mention his name. I really like the way he has developed his material and is always easy to understand. I'm looking forward to learning from others here.
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Hi deerpark1951. Welcome to the UTGF. :) Congrats on the new 214ce. Enjoy the site and keep on playing.
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Hi,
Last month I bought my GS Mini and I love it. I have a Seagull Artist Series Mosaic Folk guitar but found it was way too big to bring on our sailboat. We sail in Baja, Mexico about 4 months a year and I feel this guitar will hold up really well in that environment. I can't believe how much volume I get from that smaller body. I was also surprised how well I have managed with medium strings -- I had been using light ones on the Seagull.
Alice
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Hi,
Last month I bought my GS Mini and I love it. I have a Seagull Artist Series Mosaic Folk guitar but found it was way too big to bring on our sailboat. We sail in Baja, Mexico about 4 months a year and I feel this guitar will hold up really well in that environment. I can't believe how much volume I get from that smaller body. I was also surprised how well I have managed with medium strings -- I had been using light ones on the Seagull.
Alice
Great to have you here! We have a member named Captain Jim and he does lots of boating with his Mini as well! ;D
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Hi skagitpima. Welcome to the UTGF. Congrats on the new Mini. Funny, I thought of Captain Jim too. :) I'm sure he'll chime in and introduce himself. We have our share of Mini owners around here. Enjoy.
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Hi Anthony. Welcome to the UTGF. Congrats on the new Taylor. I didn't know how well I'd take to medium strings until I tried playing them. I still prefer lights, but have kept the mediums on my GS Mini and GSce-FLTD. Glad you found us. Enjoy. :)
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Hello everyone, I'm new to the site and am working on buying my first Taylor. I'm looking at the 512ce 12 fret. It will take 6-8 weeks to build. Thanks for the great site.
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Hi John. Welcome to the UTGF. Good luck deciding on your 512ce build. There might be a few cedar top 12-fret fans around here. Enjoy. :)
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Thanks Shane, I ordered the 512ce 12 fret today. I have been playing a classical guitar for several years after I got tired of my own playing and started classical guitar lessons. I missed the steel string sound and my Guild J30 Jumbo didn't work well for finger style. Then I started researching Taylor's and found a 12 fret cedar over hog and my mind was made up. The amazing sound coming from that little gc was heavenly. The transition from playing a classical guitar to the 12 was easy. It was the answer to my needs. Now I just have to wait til delivery.
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Hi all, i,m mitch from tallahassee fl. i have just started looking at taylors , i'm glad i found the forum. There is a lot of good info here, thanks
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Hi all, i,m mitch from tallahassee fl. i have just started looking at taylors , i'm glad i found the forum. There is a lot of good info here, thanks
It's great to have you here!!! :D
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Hi Mitch. Welcome to the UTGF. This is a great place to look and learn about Taylor guitars. Enjoy. :)
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When I was in my 20's (I'm in my 60's now) I had one of the "purported" last completely hand made Martin D-35's. All through my 20's I was very active in bands and
fell totally in love with that guitar. When I was 32, it was stolen. I had an Epiphone laying around but my music playing days were essentially over. I continued to noodle
on whatever was around but my heart wasn't in it. Enter my hubby.. Through a friend he came upon a 1982 model Taylor 810 for a thousand bucks!!
I fell in love with it at first sight. The tone is so rich and it can take a lot of "Player abuse"...I use a lot of tunings and play a very percussive style...think Shawn Colvin. Anyway, I've refound
my passion and only had to have the action lowered a tad (a concession to arthritis that makes it harder to bar chords.)
So that's me and I'm happy to be here!
Diane (Beano)
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Hi Diane. Welcome to the UTGF. Great introduction. It sucks that your D-35 was stolen. I've taken a few years "off" for various reasons, but seem to be moving in the right direction now. Congrats on your "new" 810 and the renewed passion. Enjoy. :)
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Thank you kind Sir...I'm new myself and have been lurking in the background and learning quite a bit about Taylor guitars..super forum, great people..thanks again
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Hi Josh~
I'm Kevin, but most people call me Cowboy.
I am 56 years old and have been playing guitar since the 3rd grade. My mom didn't like to drive so I used to have to ride my bike the 5 miles into town with my aqua colored electric Silvertone guitar...that is until my bike was stolen from outside the music store during a lesson. From that point on, I had to hitchhike to my guitar lesson; yes, I had to hitchhike when I was in the 3rd grade.
When I got to my lesson, often times the door to the music shop was locked, which meant that I had to go into the bar next door and drag my guitar teacher out so I could have my lesson.
He had me playing songs like "Blue, Blue, My Love Is Blue." Needless to say, my interest quickly waned.
After that I had an old no name hollow bodied arch top electric guitar. It only had 3 strings on it so I unraveled a screen wire to make a B and an E string and played without a D string. I wrote songs like "She Stuck Me With Needles And She Killed Me With Knives" ...but at least I wrote as early as the 4th grade.
One day a factory near where I lived burned down and we kids scavenged it after the firemen left. One of the buildings held a music warehouse with cheap low end products. I scavenged a plastic tambourine, a harmonica that didn't really work, a broken banjo that was unrepairable, and 5 or 6 sets of guitar strings. Those strings lasted me throughout my whole childhood.
There were a lot of factories near where I lived, both beyond the woods across the street, and all along the rail road tracks, which were about a block and a half away. Behind one of them were stored thousands of discarded skids (or pallets, if you don't know what a skid is). Now, most kids back then built a clubhouse or two, some kids built forts, some kids built tree houses (we built a couple of those too, but we built "shacks," and we used the wood from the stolen skids to do it.
These were elaborate structures with multiple rooms, second floors, lookout towers, windows that opened (wood, not glass), secret passages, and one even had an elevator, which worked well the first day, until someone got hurt and nobody wanted to use it anymore. We would cover these shacks in tar paper so that they would stay dry. Oh yeah, I should mention that every room was about 3 to 3 1/2'' square--width, length, and height--because that was how big the skids were.
As you can imagine, these shacks were pretty ugly to look at--a genuine eyesore! So of course we weren't allowed to build then in our own yards. Instead, we built them near the factories at the edge of the woods. But the factory owners didn't like them either so they would often tear them down, cursing us kids, cause tearing 'em down was no easy task...we literally used THOUSANDS of nails!
One time we built a cool one next to the RR tracks. It was 8 rooms arranged in a square with a center courtyard. You could close the outside doors and open the inside doors and have a camp fire in the middle, and nobody could see it.
The problem with that one was a bit different. You see, there was an old mansion further on down the tracks. iTunes to be the home of the guy that Jones Beach (on Long Island) was named after. This was once an opulent Gold Coast mansion in the style of the Great Gadsby era, but now was run down and operated by the state. It was called the Jones' Institute back then, and one of the things they did there was what people referred to as an "old age home." The truth was that they did alcohol rehab for older men who had no home. These guys would ride in on the rails in freight trains that they had stowed away on, get drunk, then arrested, and remanded to the Jones' Institute. Hoboes, they were called back in the old days, but we just called them "bums."
One evening, shortly after we completed the shack by the RR tracks, it was getting dark and hard to see inside the shack. We lit some candles and saw a bum laying in the next room. We thought he was a dead guy, and ran screaming from the shack. Outside the shack, of course nothing happened, so curiosity got the best of us and we furtively went back inside. We put pennies on his eyes and a small flat rock on his forehead, and still couldn't believe that we had our very own dead guy right there.
Scotty got bold and dripped wax onto the flat rock in some sort of made up pagan ritualistic manner that could have only been dreamed up by a kid with an over active imagination. As the hot wax rolled off the rock and onto the dead guy's forehead, the dead guy suddenly woke up screaming!
We ran, but he couldn't chase us, and we realized he was just passed out drunk.
The next night, he was gone, but a really old bum came upon us with a guitar strapped to his back with an old frayed rope. He was nice to us and gave us candy. He was a really respected bum, among the world of bums, and over the weeks that followed, introduced us to some of their friends. We would go steal packages of hotdogs from the A&P and vegetables from local gardens and they'd make "hobo stew," and we would listen as our friend would play the blues on this old beat-to-crap Martin guitar. He would make up the words on the spot and include our names in the stories, and he would sing about where he has been...Topeka...Santa Fe...Chicago... He had been everywhere. So we called him god (from the Baltimore Catechism:"Where is God? God is everywhere.") ...but with a small g of course.
I loved the storied songs and the 12 bar blues became ingrained in my mind.
Then one day, I was watching a TV show called "The Courtship of Eddie's Father." In that show, Eddie was playing a blues progression in A. Two strings, two fingers, then up a string to D...then down two strings to E. I recognized it right away and thought I could do that. I must have played that progression every day for a couple of years, every which way, fast, slow, and then I got fancy. That is when I really started playing guitar. ...plus it helped get me laid in HS.
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Welcome Cowboy. Try reading that with a straight-face. ;) Reminds me of The Steakhouse Incident. Enjoy the site. :)
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I am really glad I found this site. I am one year player that just bought a gs mini and need all the help I can get.
Looking forward to reading all of the advise.
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I am really glad I found this site. I am one year player that just bought a gs mini and need all the help I can get.
Looking forward to reading all of the advise.
Welcome holmesrt. It is a great place for all things Taylor. enjoy
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Hi everyone, I have been a Taylor owner for over 25 years, I bought 1987 510 way back then, still have it. I now have 2005 915ce and was doing a Google search on it which lead me to this forum. I find it to be very interesting and informative. Look forward to checking in on it,and keeping up with what's going on in the Taylor world. I live on Vancouver Island, Canada.
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Hi everyone, I have been a Taylor owner for over 25 years, I bought 1987 510 way back then, still have it. I now have 2005 915ce and was doing a Google search on it which lead me to this forum. I find it to be very interesting and informative. Look forward to checking in on it,and keeping up with what's going on in the Taylor world. I live on Vancouver Island, Canada.
It's great to have you here!!!! ;D
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Hi Happypicker. Welcome to the UTGF. I'd love to see your "vintage" Taylor pics. Glad you found us. Enjoy. :)
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Welcome Happypicker. I had a 510 it was a L9 model with short scale neck. Yours has some of that vintage vibe, and I bet it sounds great.
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Guess this is where I say "Hi" to everybody.
My name's Tim, and I'm a Taylorholic... ;)
My journey as a guitar player and Taylor owner began many years ago, when I was just a tyke growing up in Pittsburgh, PA. For Christmas one year, I received a child's guitar; it was little more than a toy, but it had six strings and one could theoretically play it. But I really hadn't a clue what to do with it, so I just did what kids mostly do: I pretended to play it by going through the motions of strumming and plucking it... It eventually got put aside or handed down to a sibling, and some years went by...
Next stop was college. A fellow student with whom I was acquainted at WVU had an old, beat up guitar that he apparently didn't want any longer. I can't even recall what the make was, but suffice it to say it wasn't a particularly expensive guitar. I was in the right place at the right time, and he gave it to me -- along with the knowledge of how to play the opening of "Stairway To Heaven." So, armed with that little a bit of knowledge, I was inspired to wandered into some of the music stores in Morgantown where I eventually picked up a few used published song books that showed the chords to many of ELO's hit songs, and began teaching myself how to play those songs. I passed that guitar on a few years later when I graduated from college and got my first job in the Southern Maryland area...
