would anyone buy a baby taylor if they made them from koa?

[Frettingflyer]

Add me to the no list. I have tried quite a few used ones that came thru the studio where I used to take lessons. Looks like a great guitar for a kid starting out, but the sound was a bit thin to my ears. I have had a few travel guitars,(go guitar grande and Yamaha silent guitar) but the Mini was the first that really made it seem worth the effort to travel with..
Intrigued by the carbon fiber guitars for travel but really happy with my Mini's for the foreseeable future.

[ronmcc4]

nope....

For travel guitars, without doing a whole lot of research, I had a Martin Backpacker.   The say if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.   

Before the GS Mini came out, I upgraded to a Baby.  And I was happier, but still felt the tone was not great and had intonation issues.  I saw the GS Mini at a Taylor Road Show and that was that.  Baby - Sold, Mini purchased.

That sounds a lot like my experience too.