2012 SPRING LIMITEDS ANNOUNCED

[ebick]

so......how is it that LA Guitar has this info posted already, but it's not on Taylor's own site yet?

[andyi5]

Yeah, I was wondering this too. They look so good you'd think they'd be used as the banner image...

[mgap]

Seems like L.A. Guitars are highly motivated in a good way

[michaelw]

they're beginning to 'land' already

814
http://www.carusomusic.com/Taylor-2012-814ce-LTD-cocobolo

3 816s & a 314-n
http://www.wildwoodguitars.com/acoustics/taylor/limiteds.htm

[mgap]

My local dealer wont get their GS Mini stock in for another 30 days.  Thinking about getting one.  Not sure which one Rosewood, Blackwood, or Maple???  Any suggestions.

[BigSkyTaylorPlayer]

Just buy one of each.....you know you're going to eventually....

I like the maple.

[mgap]

I like the maple.

Tell me why you like the maple. Please!

[Fire]

Does anybody have a inkling as to how the blackwood mini will sound in comparison to the others.  I have never heard a blackwood guitar before.  Thinking of ordering a GS Mini in blackwood or rosewood.

Since the back and sides are laminate, the only difference I think is aesthetics. I read this somewhere. Kinda like the 114 and 214 are essentially the same guitar except for the outside layer veneer which is not a tonal factor.

[BigSkyTaylorPlayer]

I think BC they are laminate there will not be the dramatic sound impact as there is with solids (maybe someone can elaborate) but I just simply think the Maple back of the Mini is really gorgeous.

I have been looking at the 600 series lately so maybe I'm biased....

[michaelw]

Does anybody have a inkling as to how the blackwood mini will sound in comparison to the others.  I have never heard a blackwood guitar before.  Thinking of ordering a GS Mini in blackwood or rosewood.

Since the back and sides are laminate, the only difference I think is aesthetics. I read this somewhere. Kinda like the 114 and 214 are essentially the same guitar except for the outside layer veneer which is not a tonal factor.

while the GS Mini LTDs may  have inner veneers matching the outer veneers, there is a
little bit more of a difference between a 114 & 214 (depending on the exact model)
114 - sapele laminate, varnish finish (all satin)
http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/acoustic/114

214 - gloss top with satin finish back & sides
http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/acoustic/214
rosewood inner & outer veneer
http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/acoustic/features/woods/body-woods/rosewood-laminate

214ce-BLK - all gloss (body & neck), hard rock maple neck
http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/acoustic/214ce-blk
maple inner & outer veneer
http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/acoustic/features/woods/body-woods/maple-laminate

after playing & hearing last year's 214ce & DDX (now 214ce-BLK), the DDX had
a 'crisper' tone to my ear, which may  be just variances between the 2 guitars, or,
it could  be partially due to the differences between the two (finish, veneers & neck) -
the 2012s switch from a Tusq nut & saddle to NuBone (both made by Graph Tech),
so there may  be a minute change due to that (the 10/11 GS Mini use NuBone also)

I like the maple.

Tell me why you like the maple. Please!

er ... maybe because it looks cool
like the binding on the mahogany neck of your 2010
814ce that has a satin rosewood headstock overlay

baby maple

maple neck (baby rosewood)

or, perhaps it's because maple may have more defintion, stronger fundamentals, fewer
overtones, faster attack, quicker decay & is more resistant to feedback than other woods

ymmv

[Fire]

while the GS Mini LTDs will probably  have sapele inner veneer, regardless of the outer veneer,
there is a little bit more of a difference between a 114 & 214 (depending on the exact model)

114 - sapele laminate, varnish finish (all satin)
214 - gloss top with satin finish back & sides, rosewood inner & outer veneer
214ce-BLK - all gloss (body & neck), hard rock maple neck, maple inner & outer veneer

after playing & hearing last year's 214ce & DDX (now 214ce-BLK), the DDX had
a 'crisper' tone to my ear, which may  be just variances between the 2 guitars, or,
it could  be partially due to the differences between the two (finish, veneers & neck) -
the 2012s switch from a Tusq nut & saddle to NuBone (both made by Graph Tech),
so there may  be a minute change due to that (the 10/11 GS Mini use NuBone also)

Thanks for the technical spec clarification, michaelw. You're a fountain of information.

Last week, I had initially set out to buy a GS Mini for travel purposes. However, I made the "mistake" of test driving a 2012 114ce which sounded better than any of the GS Minis (as expected) and 214ce's (didn't check what model year they were) on the store that day. So I came home with a rather bulkier travel guitar... but I couldn't be happier.