Now that I'd become a productive member of society, I decided I wanted a new guitar, and picked up an Applause round-back acoustic/electric guitar. It was a fine enough guitar, and was truly all I could afford at the time. I played it regularly for about 5 years or so, then put it aside for some reason. That guitar followed me (in its case) to subsequent jobs in Kansas, and then to Texas, but rarely got played during that intervening 20 or so years...
Fast forward to August 2012, and an extended trip back home to Pittsburgh. Out of the blue, my brother announces to me that he wanted to take guitar lessons. We headed on out to a local Guitar Center, where he picked up a relatively nice Yamaha dreadnought, but couldn't find anyone there who provided lessons. That led us to eventually darken the steps of Empire Music in Mt. Lebanon. As my brother was chatting with the shop proprietor (Joe) about taking lessons there, I wandered into the back of the store -- into the climate-controlled area where the really good stuff was kept -- and decided I should see if I could remember anything. Quite at random, I pulled a Taylor off the wall (as I recall, it was the Custom GA that I eventually purchased), and sat down to try my out-of-practice hand at "Stairway To Heaven." I was truly astounded by the sound I heard, even when it was produced by the two hams on the ends of my arms... I turned over the price tag and was, again, somewhat astounded... I looked at the name on the headstock and, frankly, thought "Who's Taylor...?" But the sound and craftsmanship of the guitar were so compelling that I just kept plucking away. Soon, Joe and my brother joined me in the room. After learning more about Taylor and their guitars -- and some cajoling from my brother -- I bought my first two Taylor guitars from Joe in November of 2012: a Custom GA with Sitka Spruce top and Makore back/sides; and a 656ce (I've always like the sound of 12-string guitars).
Well, it's just kind of snowballed since then -- as you can, no doubt, see from my forum signature. For a while, it seemed as if I'd joined Taylor's Guitar-of-the-Month Club... But it's all good: I've become something of a collector of Taylor guitars (stumbling across a NOS Liberty Tree Guitar during the past year -- #400); I'm playing regularly again; and some days I even think I'm not half bad... I think, unlike the other guitars I've owned, my Taylor guitars have inspired me to be worthy of the truly fine musical instruments I've purchased, so my enthusiasm for playing and learning hasn't waned. I also can't allow my brother (who's now also picked up a few Taylors from Joe) to be better than me... ;)
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Hi Tim and welcome to the UTGF! :) You certainly have amassed quite a nice collection of Taylor Guitars! Have fun playing them and nice to have you here! ;D
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Hi Tim and welcome to the UTGF! :) You certainly have amassed quite a nice collection of Taylor Guitars! Have fun playing them and nice to have you here! ;D
Thank you, Cindy! Looking forward to participating as I learn!
Oh, and a very appropriate avatar that you have there!
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Hello,
Great forum you've all got here, very cordial and informative, with people mutually helping each other out. I will need the 12 step program to stop buying these amazing Taylor guitars. Where in the forum to look for advice on replacing saddles?
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Hello,
Great forum you've all got here, very cordial and informative, with people mutually helping each other out. I will need the 12 step program to stop buying these amazing Taylor guitars. Where in the forum to look for advice on replacing saddles?
Bob Colosi does some incredible work creating saddles for Taylor guitars. Nice to have you here! :D
http://www.guitarsaddles.com/
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Thank you Cindy. Just bought a Colosi W. African hard ivory saddle in fact for the 516e FLTD, but I probably sanded it down wrong and I wasn't able to get my head around the sound. That saddle went into the 414 and is making that guitar sound great. Maybe a mahogany guitar just goes better with the micarta...not sure, will look around the forum. :)
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My name is Scott. I have been playing for about two years. I live in a rather remote region of Tennessee and the closest guitar instructor is 65 miles away so I am teachings elf.
I have several guitars including a Taylor 914 C and waiting on delivery of a custom GA with the Brushfire finish.
I am retired now but was a software engineer for 28 years. My hopy has always been furnature making until I discovered guitars. They are now my passion.
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Hi Scott. Welcome to the UTGF. Glad you found us. Looking forward to seeing your new GA. :)
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My name is Brian, stumbled upon the forum when googling Taylor and looks like a lot of good info. I play acoustic in church and have many acoustics with a Taylor 114ce, 310ce, 314ce and 612ce among them.
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Welcome Brian....nice family of Taylors that you have. We're glad you found us and joined. My roots were also playing acoustic in church....about 15 years.
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Hi Brian. Welcome to the UTGF. Glad you found us. Enjoy. :)
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Hello Josh and forum members. Sure glad this forum is here, love my Taylor but the official site is a little weak in the forum department. I played guitar in my teens and early 20.s but gave up playing for decades too long due to a crazy career. Always dreamed someday of getting a dream guitar and after retiring I bought a Gibson Hummingbird last year. I also decided to learn to read music and I am about a year into that.
About six months ago I drove 110 miles to the other side of the Big Island, Hawaii, where I live to the Hilo Guitar shop. It is to my delight a authorized Taylor Guitar Dealer. I wanted something I could fingerpick as my Gibson is a dreadnaught booming strumming type guitar. The first guitar I played at the shop was a 612 ce. Love at first sight and the tone....well you know!
So I count my blessings, I have a great fingerpicker and a great strummer. I have to admit as much as I love my Hummingbird, I usually play that gorgeous Taylor 75% of the time. Speaking of time, I usually practice my guitar playing two to three hours daily and try to keep up on my music lessons (Gibson Learn and Master dvd's). Sometimes hard to find the time as I have to walk the dog for an hour each morning, then do a two hour bicycle ride or long run each day, do yard work, wash the car, take out the trash....boy just thinking of all that makes me think it's nap time...or maybe I'll just change strings.
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Welcome tzinkona. Would love to see a pic of your maple GC. We don't see too many of those around here. Glad you joined Taylor and the official unofficial forum.
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Hi TZ. Welcome to the UTGF. Congrats on both guitars. I'm jealous of your brutal schedule. Makes me feel like a slacker. :) Enjoy.
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Hi members - I'm Doug from Washington state, and two days ago became a member of the Taylor family(although not thru marriage). I've had about a 20-year hiatus from playing, but recently felt the "bug" again. I decided to purchase a new acoustic. I did my homework(internet) and narrowed my choices. I visited the local guitar shops and played a few in my desired category. Although I had another brand in mind, as soon as I picked up the Taylor(414ce SLTD) I was sold. Not only did it sound the best it also felt the best. I just hope that I can remember some of my tunes, let alone some of the Beatles, Zeppelin, Floyd…etc... that I liked to play. I look forward to the time ahead with this guitar and on this forum.
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Hi Doug. Welcome to the UTGF. Congrats on catching the "bug" and your new 414ce SLTD. Enjoy. :)
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hi im not sure how this works... i think this is where i say hi and introduce myself? im from Wisconsin and i just got my dream guitar a 414ce and so i wanted to find a place where i could talk to other people that love Taylors too :)
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Hi Jesse. Welcome to the UTGF. Congrats on your new 414ce. I think you'll like it here. Enjoy. :)
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Hi,
I'm craig s. I bought a big baby on a whim about a year ago and fell in love with Taylor guitars. My old 1956 Harmony just wasn't worth playing anymore. Since then, I've learned a lot about Taylor -- watching Bob's Youtube videos and his factory tour helped me understand why Taylor is so successful. I was also lucky to visit a Taylor road show in my area. The knowledgeable Taylor reps show a spirit and enthusiasm about their products that's contagious. Marry that with a terrific product and buying my 816ce was a no brainer. I was lucky to compare a 2013 816ce with the newer ones. (at the show venue I also had an opportunity to A/B with some Martins which I quickly dismissed). I liked the pre 2014 Taylor styling better, and to my ear, they sounded and played about the same as the newer redesigned versions. So, I got a good deal on the older model with gold tuners, a rich dark (not "marbled") ebony fingerboard, maple binding, etc. I just found the UTGF the other day and I hope to participate and enjoy the Taylor banter.
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Welcome Craig and congrats on your new 816ce. You're not the only one who's liked the older 800 series better. You are who matters. Enjoy that beauty.
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Looks like everyone jumped into the pool at the same time. Welcome all and bring in those Zep tunes.
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Hi from sunny Melbourne Australia. New to Taylor guitars as I just bought a 714 CE a few days ago. Some of my friends think I have gone to the dark side but I really like my brand new Taylor.
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Welcome Gordo. Congrats on your new 714ce. Well, you're among friends here.
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Welcome. I love the retro look of the 700 series guitars. Enjoy!
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Its loud, perfect intonation, has amazing sustain, I am as happy as I could be.
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Hi everyone, my name is Arielle and I'm just learning how to play. I live in northwest North Carolina, in what is referred to as "the high country". I ordered the BT2, and I absolutely love it. While the BT2 is my first Taylor, she will not be the last. Thanks for this forum, and for accepting me into the group here!
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Welcome Arielle. Congratulations on your new Baby Taylor. It's a fine Taylor and you'll love your journey with it. You are right, that it's not likely to be your only Taylor. They tend to be a stepping stone into the world of awesome Taylor guitars. Glad you joined us here. Lots of fine folks and good information.
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welcome to the forum Arielle. Congratulations on the new guitar. This is a great journey and I love it. Cheers!
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Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the forum and signed after I purchased my first Taylor. It's a 2013 516e Fall Limited. Its a beautiful guitar and I'm really liking it. I mostly play Christian Contemporary with a church band and a few other groups. I'm invested in expanding my horizons though and I'm looking forward to be able to chat with fellow Taylor owners.
While I have your ear, there is one minor thing I find annoying about my 516. The strap pin at the bottom has a relatively small clearance and my existing straps don't fit over the pin easily and even then it doesn't slip down into the pin "slot" completely. I looked at some other Taylor's and they appear to have the same clearance. Anybody have this issue and find it annoying? Any strap suggestions.
I see others are listing thir guitars so I will do the same.
Taylor 516e FLTD
Martin D-28
Takamine AN-10
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Hi,
Clyde Spangler here from Lititz, PA. I'm a worship leader at New Life Chapel, a very small church in downtown Lebanon, PA. I've been playing in bands since I was 12 and I just turned 61 though I am not a typical 61 year old. I don't feel any different than I did when I was 31. I also go out as a single and play for private parties, Country Clubs, Senior Centers and anywhere else I can play including volunteering to play at the Veteran's Hospital or the local park. I sub in a few local bands as well.
I will be trying out my new (slightly used) Taylor 214CE at the Vets hospital tomorrow for the first time. I drove to Long Beach Island, NJ to pick it up and took it to Beth from Penn Avenue Music to have the action lowered on the bridge and the nut. The neck was already perfectly straight. Although the action is not as low as my $200. Washburn, I believe it will sound even better. I will be taping my synth pick up to it and I'm hoping it will not damage the finish. My website is http://cspang1.com/ and I have some older videos on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2quAVZCwVKg. In my acoustic shows I do some classic folk songs from the 60s and 70s like Taxi, Cat's in the Cradle, to the modern stuff like A Team and Thinking Out Loud. I've made some male versions of classics like "The Rose" and " Wind Beneath My Wings" I use "Band in a Box" for some of my backing tracks or just get them wherever I can.
