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Taylor Acoustic & Electric Guitars => Taylor Acoustic & Electric Guitars => Topic started by: beachbum205 on August 26, 2021, 03:39:49 PM
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Just got this Academy Series A12e, and I really like it!
- very comfortable to play
- the neck is as you would expect- awesome!
- sounds better than I expected, plenty of unplugged volume
- definitely is loaded with Taylor tone, including what I call that "Taylor sparkle"
- ES-B pickup is OK
It is really fun to play, and sounds balanced and focused. In short, highly recommended!
Anyone else have thoughts on the Academy Series?
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I think it's an excellent guitar in a body shape and price point Taylor should have offered years ago.
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I played one when they first came out and thought they were fun guitars. Congrats, the top is cool.
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We got one(my sons) as a BOGO for a great price with my K24ce BE. It is a surprisingly nice little guitar and a joy to play. I would think it would also make a great travel guitar like the GS mini because in its bag it doesn
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I have played a couple of them, and they are fine. Since I already owned a 114ce when the Academy series came out, there wasn't much need to duplicate that end of the spectrum. I only wish that we could have gotten guitars of this high quality and budget price point when I started playing seriously in the early 80's..... I have certainly paid more $$$ for less guitar. Congrats!
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I only wish that we could have gotten guitars of this high quality and budget price point when I started playing seriously in the early 80's.
I agree. I wish I had had this choice or a GSM, when I started in 1973. However, given how conservative my folks were, I probably would have still ended up with a Harmony Stella. :-\ But, I do appreciate the fact that they supported me in learning by paying for guitar lessons. So, all is good...it turned out fine for me.
I have certainly paid more $$$ for less guitar.
I agree, these Academy's are quite the bang for the buck.
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I still have my Sears Silvertone folk 000 model that was a Christmas gift in 1968. I have done considerable work to it (re-fret, added pearl dots, double-width compensated saddle, Gotoh tuners) so it is a far better playing guitar than when it came out of the factory. It has a solid birch top and a funky ladder-braced tone which is enjoyable. It still hangs on my office wall and gets played from time to time. Since everyone likes pictures:
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There's been some coding issues going on which affected posts, but Josh just updated the forum software. Let one of us mods know if this still continues. :) Sorry for the inconvenience!
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Don't you find the action high?
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There's been some coding issues going on which affected posts, but Josh just updated the forum software. Let one of us mods know if this still continues. :) Sorry for the inconvenience!
I am still having problems whenever I use an apostrophe or quotes.
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I had a 12e for a while and found the action to be higher than I liked. I used a combination of truss rod adjustments, saddle sanding and nut reslotting to finally get it where I wanted it.
They are great guitars. I hope you enjoy yours.
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Great playing, good sounding guitar! Congrats!
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Congrats! I have not been able to play one but I hope you enjoy the heck out of yours!