WC?

[ebick]

I was at my local Guitar Center and my normal sales guy wasn't there.  The guy that was was semi-knowledgeable on Taylors.

I had asked him if they had any "12" styles, and he (understandably) misunderstood thinking I was looking for a 12 string, when I meant GC.  He then said no (which was apparently correct), but then I heard him tell a guy who was checking out a GA that it was a GC.  Whatever....

But there was one unit that was too high for me to see and I asked him what model it was....he got a ladder and said it was a WC.....I told him I was pretty familiar with Taylor models but I'd never heard of a WC.  He responded that Taylor keeps coming out with "new stuff".  He got it down and it was a 214, but on their tag it did say WC.  I then noticed that same designation on several tags.  Anyone know what the heck that is?

[egkor]

Could be "with case".

-Gary K

[ebick]

Could be "with case".

-Gary K

lol....that would be funny....but I think you are right....."yes, that one is the 'With Case' model".   

[egkor]

I've seen this quite a lot with Guitar Center, if its on their tag it usually means "with case".

If it is a suffix to the Taylor model number printed on the sticker inside the body, then I'm less sure about it.

Also keep in mind w/ Guitar Center you should always verify if their pricing for a given guitar includes the case.  They break the case out from the guitar so they can track it in thier inventory.  Just thier way, but that's a clue to the "WC".

-Gary K

[egkor]

Also always look at the sticker through the soundhole, that will tell you the model and the serial # will tell you year/date information.

-Gary K

[mgap]

This is the new series of guitars that Taylor is trying out on the 200 series, called the Water Closet series.  Meant to be used when taking care of business.

[ebick]

Also always look at the sticker through the soundhole, that will tell you the model and the serial # will tell you year/date information.

-Gary K

yes, I am aware of that.....as I said initially, the guitar was up high, the salesman needed to get a ladder to see it.

[Brian Swerdfeger @ Taylor]

"With Case" is correct as it should be sold with the custom gig bag / soft case.

[jalbert]

Interesting... I have a Baby with 307-GB as the model number on the label. GB? Gig Bag.

[michaelw]

WC is the designation that GC uses - i'm pretty certain it doesn't stand for Water Closet
i've seen the GB designation used on babies (301 & 305s - pre BT)
big babies (306 & 307s - pre BBT) & 100 series (110/114)

[tnfiddler]

I've seen this quite a lot with Guitar Center, if its on their tag it usually means "with case".

If it is a suffix to the Taylor model number printed on the sticker inside the body, then I'm less sure about it.

Also keep in mind w/ Guitar Center you should always verify if their pricing for a given guitar includes the case.  They break the case out from the guitar so they can track it in thier inventory.  Just thier way, but that's a clue to the "WC".

-Gary K

Yeah, that's their lame excuse they use to try and make you pay for a case that comes free with your Taylor guitar!!  I bought one guitar from GC and then got home and noticed they had charged me $75 for the case.  I promptly took it back and told them where to stick their guitar and case and the manager tried to sell me that inventory tracking crap, so I promptly told him where to stick that too!!  I checked prices for the same guitar at other locations and they were all selling the guitar(with case) for the same price I paid for the guitar at GC.  Needless to say, I won't ever do business at GC again!!

[egkor]

I've seen this quite a lot with Guitar Center, if its on their tag it usually means "with case".

If it is a suffix to the Taylor model number printed on the sticker inside the body, then I'm less sure about it.

Also keep in mind w/ Guitar Center you should always verify if their pricing for a given guitar includes the case.  They break the case out from the guitar so they can track it in thier inventory.  Just thier way, but that's a clue to the "WC".

-Gary K

Yeah, that's their lame excuse they use to try and make you pay for a case that comes free with your Taylor guitar!!  I bought one guitar from GC and then got home and noticed they had charged me $75 for the case.  I promptly took it back and told them where to stick their guitar and case and the manager tried to sell me that inventory tracking crap, so I promptly told him where to stick that too!!  I checked prices for the same guitar at other locations and they were all selling the guitar(with case) for the same price I paid for the guitar at GC.  Needless to say, I won't ever do business at GC again!!

This is what happened with me when I bought a Taylor from GC:  Guitar+case sales price was (let's use) $3000.  When the salesperson "rang up" the sale, the GC system broke out the case as a seperate item from the guitar, and assigned a dollar amount for the guitar and a dollar amount for the case.  The total of the two dollar amounts still equalled $3000 guitar+case price.

Is this not what you have seen happen?  Just curious.

You know we are 614ce bretheren,      I'm interested in understanding if GC mis-represented.

-Gary K

[michaelw]

This is the new series of guitars that Taylor is trying out on the 200 series, called the Water Closet series.  Meant to be used when taking care of business.

so, that's what the new model is going to be
looks like the secret is out

just kidding
i kid
i thought it was pretty funny (or, at least mildly amusing)

[ebick]

This is the new series of guitars that Taylor is trying out on the 200 series, called the Water Closet series.  Meant to be used when taking care of business.

so, that's what the new model is going to be
looks like the secret is out

just kidding
i kid
i thought it was pretty funny (or, at least mildly amusing)

yes, Water Closet was the first definition of WC that came to my mind to.

[Martin]

Another vote for WC = "With Case."  I think that it's sort of silly to even have TO HAVE a designation for whether or not a guitar comes with a case unless it's an ultra-cheap guitar.