I recorded 2 CDs of originals that I have written throughout my life after a bout with Leukemia about 14 years ago. They can be found on my website. Although I'm primarily and electric lead guitar player, I have enjoyed playing acoustic shows since band work is few and far between. My goals now are to have the time to record more original music both Christian and secular and play at more Senior Centers and local places where they appreciate my music. Thanks for reading this.
I'm sorry if I got carried away.
Clyde Spangler
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Welcome to the forum Clyde! Hope you are an active member.
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Welcome Clyde from a fellow Christian artist. Enjoy your stay here!
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Welcome from me as well. I also appreciate the special nature of leading prayer on guitar, as I do in my Temple from time to time.
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Welcome to the forum Clyde. It is a pleasure to have you amongst us.
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Hello, my name is Georg. I just ordered a Koa GS Mini from Sweetwater, but I'm told that the mini should be delivered in a few weeks. Apparently, Taylor had some problems getting koa wood. I hope the koa trees aren't becoming extinct. :/
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Welcome Georg. Be sure to share pics of your new GS Mini after you get it. We love Taylor eye candy!
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Hi Georg and welcome. Koa trees are endangered and becoming scarcer each year, but there is still a fair amount of instrument quality wood around still. Taylor probably underestimated the demand for these little beauties, hence the delay.
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Hi everyone, my name is Matt.
I am 63 years old and have been playing guitar since 1963 when I was 11, and got totally smitten with the Beatles.
I played in rock and rock bands in high school and folk groups when I was in college.
I was always a Gibson fan of their electric and acoustic guitars in the 60's and 70"s but I became disillusioned with their quality control in the 80's.
My first Taylor was (and is) an 812c that I bought in the 90's.
I then got a 12 string (356) about 5 years ago.
I am now looking for a nylon string model because I am experiencing neuropathy (lack of feeling) in my hands and fingers.
I joined this forum to see if anyone has similar issues, ideas or suggestions how I can prolong my playing days.
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Hi everyone, my name is Matt.
I am 63 years old and have been playing guitar since 1963 when I was 11, and got totally smitten with the Beatles.
I played in rock and rock bands in high school and folk groups when I was in college.
I was always a Gibson fan of their electric and acoustic guitars in the 60's and 70"s but I became disillusioned with their quality control in the 80's.
My first Taylor was (and is) an 812c that I bought in the 90's.
I then got a 12 string (356) about 5 years ago.
I am now looking for a nylon string model because I am experiencing neuropathy (lack of feeling) in my hands and fingers.
I joined this forum to see if anyone has similar issues, ideas or suggestions how I can prolong my playing days.
Hi Matt! Welcome to the UTGF! I'd recommend that you post your question in the "Taylor Acoustic and Electric" subforum as more people will be able to see it. I'm sure someone will chime in! :)
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Welcome Matt. Yes, be sure to start a topic with your question/s. People are quite helpful around here.
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Hello all. I'm Josh from Kentucky. I am the proud owner of a GS Mini Mahogany which is also my first Taylor (formally a Takamine owner). I tried Taylors for the first time last Saturday and was absolutely floored by all (a Big Baby, 110 and 114). As soon as i sat down with the mini, i knew that was it. Anyways, glad to be here.
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Welcome Josh - glad to have you aboard - love those Minis!
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Hello all,greetings from Australia.I'm a new member today.Am a very satisfied owner of a 1999 K-10 (with koa top) that I bought new.BUT getting very interested in 618e or 818e as well.Like many other folk I have had (and still do have a couple ) many,many acoustics of other brands,that came and went.The 1999 koa will NEVER leave it is quality all the way. Regards Steve
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Welcome Steve. Glad you joined us here!
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Wow; what a nice looking group! :)
I'm Michael Kitt from the Philadelphia western suburbs. I started playing back in the mid 60's, then went through a short hiatus (OK- 35 years) where I hardly took my '66 Gretsch Country Gent out of the case. Last August, after being influenced by hearing my neighbor's son strumming on the porch all summer, I took it to a luthier for a set up & light repair. After a month & a half of 2-4 hours a night playing, I realized that it just didn't have enough 'voice' for me sitting on the couch (without being amplified). I had recently played a friends Martin, & decided that it was time to look into an acoustic. As I had never played a Martin that I could stand, I figured I would look into Taylor.
After a bit of looking, I decided that I wanted a 2014 324FLTD all Koa. Price was more than I wanted to spend, but it was what I had my mind set on. Then I found that they were long sold out. After a Google search, I found a pristine condition one on AGF, & jumped on it! The guy that I purchased it from said that it was a first step on a DOWNHILL curve; boy, was he right! I absolutely love that guitar; enough that I 'needed' to try a Taylor 12 string. Found a 2009 954ce on Reverb & grabbed that- MAGNIFICENT guitar, both in playing & visual (and of course the sound!). Received a Wood & Steel magazine talking about the 12 fret models. They certainly sound interesting; 2 weeks later, an 812ce 12 Fret First addition joined the ranks. After a professional set up, & shaving the saddle down a hair, I LOVE it!!! Of course, that led to finding out that they had released a First Edition 914ce in 2015. Oh no, search on again! Found it new at a dealer in TX; it showed up 2 days ago. Yes, I'm now in Taylor Heaven! (although I still can't figure out how to play more than one at a time...)
That first seller was so right, a downhill curve for sure! Now if I can only learn how to play up to the level of my 'equipment'! (even though my audience is only my couch!)
Interesting forum, looking forward to participating! Thanks for having me!
P.S.- also into cigars BIGTIME...
~MK~
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Greetings from Pa. I found this forum while searching for an illusive Taylor 614ce with the blue stain finish. I played one about a year or so at a local Guitar Center store. Since then, like the ELO song says "I can't get it out of head". The look,feel and the sound is incredible! I've done the Martin Guitar tour in Nazereth,Pa. Very impressive! Also played a few Martins, but I have never heard anything with such clarity and ring like the Taylors I've tried.Does anyone here know if the Blue 614 ce was a limited production? I have an Ibanez as83vls and an Epiphone Les Paul ebony custom pro and I won't part with either but I still want the 614ce for finger picking and sweet acoustic strumming.
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Greetings from Pa...
Hello from a native Pennsylvanian!
... I found this forum while searching for an illusive Taylor 614ce with the blue stain finish. I played one about a year or so at a local Guitar Center store. Since then, like the ELO song says "I can't get it out of head". The look,feel and the sound is incredible! ... Does anyone here know if the Blue 614 ce was a limited production...?
Taylor offered colored finishes on their 'legacy' (pre-2015) 600-Series guitars (https://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/acoustic/614ce-2014); you must have found one at the Guitar Center. Most 'legacy' 600's were made with a natural finish; the colored finishes were made in comparatively fewer numbers. But since the 600 Series has been re-vamped, you might need to look for that blue 614ce on the used market. Good luck!
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I just bought a GS mini and trying to find out information about it. And luckily I found this site..very informative to a newbie like me. I am 17 years old from the Philippines. Still learning to play guitar and i hope one day I could hear myself playing confidently with my GS.
Thanks and peace to all.
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Welcome, heartstrings,
A GS Mini is a great way to get into the Taylor world. Best sounding small guitar on the planet imo.
This is a very friendly and helpful forum so anything you need to know will be answered, I'm sure :)
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Hello everyone. My name is Brian and I can tell you exactly how I felt when I played my first Taylor, that reverberation through my stomach and chest with the perfect balance of Lows, mids, and highs to my ear. So bittersweet it was that day I was not able to take it home. Now years later, I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase my first. I have a few now and I am wondering to know others' opinion of the year and models I have.
Cheers,
Brian
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Hello everyone. My name is Brian and I can tell you exactly how I felt when I played my first Taylor, that reverberation through my stomach and chest with the perfect balance of Lows, mids, and highs to my ear. So bittersweet it was that day I was not able to take it home. Now years later, I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase my first. I have a few now and I am wondering to know others' opinion of the year and models I have.
Cheers,
Brian
Welcome Brian. What Taylors do you have?
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2003 614ce, my baby
2008 614ce, putting up for sale this week
2014 314ce, solid guitar
2015 612ce...should be coming this week, blind buy (returned the 2015 614ce)
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Hello Everyone,
Long time musician and been playing Taylors (614 and 814) for about 14 years.
I'm hoping to learn more about my guitars and meeting other good Taylor people.
Thx,
Guitarizmo
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Welcome Guitarizmo!
You have a nice pair of Taylors, and we're glad to have you aboard.
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Welcome Guitarizmo!
There are a lot of "good Taylor people" around these parts :).
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Hi. Just joined. We're new to guitar, but serious about learning in our mid 50s. We bought a Taylor GS Mini, a Martin Custom 00021 and are about to buy a Taylor 512 12 fret for our first year arsenal. We're traveling full time in an RV and on the way to Alaska.
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Welcome. Learning guitar and full-time rv'ing sounds like a good combination. Nice trio of guitars to do it with too. We travel in a Class A motorhome with all sorts of instruments, but we are not full-timers.
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Hi everybody!
I'm Felix from Spain, Europe
I've joined this forum nearly at the same time as becoming a Taylor fan
I've been an amateur musician for many years, playing acoustic, electric and nylon classical (jack of all trades...) and for acoustics I've always been a Martin guy, but I've recently acquired a Taylor 150e, and after that I became interested in the brand, and the result is now I also own a 814ce and there's also a 618 at my local store which is calling me "Dad"
I'm sure I'll learn a lot in this forum and I hope to be able to contribute every now and then
Please excuse me for my bad English
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Your English is just fine (and very good). Glad you joined us here. :)
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Thanks, TaylorGirl!
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Good to be here.I am Shaun,I live in the U.K.I am a full time gigging musician (playing in two acoustic duos).I have owned many brands of fine acoustic guitars including Lowden,Martin,Larrivee,Lakewood,Ovation (top of the line model),Maton,Avalon and finally a fantastic Taylor 2014 812e and I have to say that my 812e,is probably the best acoustic I have owned and if I could qualify this by saying the aforementioned other brands have all been good guitars and some of them exceptional guitars, so it is good to be here.Thanks.
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Welcome SCP, sounds like you have exceptional respect for Taylor's. Most of us here do too. ;D
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Welcome Shaun - glad you can join us. The 812s are very special guitars! I have also owned most of those brands before coming home to Taylor .
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Welcome Shaun - glad you can join us. The 812s are very special guitars! I have also owned most of those brands before coming home to Taylor .
Yes,I think having someone who can play guitar well like Andy Powers designing Taylors is one of the reasons why they are so good.I have seen this with other guitar makers,those that are very adept at playing guitar seem to make the best guitars.
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Welcome SCP, sounds like you have exceptional respect for Taylor's. Most of us here do too. ;D
Certainly do like Taylor guitars Taylor Girl.Thanks.
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I just found this forum online and thought I'd sign up. In my family I am referred to as "the perfect one." I am the oldest of all my cousins and they all grew up with "Why can't you be good like your cousin Jimmie." or "Why can't you get all A's like your cousin Jimmie." Then cousin Jimmie goes of and gets ordained! That's a tough act to follow!
Two summers ago, at a family gathering I discovered that one of my my cousin's kids played the guitar so, not to be outdone I began guitar lessons at age 69!
