I've had a chance to spend some time with Wood & Steel and I have a few thoughts:
1. I somehow missed the last issue, and was bummed because I had an Ask Bob question published and I had to search for it online. I was happy he answered my question, tough.
2. The GA redwood/walnut limited edition model on the back cover... holy cow I want one!
3. I enjoyed the article on small body guitars. When I first started playing, I went from a GA to a GC, and then only sought small body guitars. I stumbled across a custom Gibson JS-200 12 string that was too remarkable to pass up (more on that below), and that actually started my trend towards larger body guitars. Now I have 1 dreadnaught (Gibson), two jumbos (Gibsons), a 0000 (Martin), two GAs (both Taylor) an 0 (Preston Thompson), a jumbo parlor (Gibson), which I know is an oxymoron, and a Mini (Taylor, of course). I suppose I like the variety of body shapes and sizes.
4. In that same article on small body guitars, there is a section on the 12-string GC body. Personally, I think that speaks to Andy Powers' innovation as much as anything. The notion that 12-string guitars had to be jumbo size was turned on its head when Taylor released the 562ce then later the 652ce in V class. Truth be told, the first 12-string guitar I bought was the 562ce. I couldn't believe how easy it was to play. I ended up selling it after I got the Gibson custom 12-string, because I certainly don't need two 12-string guitars, and the Gibson is a much more rare one to keep in my collection. But I am amazed at what Taylor has done with their GC 12-stringers.
5. I am a sucker for cool inlays. Ironically, the only guitar I own with a fancy inlay is the K24ce with the spring vine, which is actually very subtle, in my opinion. When I custom ordered my Preston Thompson, I did splurge on the custom headstock torch in abalone that just looks incredible.