My "baby" is a Taylor 314ce. My "others" are Yamaha FSX700SX, Zager ZAD50CE, Seagull S6 Original and Ibanez AM73B-TF
8)
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Hello,
I finally got myself a Taylor guitar after many years of window shopping. Sold my low end 12 string (no mentioning of brand haha) that I purchased some 22 years ago in Okinawa and cashed in some gift cards to buy myself a 324 hog top. This is my first 6 string acoustic and I'm in love with it! Almost forgot how different it is to play an acoustic than an electric but I am enjoying every moment!
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Welcome to the forum. Hope you take the time to be an active member.
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Hi to all from Iowa!
I bought my first Taylor guitar over 10 years ago, a Baby Taylor, and then several years later bought a Big Baby. I thoroughly enjoy the Wood and Steel magazines that I receive, it makes owning a Taylor guitar a special experience. I have since given the Big Baby to my adult son, and he is now teaching my 14 year old granddaughter to play as well. My son is a better player than I am, and my granddaughter is going to be better than either of us, she is just a natural.
I was really happy to find this forum. I am retired now and have ample time to pursue my interests and get much enjoyment from following good forums such as this. I am looking forward to reading it daily. :)
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Welcome wproct! We are happy that you joined us here. You'll enjoy our Taylor talk!
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wproct, welcome to the Forum -- lots of knowledgable folks here -- Enjoy!
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Hi everyone. I'm 65 and live by the Malvern Hills in Middle England. I've been playing guitar since 1965, when amplifiers ran on coal.
My first Taylor was a 712 with Brazilian slab cut back and sides. It was priced at xx and I paid xx plus my Martin D18. Ten years later I sold the 712 for xx and the Martin went for xx :-\.
Since then I've had a 414ce, an NS24e and a 314ce which I gigged for ten years.
My ideal Taylor was always a 714ce in cedar/rosewood - basicaly the highest spec you can get without ivoroid bindings. Unfortunately I left it too late to buy one as Cedar/IR is only available as a special and only Sweetwater has stock. They can't ship any of their current IR guitars internationally due to the new CITES regs which came into force last month. So I've bought a 2016 614ce from someone who bought it new but preferred their old 410. I'm pretty happy with it, though I hope one day Taylor will try a Cedar/Maple combination as I've never found a better top wood for my tone preference and light fingerstyle.
Looking forward to meeting others on here 8)
$, per forum rules.
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Welcome Raystrack. I also have some love for cedar topped Taylor's. One of the many flavors to enjoy.
P.S. I had to modify your original post, as we don't allow price discussions for guitars. Maybe give our forum rules a quick glance, thanks.
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Raystrack, welcome to the Forum -- enjoy your time!!!
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Hi everyone,
Had my beloved 615-Ce ( serial # 20010406119) was stolen in 2005 and I have been searching for it ever since. Thought I would try the Forum and see if I could get any ideas or help. The Police have not been able locate it. It's been gone a long time, but I have not given up hope. The Home Invasion occurred in Quincy, MI and was purchased from Woodwind & Brasswind in South Bend IN. I really miss and share in the love for these well crafted instruments.
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Hi everyone,
Had my beloved 615-Ce ( serial # 20010406119) was stolen in 2005 and I have been searching for it ever since. Thought I would try the Forum and see if I could get any ideas or help. The Police have not been able locate it. It's been gone a long time, but I have not given up hope. The Home Invasion occurred in Quincy, MI and was purchased from Woodwind & Brasswind in South Bend IN. I really miss and share in the love for these well crafted instruments.
Welcome, and sorry to hear about your loss. It sounds like you did the proper thing in notifying law enforcement about the theft, but do you know whether it's been reported to Taylor? It may be a long-shot to finding the guitar, but if Taylor Customer Service knows that the guitar has been reported as stolen, they may be able to help in finding it. If it ever comes up for sale, and a potential buyer does what I usually do when considering a used Taylor (i.e., call Taylor for information on it using the serial number), Taylor may then be able to get information on the seller and notify you and/or law enforcement.
Also, if the thief was foolish enough (or a subsequent buyer unlucky enough) to [re-]register the guitar with Taylor, they may already know where it is.
Good luck in recovering it!
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Thanks for the info. Yes, I have been in contact with Taylor's Customer Service and since I purchased it new, they do have a record in their data base tracing it back to me. I'm trying to cover all bases, so thanks again.
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Hey guys, my names Tim Davis and im in NC.....big Taylor fan
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Hello fellow Taylor Guitar Owners.
RSpeach here from Pinehurst, NC . Just purchased a brand new 2017 Taylor 810 Natural and loving it.
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Welcome!
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Welcome RS-
Nice guitar - hope it gets along with all the Martin's in NC! Let us know how it goes, and enjoy your stay with us!
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Good morning from East Tennessee!
My name is Ron and I live in Erwin, TN, and I just bought my first Taylor (618e).
I probably know many of you from the UMGF, UBGF, or AGF. I am a retired (mostly)
songwriter and am glad to find this group.
Ron
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Good morning from East Tennessee!
My name is Ron and I live in Erwin, TN, and I just bought my first Taylor (618e).
I probably know many of you from the UMGF, UBGF, or AGF. I am a retired (mostly)
songwriter and am glad to find this group.
Ron
Welcome to the UTGF, Ron!
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Welcome Ron, from Memphis TN. Glad you could join us!
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Welcome Ron, from Memphis TN. Glad you could join us!
Ah, Folk's Folly - one of the best restaurants in the South. Memphis has wonderful food.
Thanks to you and Susie for the welcome!
Ron
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Hey Ron! Good to see you here. I used to spend a lot of time on the UMGF.
My name is Josh, from north central Kansas. I just bought a 416ce after 35 years of playing Martins. Still tweaking the setup and getting used to it.
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Welcome to the forum, Josh, and congrats on your new Taylor!
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Hi, Josh. I'm new here, also, but there are some fine folks on the forum.
Ron
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Hey there! I'm Ken, and currently play a 712ce WSB. Thanks for the add!
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Welcome Ken!
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Hello from Colorado Springs, Colorado everyone!
Thanks to Josh for putting up this site. I purchased my first Taylor guitar, 614ce L30, in late 2004 when I lived in Virginal. In 2009, I was living in Seoul South Korea and picked up my 2005 T5. I love the way my Taylor guitars feel in my hands and I'm all-in when we talk Taylor Quality. I'm a big fan of Bob and his crew and I love reading my Wood & Steels. I am a retired man with lots of hobbies in addition to music. I enjoy online collaborations with other musicians and posting my recordings to my website. I am also a Classic Car/Truck enthusiast. I own a 1966 Chevy C10 StepSide Short-Bed, converted to 4WD. I collect plastic model kits and it has become an obsession. I am almost finished putting together a 1955 Chevy Cameo pickup. I'm doing the whole bit on this build including airbrush paint and bare metal foil. In addition, I love taking care of my house and playing with my grandchildren. Oh, and I am a huge Bowie and Lennon fan, have been 4ever!
I hope to chat with and get to know my fellow members.
Cheers,
Rick
(Rokit)
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Nice intro, welcome Rick!
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Welcome to the forum Rokit. Sure would love to see a picture of the Cameo when you have it done.
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MGap, thanks for the reply. I'll get some pics of the Cameo up soon. Here is a pic of my life-size 66 C10! Along with a Guitar Acquisition Syndrome flowchart. :D
Welcome to the forum Rokit. Sure would love to see a picture of the Cameo when you have it done.
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MGap, thanks for the reply. I'll get some pics of the Cameo up soon. Here is a pic of my life-size 66 C10! Along with a Guitar Acquisition Syndrome flowchart. :D
Welcome to the forum Rokit. Sure would love to see a picture of the Cameo when you have it done.
Very cool Chevy, love those lines. I have riden many of them.
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Hello from Minnesota...
Started my guitar career in the 50's with a neighborhood rock band...like many others from my era, practicing in garages and playing the local scene. Some of my favorites were Chet Atkins and johnny Smith. Though I love to listen to finger style playing, I never concentrated my efforts in that direction...just the use of the flat pick. Later in my musical career (hobby) played with jobbing bands doing all types of music. Most of my efforts are now at home with some occasional volunteer gigs.
i purchased my first Taylor 210 about 6 years ago and have worked with that one most of the time. I always wanted a high quality acoustic and finally invested in a Taylor 814es deluxe...great guitar. Now my immediate challenge is to match an amp to the guitar and my style of playing. Not as easy as I thought it would be. But like they always say "your getting older now and you see and hear things differently". Well, this is the kind of challenge I'm looking for and will rely on this forum to help. I really appreciate the wisdom I've seen displayed and look forward to the education and enjoyment.
Guitpicker
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Welcome guitpicker. Looking forward to having you join in the discussions....I bet you have a lot a great knowledge, based on your guitresume. :)
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I finished up the Cameo, here is the pic. I better include a picture of a Taylor guitar as well!
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...Sure would love to see a picture of the Cameo when you have it done.
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Super nice job on the Chev pickup.
The cabs on that model are so cool.
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Thanks! I love the 55 pickups since it is the same year I was born -- yep I'm a classic issue too! ::) My cousin restored one of these babies while I was overseas. I kicked myself when I got back because I would have bought it in a second! He took care of me though and found my 66 Chevy pickup at a local car dealer. I didn't hold back and following Commanding Officer approval (that's my Wife :P ), I bought it! I like to take my truck camping and I love sitting around the campfire, noodling on my guitar. My Taylor's stay at home -- both much too pricey to take camping so I take my Dexter or Alvarez GD 50 along.
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Between my guitars, my pickup and my scale model collecting/building obsession, I'm a pretty happy guy. I got more than I ever thought I'd have in this life. It sounds like a materialistic thing and it probably is...but I grew up believing "he with the most toys, WINS!" Oh well, you can tell I'm jaded!
Super nice job on the Chev pickup.
The cabs on that model are so cool.
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Hello all! I've just acquired a beautiful 320e Hog/Sapele. Gorgeous tone and is quite the chameleon too: Can pump out some bass-heavy blue grass to lovely, almost classical sounding finger-picked lines. I'm impressed (I guess that's why I bought it). I kept comparing it to a Martin D-28 that was hanging on the wall near by and it kept up with it well. The Martin was a little bit easier to play, but volume-wise the Taylor pretty much kept up, even though the Martin was selling for twice the cost.
Regarding tone, it's often assumed that b/c it's a Taylor, the bass won't be as full, but with this guitar, at least, it was very nice and the mahogany gives it a richer/darker tone, which I like.
I have had a Big Baby Taylor and a Jewel signature model (beautiful guit) in the past, but sold them both for financial reasons.
The only complaint I have is that the action is just a titch high, sitting about 1/64th above spec on the bass side. I'm going to bring it to our local authorized Taylor guitar tech and have him work his set-up magic on it and, hopefully, dial in the playability for me.
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Welcome DelMcG!
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Hello all! I've just acquired a beautiful 320e Hog/Sapele. Gorgeous tone and is quite the chameleon too: Can pump out some bass-heavy blue grass to lovely, almost classical sounding finger-picked lines. I'm impressed (I guess that's why I bought it). I kept comparing it to a Martin D-28 that was hanging on the wall near by and it kept up with it well. The Martin was a little bit easier to play, but volume-wise the Taylor pretty much kept up, even though the Martin was selling for twice the cost.
Regarding tone, it's often assumed that b/c it's a Taylor, the bass won't be as full, but with this guitar, at least, it was very nice and the mahogany gives it a richer/darker tone, which I like.
I have had a Big Baby Taylor and a Jewel signature model (beautiful guit) in the past, but sold them both for financial reasons.
The only complaint I have is that the action is just a titch high, sitting about 1/64th above spec on the bass side. I'm going to bring it to our local authorized Taylor guitar tech and have him work his set-up magic on it and, hopefully, dial in the playability for me.
Hi DelMcG!! Welcome to the community from a fellow "new guy". This is a great group and very friendly.
Yes, I hear all the time how Taylor instruments "have no bass", but I think it's one of those self-propagating internet forum things. Although they are brighter than Gibsons or Martins generally, they have plenty of bass and plenty of punch. Even my modest 110e outperforms my last Gibson (a Hummingbird Pro that cost maybe 4 times as much!) in the bass department.
Again, welcome!
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Howdy all
Thank you for adding me to your forum!
My name is Greg from Melbourne, Oz and I am on the cusp of purchasing a Taylor 312CE...so help me God!
Greg
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Welcome to the forum, Greg!
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Howdy all
Thank you for adding me to your forum!
My name is Greg from Melbourne, Oz and I am on the cusp of purchasing a Taylor 312CE...so help me God!
Greg
Hello Greg and Welcome!
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Howdy all
Thank you for adding me to your forum!
My name is Greg from Melbourne, Oz and I am on the cusp of purchasing a Taylor 312CE...so help me God!
Greg
G'day, Greg! Spent a week visiting Melbourne on business about 25 years ago. Great city! 300 Series Taylor guitars are fair dinkum; good as any! Enjoy!
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Hello All: I just joined the site a couple days ago. I own a 314 acoustic and a T5z. I've been playing for about a year. Looking forward to Taylor and just general guitar information sharing.
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Hello All: I just joined the site a couple days ago. I own a 314 acoustic and a T5z. I've been playing for about a year. Looking forward to Taylor and just general guitar information sharing.
Welcome, Leon!
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I'm a brand new member and I am looking for an answer to this question. I am considering purchasing a Taylor 414ce Special Edition Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar Shaded Edge Burst manufactured in October of 2017. Can someone confirm it has a Sitka spruce top with solid Rosewood back and sides? Thank you.
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I'm a brand new member and I am looking for an answer to this question. I am considering purchasing a Taylor 414ce Special Edition Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar Shaded Edge Burst manufactured in October of 2017. Can someone confirm it has a Sitka spruce top with solid Rosewood back and sides? Thank you.
Well it is definitely solid Indian rosewood back and sides. Tops were Engelmann until they ran out and switched to Sitka. Best way to know is contact Taylor with serial number and they can confirm.
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Woodstock was a seminal event in my youth and I became infatuated with the likes of CSNY and friends. In particular, Stephen Stills and Neil Young became my personal guitar heroes. In 1973 (shortly before Bob Taylor started the Taylor Guitar Company), I scraped together enough cash to buy a new, Made-in-Taiwan Yamaha FG 200. I proceeded to self-teach all of those great songs of the era.
At the time, the finest guitars on the market were coming from a family owned business in Nazareth but, for a poor college student, those guitars were only meant for professionals. If you couldn’t make a living playing, you couldn’t afford and didn’t deserve one of those guitars. They were as close to me as the Man in the Moon. Yes, I put them on a pedestal where they remained for decades.
Fast forward 45 years, which the Yamaha spent mostly in its case, three kids were raised and put through school, a mortgage was paid off and I was able to retire a bit early. Finally, with time to spare again, I dug the Yamaha out of the attic, put fresh strings on it and amazingly, it still played a tune. It dawned on me that I could now afford to buy a good guitar and there was only one brand I was interested in—the one I left on that pedestal 45 years ago. I did my homework, and since the first of this year, have acquired a luscious NOS 2016 Custom HD-28V in Guatemalan Rosewood and ordered a custom sinker mahogany from the same company. The process of placing this custom order made me realize what an antiquated business I was dealing with. This allowed me to expand my horizons and I began consuming everything I could find on Taylor. I am blown away by the groundwork laid by Bob Taylor that is resulting in the incredible innovations that are just beginning to be introduced to the market. I am particularly smitten by the new BE K14ce. To me, the ergonomic innovations on this guitar are every bit as important and impressive as the V-Class bracing. My lust is expanding to all things Koa with all the great things BT is doing on the ground in Hawaii (hope the volcano hasn’t harmed his trees!). So, anyway, I do not yet own a Taylor but there is no doubt one will be added to my collection once my prior purchases have been absorbed. I’m looking forward to learning even more about Taylor and what The Players have discovered about its products. It’s a privilege for me to be here.
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I am a returning acoustic player. I've been playing electric for the last 10 years. Glad to be here
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Thanks for the add... I was really happy to find this forum. I remember the old Taylor Guitar Forum, which became the Acoustic Guitar Forum. Having just reacquired a T5, I was searching the web for some answers to questions I had. All of a sudden, here you were!
Happy to be here!
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Hi there,
I’m a big fan of Taylor guitars. Through trades, upgrades, close outs etc., I have accumulated 4 fine Taylor guitars. A 2018 GS Mini, a 2017 710e, a 1993 912 ce, and a beautiful 2015 P14 (cocobalo) with sunburst finish. While I do own one high end Martin, I am a Taylor guy. Hey I even named my dog after the company “Taylor”. Well, she’s a girl, I couldn’t have named her Martin, Fender or Gibson anyway. 😜🎸
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Welcome Johnny!
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Hey, all, I'm an older guy (in body) from small town North Carolina. I've been playing "at" this beautiful thing called a guitar for around 40 years and, considering, I really should be better at it than I am. The thing is, I just love everything about these instruments; the sound, the feel, the sight, and the feeling one gets from playing. I guess that's why I keep accumulating the things. I have a couple Martins, a couple Gibsons, a Gretch, a Breedlove, and, now, three Taylors. I also have several axes that I use as travel partners - these are the ones that, it wouldn't ruin my life if they accidently got backed over by a truck (good guitars, but not essential).
My Taylors are: an N32ce, a 150e 12 string (what a delight that thing has turned out to be) and my recently acquired 2018 814ce dlx.
I enjoy mostly finger style playing on the acoustics and then flat pick the electrics and the 12 (usually).
Thanks for having me on this site. I have some issues that I look forward to posting in hope of getting some good feedback.
Keep 'um in tune, y'all.
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Welcome Cool! Sounds like a nice group of guitars/Taylor's. You'll enjoy your time here, good people and good info.
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Thank you, looking forward to it.
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Welcome to the forum Coolfingers-NC, pleased to have you spend some time with us. I have a 6-year-old 814ce, so I am partial to them. Congraulations.
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Hi Coolfingers. Welcome to the UTGF. I'm from NC and recently moved from Raleigh to a small town in the country. Enjoy the site.
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I just joined the forum. I've been a long time member at AGF, and decided to start spending some time here. I currently own a 2004 Taylor 710, and an R Taylor Style 1.
JR
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I just joined the forum. I've been a long time member at AGF, and decided to start spending some time here. I currently own a 2004 Taylor 710, and an R Taylor Style 1.
JR
Welcome Jeff. You will enjoy it here.
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Hello .......my name is Gary , 67 years young and I’ve been playing guitar for 55 years and lovin’ it
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Hello .......my name is Gary , 67 years young and I’ve been playing guitar for 55 years and lovin’ it
Welcome. Funny thing is, I'm married to a 67 year old Gary. ;D But, he's just a bass player. :o
Enjoy your time here!
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Hi Everyone, I’m pretty new and first time introducing myself. Recently retired and in my early sixties. Bought my first guitar at 16 mainly to sing with alongside my best friend.....(I was a lead singer in part-time bands and acoustic duos in 70’s & 80’s). Have recently added a few Taylor’s in last couple years. Mostly play for my own enjoyment, family/friends and do some home recording of originals. Like many of you I also enjoy the constant quest for the “perfect” strings for each guitar. (Generally not a fan of coated strings).
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Hi, just bought a GS mini Mahogany and looking forward to learning some blues on it.
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Welcome Paul, congrats on the new hog mini!
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Good morning and Happy Holidays! Been skulking on here little bit and decided to enjoy the benefits of joining. I'm not the world's greatest guitar player, play for self-enjoyment, but have been away from playing for quite awhile. The holiday season usually gets me to the piano at home and I decided I need a new guitar to inspire me, lol. I have a Baby Taylor I acquired many years ago, my last full sized guitars weren't Taylors but I had one years ago I wished I'd not let go. I think it's pretty cool (and I'm sure good marketing) I've been getting "Wood & Steel" forever even though I haven't bought a new Taylor guitar since 2006. Well, according to FedEx my signature will be required when my new Taylor is delivered sometime today! I think there's a place to post info about new additions, so I'll get in the spirit and do that within the next day or two. Lots of good information on here (and the atmosphere is so positive!) and it's been fun to look in from time to time and has been useful in evaluating ideas and confirming that I really needed to get back into the Taylor fold. Gregg
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Good morning and Happy Holidays! Been skulking on here little bit and decided to enjoy the benefits of joining. I'm not the world's greatest guitar player, play for self-enjoyment, but have been away from playing for quite awhile. The holiday season usually gets me to the piano at home and I decided I need a new guitar to inspire me, lol. I have a Baby Taylor I acquired many years ago, my last full sized guitars weren't Taylors but I had one years ago I wished I'd not let go. I think it's pretty cool (and I'm sure good marketing) I've been getting "Wood & Steel" forever even though I haven't bought a new Taylor guitar since 2006. Well, according to FedEx my signature will be required when my new Taylor is delivered sometime today! I think there's a place to post info about new additions, so I'll get in the spirit and do that within the next day or two. Lots of good information on here (and the atmosphere is so positive!) and it's been fun to look in from time to time and has been useful in evaluating ideas and confirming that I really needed to get back into the Taylor fold. Gregg
Welcome! I'm always excited to see the new guitars posts, so don't forget! ;)
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Well here is my intro!
Guille here, lover of the craftsmanship of Taylor guitars, their powerful sound, and their ridiculous comfortable necks! After owning a few I had to sell them and some other gear to buy a house. Sad moment, but also allowed me to go back out there and look for new guitars once the money stopped pouring into the house purchase (lol).
Some years later I came across a 2006 Cedar top GS5 (not mini) and I simply had to have it... but couldn't afford it :-\ . But time passed and I was able to find that same model and it sounded just as good as I remember - which is a testament in itself of the quality control within the Taylor factory. a couple of years ago I swapped the battery system at the bottom of the guitar because mine started acting up with a new model that allowed to retro-fit older Taylors with the TaylorSense system. To my surprise, this not only fixed my scratchy sound problem but also improved the clarity of my amplified sound considerably. I love the warmth out of the cedar top coupled by the mellow frequencies I get from the mahogany found in its back and sides.
As a side note, I work for ToneRite USA and if there is anything I can do for you in that regard, please don't doubt about reaching out to me.
Now let's talk guitars and gear!
-Guille
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Welcome to the forum guilleonline. Interesting story, I am a mahogany fan as well.
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Hi Guille, GLO77, Paul L., Llama2018, Gary, and JR. Welcome to the UTGF. Hope y'all enjoy the site. :)
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Hi all, from a new Taylor owner!
I began by buying a Hofner classical in 1963 (£12) and have since played many instruments, some great (Yamaha, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Gibson, Fender), some not so great (Vox, Futurama, anyone…?), and even owned some of them.
Now I've sold the three I had left and acquired the final one which will last me to the end of my days. I sampled a few in a local well-stocked store (GAK Brighton) and was blown away by how good the Taylor 214ce-K DLX sounded even against a Martin, Faith and Takamine in a similar price range.
So now I play my Taylor every day at home and every week in church, loving how good it looks and, much more importantly, how it sounds.
Brucie in Worthing, UK
Taylor 214ce-K DLX
Fender Stratocaster
Ibanez bass
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Welcome Brucie and congrats on your new 214ce-k dlx!
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Hi all, from a new Taylor owner!
I began by buying a Hofner classical in 1963 (£12) and have since played many instruments, some great (Yamaha, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Gibson, Fender), some not so great (Vox, Futurama, anyone…?), and even owned some of them.
Now I've sold the three I had left and acquired the final one which will last me to the end of my days. I sampled a few in a local well-stocked store (GAK Brighton) and was blown away by how good the Taylor 214ce-K DLX sounded even against a Martin, Faith and Takamine in a similar price range.
So now I play my Taylor every day at home and every week in church, loving how good it looks and, much more importantly, how it sounds.
Brucie in Worthing, UK
Taylor 214ce-K DLX
Fender Stratocaster
Ibanez bass
Great to have you here Brucie! Congrats on your excellent guitar! ;D ;D
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Welcome to the forum Brucie. Congratulations on the new 214 dlx, that is a nice one.
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Hello fellow Taylor owners or players. My name is Neal and I have a 2014 816CE. My other acoustics are Ovation Elite 1778T, Martin DCM, Breedlove C250, Guild 12 string and Yamaha silent steel string. Happy as can be to be here and look forward to sharing info on these amazing guitars.
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Hello fellow Taylor owners or players. My name is Neal and I have a 2014 816CE. My other acoustics are Ovation Elite 1778T, Martin DCM, Breedlove C250, Guild 12 string and Yamaha silent steel string. Happy as can be to be here and look forward to sharing info on these amazing guitars.
Welcome Neal, you have a nice variety of guitars.
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HI My Creative Friends,
My name is Larry and I live in Costa Mesa, CA. I am not exactly a New member but I have posted very little if anything. I have been playing on and off for 10 years and have been sticking with it the past few months. Got my E and A bar chords down and working on mastering the Pentatonic shapes and spanning across the fretboard and connecting the dots, in major and minor of each note. Can get all over the fretboard in G and A and working toward more every night.
I am also working with a Beat Buddy to provide timing and help with creativity, and also working with a looper for the same... trying to become more and more creative when playing on my own.
I am in love with hte Taylor Mahogany sound and I want a 322ce with an armrest. Need the armrest and the smaller shape due to shoulder strain. Even as a taller person (6'1") i feel the strain from big deaeds across my shoulder. Bevelled armrest has been a bit of help but this is hard to find in Mahogany. I love the SANTA CRUZ OO 1929, and would be a dream to get one with a bevelled arm rest. If anyone knows of a boutique or small hop luthier that can make this, please let me know! Would be a dream come true!
Anyway, I play reggae, singer songwriter stuff and I try to play blues... love acoustic blues... and hope to get a song or two down with some tasty licks. Would love to meet up with other players in the OC area in So Cal.
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Hello, my name is Roy. I recently picked up my first Taylor guitar, a 2018 514ce Cedar top. I have been playing guitars and collecting some for about 20 years. I have a couple Martins, an Alvarez Yairi classical, a Gretsch hollow body, Ibanez acoustic bass, and can't seem to part with any of them.
I am excited about the quiet mid-range strengths of the new Taylor, and the quality intonation that comes with the V-bracing.
They sound very different from my big room filling Martins.
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Welcome to the forum Cliff_the_stiff. Big Cedar/mahog fan here as well.
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Hi Everyone. Just last week I purchased my first Taylor guitar - 314ce, but I returned it today and put on order the 322ce 12-Fret - which is the Taylor Guitar I wanted from the beginning, but settled on something different so I could walk out of the store with something in my hand. After stewing about it for a week, I decided to be a bit more patient and just get the one I really wanted.
For the record, I really liked the 314ce! But, I'm not good enough justify owning both at this point. :-) I just started playing guitar; I'm taking lessons and absolutely LOVE this new hobby/passion. I won't be posting much since I don't have insights to share, but I look forward to learning from others.
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Welcome Utah! The 322ce is a great choice!
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Cheers all.
Bill from NW Ohio here. Past lurker but now that I finally own a Taylor thought I should join.
2007 Custom GS Master Grade Koa 12 String. What a fine instrument!
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Welcome Bill!
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Cheers all.
Bill from NW Ohio here. Past lurker but now that I finally own a Taylor thought I should join.
2007 Custom GS Master Grade Koa 12 String. What a fine instrument!
Nice handle. Welcome to the forum. I've always coveted a Koa 12 from Taylor.................
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Welcome Bill!
Would love to see some nice pics of that master grade koa - enjoy that beautiful guitar and enjoy your time with us here!
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I’ve been playing for decades - just having fun. Own 3 Taylors (655ce Maple 12 String, 524ce Mahogany, 224ce koa). Though I have other guitars (Rickenbacker 12 string, old Guild D35, Takamine koa, etc), I only seem to play my Taylors…
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Welcome to the forum, Robert. Hope you join in on the discussions, with your experience.
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Hello fellow guitar enthusiast. My name is Roger and I'm from New Brunswick, Canada and I'm a self taught home guitar player. I'm 52 and a single Dad to 3 wonderful daughters. I own a telecaster, stratocaster and a yamaha acoustic (can't remember the model). Since hearing and reading about the Taylor guitars I've always wanted one. Well, this week i picked up a 110e and am very impressed with the rich sound. I'm not sure how much input I will be able to contribute but, looking forward to learning new things on the forum. Take care fellow strummers :)
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Welcome to the forum, Roger, and to the Taylor family.
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Thank you, Josh. I am dobrodado. I began playing guitar with a mail-order electric guitar and amp from a magazine around 1966 at the age of 14. Didn't know if I had any talent or not, but my interests in the Rolling Stones, Beach boys, Beatles, lovinspoonful, Mamas & Papas from WLS Chicago, and a bunch of different folk players kept me trying. Within a couple years, my dad met a banjo player. I had wanted to play a banjo, but had never come across one at that time. Although I took a few guitar lessons from Jimmy Wilson in Lafayette, Indiana, at a music store I can't remember, my banjo lessons from telephone lineman Vic Rigsby outside Fort Wayne, Indiana really seemed to stick. I jumped on the Scruggs style using plastic finger picks, and shortly went to a plastic some pick and pointy Ernie Ball metal finger picks. Within two years of getting my first lessons on a homemade five string, I lived in South Carolina and at 17 helped for a country rock band with some friends called sour mash at the University of SC. All the time. I kept playing both five string banjo and acoustic guitar. About 35 years later, I got a Taylor 814 CE and gave all my other acoustic guitars away. It is my only acoustic guitar that I play on stage and it is ailing, electronically. I also have a few slides, including Weissenborns, square neck resos, a custom lap steel and an old studio Les Paul. Since my son has lived in Southeast Asia, he has brought me a weird metal banjo from Myanmar, a Dro-ou (spelling) with a snakeskin head from Cambodia and a horse head fiddle from Mongolia. My niece gave me a partially destroyed mandolin, which I restored and I am currently teaching a grandchild the ukulele. That's about it. I have played in the same eclectic acoustic six person group with slight personnel changes for over a decade in Columbia, South Carolina. I joined this forum because I am having trouble with the expression system on my Taylor guitar and I am going to look for some other people who have addressed this challenge. Taylor's approach takes a lot of time and money and shipping my instrument. I'm against that. I am in a fix, and I have a gig next Monday and I am going to have to borrow somebody else's guitar, because my sound guy refuses to Mic my guitar. Meeting with my Luthier friend today for him to examine it and help me think about it. Thanks for setting up and maintaining this site, y'all.
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Welcome dobrodado! Stick around, there are many helpful folks here.
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Hi all...I've been playing guitar for over 40 years, and in all that time, I just kinda dabbled in acoustic guitar. (mostly electric player here) so I don't really have the chops, but recently decided I wanted to seriously learn to play acoustic. I have owned several el cheapo acoustics in that amount of time, and would play for short periods before deciding it was too hard, and went back to electric. Kind of a weird intro I know, anyway, my story is: I traded away my beloved Gibson Midtown Standard for a made in Mexico 210e SB DLX, and am amazed at both the how easy it is to play, and even more important, how good this guitar sounds! The action is not totally unlike an electric.
It is more difficult still than an electric, (probably just because the strings are heavier gauge), but I believe I can get used to playing this 210 because the action is quite low, and yet, no buzzing. If it weren't for such short fingers, I think even playing a barre F in the first position would be easy, except I have a little trouble with the 6th string. Anyway, I go by drmmrr55, but my name is Ron, and I wish I had gotten a Taylor many years ago....If I only knew! After trying many, many different higher quality guitars, I've come to the conclusion that Taylor's were made for players like me, who need quality instruments to get over the hump, of the difficulties involved with playing acoustic guitars with heavier string gauges.
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Welcome Ron. Taylor definitely creates guitars that are comfortable to play. They are beautiful too! :)
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Welcome Ron
Your story is familiar around here - lots of electric players who found their ideal acoustic in Taylor. I've always been a primarily acoustic player in my 50 years of playing, having played and owned many quality brands over the years. I came to Taylor in the late nineties and have never looked back.
Enjoy your stay!
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Chicago native and current SoCal resident here. Hadn’t picked up a guitar since my daughter broke the neck on my 65 Gibson SG about 22 years ago. Decided to pick up playing again and knew I wanted a guitar that would inspire me to play and wanted to go the acoustic route. Tried out a few different Taylors at GC then toured the Factory. In the price range I was looking at I was deciding between new GP 317 and the 324ce. Settled on the 324ce. Couldn’t be happier. Using the Fender app to get reacquainted with playing again. Appreciate all of the info provided on the forum. Used it as a guest while I was researching which guitar to buy.
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Chicago native and current SoCal resident here. Hadn’t picked up a guitar since my daughter broke the neck on my 65 Gibson SG about 22 years ago. Decided to pick up playing again and knew I wanted a guitar that would inspire me to play and wanted to go the acoustic route. Tried out a few different Taylors at GC then toured the Factory. In the price range I was looking at I was deciding between new GP 317 and the 324ce. Settled on the 324ce. Couldn’t be happier. Using the Fender app to get reacquainted with playing again. Appreciate all of the info provided on the forum. Used it as a guest while I was researching which guitar to buy.
Welcome back and congrats on the new 324ce....a great choice!
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Welcome Broe66
You chose one of the coolest Taylor models out there these days. Play on and enjoy!
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Hi Everyone,
I am glad to be invited to this forum. I am a huge Taylor enthusiast. My son and I both own Taylor Guitars. My favorite is currently a GS5 - beautiful sound! My son lives in Orange CA and we have both been to the Taylor Factory in El Cajon several times. The factory tour really sells you on Taylor quality.
Thanks,
Ron
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Hi Everyone,
I am glad to be invited to this forum. I am a huge Taylor enthusiast. My son and I both own Taylor Guitars. My favorite is currently a GS5 - beautiful sound! My son lives in Orange CA and we have both been to the Taylor Factory in El Cajon several times. The factory tour really sells you on Taylor quality.
Thanks,
Ron
Welcome Ron. I understand your love for the GS5. I had the 12 string version. A truly special guitar. Enjoy your time here.
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Hi Everyone,
I am glad to be invited to this forum. I am a huge Taylor enthusiast. My son and I both own Taylor Guitars. My favorite is currently a GS5 - beautiful sound! My son lives in Orange CA and we have both been to the Taylor Factory in El Cajon several times. The factory tour really sells you on Taylor quality.
Thanks,
Ron
Glad to have you here Ron! ;D
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Welcome Ron. Does your GS5 have a cedar or spruce top? In any case, that pure acoustic series was very nice while it lasted. Enjoy your stay!
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Hi, my name is Bud. I am from Vancouver WA. I have played in church for many years. I was play an Ovation but recently bought a Taylor guitar. I love the bell sound of the Taylor and I have orders a 714 V class to add to my collection. The electric guitar if a beautiful instrument but there is such a sweetness to an acoustic that I love.
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Welcome Bud, I'm a 25 year church-playing veteran. Retired from it now. Congrats on your new and up coming Taylor's!
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Welcome to you Bud!
You've picked a perfect guitar for supporting your praise and worship. And it's also one the most versatile guitars for all applications. Congrats and God bless from a fellow Christ-centered singer/songwriter/guitarist....
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Hi Everyone,
I am the proud owner of a Taylor S Mini, spruce top. It's my first Taylor, and I love it. I purchased it when we were travelling through Steamboat Springs, Colorado, this summer in our little RV. I am a new player and have only owned a guitar since November of last year. My original one is a Faith Mars drop shoulder dread (all mahogany). Since I am on the small side (5 feet tall), I get tired quickly and have some shoulder pain when I practice on it too long. The mini is perfect for avoiding that, and it sounds pretty darn good too!
I have been playing 5 string banjo for about 3 years now, and I absolutely love it. I can tell I'm falling in love with guitar too. I think this might be the start of something great! :)
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Hi Everyone,
I am the proud owner of a Taylor S Mini, spruce top. It's my first Taylor, and I love it. I purchased it when we were travelling through Steamboat Springs, Colorado, this summer in our little RV. I am a new player and have only owned a guitar since November of last year. My original one is a Faith Mars drop shoulder dread (all mahogany). Since I am on the small side (5 feet tall), I get tired quickly and have some shoulder pain when I practice on it too long. The mini is perfect for avoiding that, and it sounds pretty darn good too!
I have been playing 5 string banjo for about 3 years now, and I absolutely love it. I can tell I'm falling in love with guitar too. I think this might be the start of something great! :)
Great to have you here Lorilee! Make yourself at home here! ;D
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Hi Everyone,
Hope you doing well,
My name is Lissa and I am newbie here.
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Great to have you aboard, Lissa. Lots of nice people here. What are you playing these days?
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Welcome to the forum Lissa. A lot of great content here for all things Taylor
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Hi Everyone,
Hope you doing well,
My name is Lissa and I am newbie here.
Welcome Lissa, glad you joined our friendly forum!
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Hello all...
Thank you all for allowing me to join. I hope to become a valuable, contributing member. My name is Matt, from northern Illinois. Started playing when I was 14, formal lessons at the local shop. This was a wee bit before the internet. My first guitar was a Dan Armstrong lucite, (should have kept that one). I have been playing a Washburn D10 since the 80’s. Early this year I picked up a Fender CD60 Mahogany, keep it at work for playing at lunch. Couple of months ago, a new Taylor224 CE-K. Now I know what guitar can really be like. What a difference. I will try and post pics of the family (guitars) when I can figure out how, don’t hold your breaths...
Matt
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Welcome Matt. You are right, Taylor guitars are a joy to play. Congrats on your 224....you bet, we'd love to see pictures.
If you read Reply #2 here, it might help in your posting pics:
http://www.unofficialtaylorguitarforum.com/index.php?topic=320.0
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Welcome to the forum Matt. My first acoustic guitar was a Fender F35, bought it many eons ago to take to university with me, still have it.
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Hello,
Thanks for allowing me to join. I look forward to being a member of this forum, and gaining knowledge and insight. I've been a player for about 40 years. I've owned/sold many guitars over the years. I do own a T5z custom which I'm looking to sell/trade, and will be posting that soon in the marketplace section. I'm looking to perhaps buying a Taylor acoustic in the near future. Maybe something in the 600 series, to complement my other acoustics. Again, thanks.
Mark
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Welcome Mark, you sure have an impressive group of guitars there. Your T5z is gorgeous....good luck with that sale. We sure hope you stick around and participate. There is good information and great people here.
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Welcome Mark. I’m fairly new here also. Play a lot, stop by often...
M
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Hello everyone. My name is David (david714). I've owned about a dozen Taylor acoustic and electric guitars since buying my first Taylor in 1979 (wish I still had it). Currently, I have a DN8, a 714, a 422, a GS Mini, and a Liberty Tree guitar. (I also have a Godin A6 Ultra that I bought to replace my T5. Sorry, I just liked the sound and the ability to blend acoustic with electric at the same time.)
I've been playing for a while, but in the late '90 had a brain aneurism and had to learn to play all over again. Oh well...just glad to be alive and enjoying life (and playing Taylor's). Thanks again to everyone who had a part in providing this site. I'm sure I'll use it often.
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Welcome David - Nice collection of guitars there! So glad you're playing again and enjoying it. I'm about to take delivery on a new 714 in a few weeks - I'm stoked! Enjoy your stay with us....
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Welcome, David! Glad you're still with us!
... Currently, I have a DN8, a 714, a 422, a GS Mini, and a Liberty Tree guitar...
I also own one of the Liberty Tree Guitars; just thought the back story on those guitars was so cool...!
... (I also have a Godin A6 Ultra that I bought to replace my T5. Sorry, I just liked the sound and the ability to blend acoustic with electric at the same time...)
Yeah, the T5 isn't for everyone; it's definitely a different beast... For those who can figure it, out and have the proper pedals and such, it's really an amazing guitar; but I've never taken the time to properly learn it. Frankly, I've been thinking about parting ways with mine; I only use them as electric guitars, and have acquired better options in that realm over the years...
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Welcome David. Your story is inspiring. Happy you're back playing again. :)
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Hello from SLO, or San Luis Obispo to the uninitiated. Recently started up playing again after a 40 year sabbatical. Had a D-76 back in the day and currently have a few nice Martins and picked up a sweet Taylor Grand Concert Acoustic-Electric Spruce and Koa. Loving the short scale, the smaller size, easy playing, and bright sound of the Taylor. Surprised me how much I enjoy the Taylor, it has become my go to guitar and is my primary finger style guitar. Cool site with lots of good information.
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Hello everyone,
I’m Toska and absolutely new in here!
My guitar journey started somewhere in 2010 with a crappy concert guitar from a supermarket which was a pain in the ... to learn on. Luckily, I was determined enough to stick around and eventually I got some Ibanez dreadnought which accompanied me for a good five years until I moved and had to sell it because I was very short on money. It broke my heart, honestly!
Eventually, I ordered a BT2 in 2015 after being a Taylor fan since I first got interested in playing the guitar (thanks to all the Youtubers doing amazing acoustic covers and songs with Taylors).
I deeply love this little guitar until today.
Now at the age of 25, I’m finally able to afford a full size Taylor model and I decided to get a 414CE-R as I think it’s a great allrounder both for strumming and finger picking.
Being a self-taught guitarist, I started with some simple strumming, but I developed a high interest in finger style over the years and hopefully, the 414 will be enough of a workhorse to let me get better at playing different styles.
Once Corona is over, I want to take lessons.
Also planning to spark some guitar interest in my husband (gonna try to teach him some basics). :-)
Will upload pictures once the new beauty arrived.
-t
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Hello. New guy here. My name is Jim but some call me Jack. I will be 64 this year and picked up my first guitar earlier this year. It was a Fender Esquire and I learned three cords on it. After visiting Sam Ash and Guitar Center and hearing some of the other guitars, I realized I should have saved the $xx I spent on that Squire and shelled out more for a better guitar. I was torn between Taylor and Martin. I found a Martin DRS2 for $xx and have been using that for the past couple of months now. What a huge difference in sound and playability. I am learning faster now and having more fun at it.
Now I want to add a Taylor guitar. It has been a while since I was at Guitar Center but I remember the sound and feel of a Taylor 214ce I tried but wish I could try some others. Looking forward to trying a few more so I can decide what to buy.
Cheers,
$, per forum rules
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Welcome to the forum Jack. Good information here to help in your search for a new Taylor.
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Greetings to all of you guitar lovers! I first started playing guitar at 13. I am older now. Several years ago, I bought a GS Mini and loved it. However, my younger daughter also loved it. After several transparent hints that she coveted it, I gave it to her for her 25th birthday. I am thrilled that she shares my enchantment for acoustic guitars, but miss that little guitar. A couple of weeks ago, I received an offer for 48 months of free money for a Taylor guitar. I jumped, took a tour through their lineup, ordered, unseen and unplayed, a 714ce V-Class Western Sunburst. Yeah, I know, how frivolous, how unwise. But, I have played enough Taylors to know that this guitar is gonna rock my little world. Can't wait to get my clumsy mitts on it! I look forward with glee to sharing thoughts, fun, and knowledge with all of you other guitar lovers. To shamelessly and frivolously paraphrase a well known Winston Churchill quote; "There is nothing better for the inside of a person than the outside of a guitar."
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Welcome Jack, be sure to let us know when you get your 714ce.
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Welcome to the forum, Jack!
We have something in common - I'll be taking delivery on a 714 V class western burst next week. She's a beauty, and according to my dealer, she lives up to Taylor's hype relative to sound. Can't wait! Enjoy your new companion!
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Howdy Mr. Strummin! Sounds like you also had to put in an order for a newly built guitar? Let's see who gets to post a happy photo first! Also, we can compare serial #s to see who has the more "vintage" guitar Good luck with yours as well.
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Howdy Mr. Strummin! Sounds like you also had to put in an order for a newly built guitar? Let's see who gets to post a happy photo first! Also, we can compare serial #s to see who has the more "vintage" guitar Good luck with yours as well.
Here's my serial number: 202030103. Mine was started a while ago and delivered to my FGS. However, it had incurred a blemish on the top due to a faulty case during shipping. So back it went to the factory for repair and a case replacement. Then Covid-19 shut down the El Cajon factory for weeks! Finally, Taylor reopened, did the repair and shipped the guitar back to my FGS this past week. I should have it by this Thursday! Here's a teaser shot:
(https://i.imgur.com/DX9Nyx8l.jpg)
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After 35 years of bang'n out chords on my Washburn, I've decided to buy some new guitars and start taking some lessons. Fulfilling a promise I made to myself after I retired last November. I recently purchased a PS-18 Taylor. After mentioning to my "teacher" that I wanted to install a pick-up, he asked, "are you sure you want to put a hole in that beautiful guitar?" So, on my first day here in the forum , I'm asking for opinions. The PS-18 is a Brazilian rosewood back,sides and sunburst front. I do have other Taylor guitars. A K14 and a gs mini koa. Both with electric pick-up. So, should I or shouldn't I ?
TrampsLikeUs
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Welcome Tramps.
Wow, from a Washburn to a PS-18. Good on you! I'd love to see pictures of it, if you have the time.
You might get better feedback on your question, if you start a new thread dedicated to that.
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Hi everyone, I'm a new player and new Taylor gs mini Koa owner. I started playing about 9 months ago, at the age of 71. Always wanted to learn guitar. I was a clarinet player in high school and haven't played an instrument since. I thought learning to play guitar would help keep my mind sharp. Little did I know that a lot of it is stretching to reach weird finger positions with somewhat arthritic fingers. But I love the sound of my new (to me) Taylor. That Koa gs mini sounds so sweet. I am selling 2 guitars that I started on, a Little Martin and a folk size Simon & Patrick, to finance this purchase. I'm taking paid lessons online on Guitar Tricks. At some point I expect I will need some in person lessons but it's difficult on a retiree salary. So I soldier on. Good to meet all of you!
I have one quick question. Is there a strap that fits GS mini that you can use a strap lock on? The straps I have barely fit on the bottom of the guitar where the electronic plug in is, with no room for a washer. How do gs mini owners secure their straps?
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Welcome Deb!
Taylor's strap pins are notoriously hard to fit a strap on. One tip I've seen on this forum is to wet the leather or suede strap end and press the hole between two quarters on a vice grip. Once dry, the strap should more easily fit on the pin. Enjoy your new journey!
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Welcome. You will do just fine with guitar, as long as you have determination. We are here to help along the way, should you have questions. Strumming Fool has the known fix for leather strap ends on Taylor's. It should do the trick.
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Hello!!!
My name is Cris and a Brazilian living in Switzerland. I have been playing guitar alreadly for few years I am had been dreaming with a Taylor guitar since a I had the chance to play few models in a music store.
It came out that the GS-mini-plus was my choice. Apart from being an outstanding piece of work, the fact that it is small enough to bring it with me wherever I go, was a major featured considered. Pricewise, I was also bending to Taylor 214ce-K but I am happy with my choice.
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Welcome Cris, from a fellow, happy GSM koa plus owner.
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Hi everyone!
I recently began the journey to learn guitar and so far, so good. One goal is to prove that you can teach an old dog (66yo) new tricks. ;D
While I don't own a Taylor at the moment, that is my 6-month goal. I've started with a $150 Ibanez which a friend graciously tweaked for me - lowered the action, better strings - and it's a decent instrument, but I've handled (not played) a couple of my son's Taylors and I'm shooting for a 314ce when I've progressed enough.
Given daily practice, a minimum of 15 minutes - I expect to reach that point next March when I've committed the time and effort to justify spending $2K.
I don't have any questions at this time but look forward to joining the community of Taylor owners.
Cheers,
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Hi everyone!
I recently began the journey to learn guitar and so far, so good. One goal is to prove that you can teach an old dog (66yo) new tricks. ;D
While I don't own a Taylor at the moment, that is my 6-month goal. I've started with a $150 Ibanez which a friend graciously tweaked for me - lowered the action, better strings - and it's a decent instrument, but I've handled (not played) a couple of my son's Taylors and I'm shooting for a 314ce when I've progressed enough.
Given daily practice, a minimum of 15 minutes - I expect to reach that point next March when I've committed the time and effort to justify spending $2K.
I don't have any questions at this time but look forward to joining the community of Taylor owners.
Cheers,
Welcome to the forum. Your goal for a 314ce is wonderful. You won't be disappointed.
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Thanks, and I still hope to reach that goal, although the time frame may be farther out...since I just got my first Taylor, a new 214ce-SG LTD. Got a good deal on a showroom model and couldn't pass it up. I tried out a different 214 and the difference between playing that and my Ibanez was so huge! Practicing is much more enjoyable with this guitar, my motivation went through the roof. Chord changes are smoother, scales, fingerpicking, everything I can do up to this point.
My son went to CME with me and gave it his blessing. He has a 714ce and even he was impressed, plus it's an absolutely gorgeous instrument.
Cheers,
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Hi everyone, I'm Brian. I am using the Pandemic as a reason to get back into learning to play. I'm guitar rich and talent poor. I got a 414ce Ovangkol last April, followed it up with a 414ce-R (long story) and have a 814ce on it's way to me. Oh yeah, I got a Mahogany Mini when I got the first 414ce as part of their promotion. Poor thing, doesn't get much attention.
So does anyone know why they discontinued the Ovangkol 414ce? I'm trying to decide which of the two 414s to let go of when the 814ce arrives. They are both great guitars, the Ovangkol is about a year older and does sound a bit different/better(?) than the Rosewood. I'm thinking of letting the Rosewood go as the 814, I assume, will be similar in tone. Thoughts?
Looking forward to getting to being able to move about and hopefully find some people to play/practice with.
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... So does anyone know why they discontinued the Ovangkol 414ce? I'm trying to decide which of the two 414s to let go of when the 814ce arrives. They are both great guitars, the Ovangkol is about a year older and does sound a bit different/better(?) than the Rosewood. I'm thinking of letting the Rosewood go as the 814, I assume, will be similar in tone. Thoughts...?
Hi, Brian and welcome! I wasn't aware that Taylor discontinued their use of Ovangkol; it still shows it as one of the tonewoods offered on the Taylor web site -- but then again, their web site is notorious for being behind the times, so to speak...
In any case, my initial recommendation would be the direction you're already heading: if you only plan to keep two guitars, keep the Ovangkol 414ce and the 814ce. While the 414ce-R is Rosewood, and should have a similar tone to the 814ce, they're not guaranteed to have identical tones due to differences in internal bracing. So you might compare them side-by-side when your 814ce arrives and judge for yourself which has the more appealing tone to your ear. There's no right or wrong answer here.
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So does anyone know why they discontinued the Ovangkol 414ce?
Bob Taylor has said in print that "... getting ethically sourced ovangkol can be challenging....". I don't know exactly what that means as he never elaborated, but they have cut down on its use. I have owned ovangkol 414ce, 410, and a T5 Classic. It is a great guitar wood which I often call "rose-hogany" having tonal elements of both rosewood and mahogany. The EQ curve is pretty flat, unlike scooped rosewood or mid-emphasized mahogany.
I agree with Timfitz - the 414-R and the incoming 814 will be redundant, but will sound different. Although I sold mine last year as part of downsizing, the 414ce was a favorite and reliable guitar over the 19 years that I owned it. I kinda hated to see it go, but I cannot keep them all.....
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Hello everyone,
Playing my new Builder's Edition 652ce Natural is so much fun! This is my first Taylor guitar and I like it a lot. It is part of my guitar family joining my Fender Strat, Ovation, and Martin D42.
I used to play professionally many decades ago. Now, I do weekly community (do they still call them?) gigs just for fun. :-)
Joining this forum will help me gain much knowledge about Taylor Guitars, I'm sure.
Wishing all good health and happiness,
SparkMark
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Hi everyone!
I’m Jeff, and I recently purchased my first Taylor. It is a GS Mini Koa Plus, which I love playing. I love how easy it is to just grab, and play whenever. More importantly, I find it to be a gateway drug to the rest of the Taylor line. I’m here to learn as much as possible, through other’s experiences and preferences.
I must say, there’s something special about Taylors. Every one I have picked up has seemed “just right”. I respect everything Bob Taylor has done with His ebony mill. Once I saw his videos, I knew I wanted to own a Taylor!
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been playing guitar with my duo AERIAL ACOUSTICS for 26 years.My partner plays a 914c but that's another story. I have in my possession two 912s A custom one with a cedar top and a builders edition. two different tones....two different neck scales of which at first I was concerned. Coming from owning several 14s I went to a smaller body two years ago with my custom. I had Taylor make my 914c with a standard scale like my older 14s. But I needed a backup guitar so a month ago I bought the builders edition with the smaller scale. The interestin g this is I also have a Les Paul which has a shorter scale. Most Gibisons I hear have shorter scale neck. Both 9112s are great. My custom uses a K&K pickup......And the builders is stock
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Sixx String Jani is in the building!
We love each other but sometimes we fight .... "Lets not fight tonight"...
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Thought I'd try once more here. My previous attempts from my Ipad were cut from a couple paragraphs down to a few characters . .. . or maybe the site just cut out the low quality content automatically :). Thanks all and I'm looking forward to using this forum for great info.
I began playing way back in high school, and after several guitars bought the nicest one my limited college budget would allow in 1974 - a Giannini. It has a nice tone and was made of cedar and Brazilian redwood - and I enjoyed playing it for 45ish years. But many years ago I picked up a Taylor that played and sounded wonderful. I'd wanted a nicer guitar for many years and finally decided last year to go for it, and after research/playing I was thrilled to purchase a new 714ce. Then about a month ago I saw a video from Alamo Music comparing a new 714ce to a 20 year old 714ce. It sparked my interest and I called them when they opened the next morning and the 20 year old 714 had not sold. So after a quick conference with my lovely wife I called them back and snagged the 2002 model. It's really great having the two models to play. The 714ce really appeals to me for it's quality and its decorative simplicity.
I'll try to past a link to the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrWVbwULHzs&t=20s
Anyway, I'm just a recreational player but really like much of the Taylor line, especially the two samples I'm enjoying. Hopefully this posting works better than the initial tries and again, I'm looking forward to enjoying the forum!
Ron
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Welcome Ron!
You have some great Taylors there. I've been a big fan of the 700 series for years. I currently own a 2020 714 that is such a beast! I used to own a GC 7 (same wood combo as your older 714), that was sooo sweet sounding! I ended up preferring the grand auditorium size, as you can see in my signature. Thanks so much for joining our group. Enjoy your stay!
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Welcome Ron!
Thank you - great to hear from another 714ce enthusiast. For me it certainly is a wonderful guitar. And wow! My compliments on your great collection of great guitars. After reading here a bit I already feel better. I was feeling a little indulgent having gone from 0 to 2 nice (to me) Taylors over the past year. :) Taylor makes some stunningly beautiful guitars!
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I was feeling a little indulgent having gone from 0 to 2 nice (to me) Taylors over the past year. :) Taylor makes some stunningly beautiful guitars!
Welcome to the forum Ron. Congrats on your 2 714ce's. I bet they are both awesome. I've settled in to just the GA's too and I agree wholeheartedly that Taylor makes some stunningly beautiful guitars. Re feeling indulgent, you're just getting started, when you look at folks on this forum. It's all good though, you have to embrace life and enjoy.
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So true. Funny how a simple guitar can be a part of that. Thanks for the welcome!