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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jul 16, 2011 21:04:31 GMT -5
Maybe. My wife said I could drop a wad on a new guitar once I finished the degree. So this may well be it. I played it today at an awesome story (Tobias Music outside of Chicago), and I'm going back on Tuesday for one more try. But I'm already half sold. I've never played a walnut acoustic before, but, damn, if this thing didn't hit exactly the right feel for the stuff I like: www.taylorguitars.com/Guitars/Limiteds/Spring2011/Walnut/W16ce-gs ltd, for those keeping score. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2011 21:50:11 GMT -5
Nice axe!
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Post by inlovewithcrow on Jul 16, 2011 23:24:34 GMT -5
omg, walnut. I'll be able to hear you from here! I just got my 314ce from Tobias Music on Monday--via email, they were great (for months and months of my lusting via email for a Taylor). Put up a youtube or soundcloud with the sound when you get it. I like the size, the woods, the cutaway. Go for it.
Have you played many Santa Cruz guitars? Or are you a major Taylor fan?
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jul 17, 2011 0:01:24 GMT -5
I've always liked that big Taylor sound, especially for the kind of fingerstyle I like. I know a smaller body and less "bright" sound is usually what people associate with fingerstyle, but I'm in that large and vocal minority that likes big, loud guitars for a style that's usually more intimate. There were a couple of Breedloves I've liked in the last year or so, but they still didn't quite stack up. I've played a couple of Santa Cruz's (I think), but I don't really remember much about them.
And Tobias Music converted me on my first visit. Incredibly helpful, candid about their stock, and a nice combination of having fun showing off their stuff and finding out what I was in to. Absolutely tiny place, though.
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Post by inlovewithcrow on Jul 17, 2011 12:35:20 GMT -5
well, give 'em a kiss for me (you know my real first name via pm I think--they'll know who I am) when you go back Tuesday. I'm psyched for you, and I really do want to hear it (I looked on youtube, but didn't see a review)
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Post by inlovewithcrow on Jul 21, 2011 10:56:52 GMT -5
I'm going back on Tuesday for one more try So...? Get it? |
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jul 21, 2011 22:16:51 GMT -5
I did. I'll post pictures soon just to gloat. I'd do it now, but my wife spilled a drink all over our camera, which promptly died. And my phone camera sucks.
But it's awesome. Not that that's surprising. But it is. And it isn't really that loud, especially compared to my 30 year old Washburn DN which projects like mad. But what's kind of amazing about this guitar is that, while it's a bit quieter (even compared to other Grand Symphonies with similar woods), it projects as if it's louder.
I don't know if that really makes sense, and maybe that it's just that I'm not used to playing an acoustic which is so damn CLEAR.
But, yeah. I kept joking with the guys because they were actually charging less than most people for it, and I even showed them a few links I'd found where shops were charging a full grand more than what I paid (or had financed...I'm not THAT flush)...but, of course, I showed them that after I'd already signed for the price. Heh.
I'm not sure that my talent-level really warrants this much guitar awesomeness, but it feels damn good.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jul 21, 2011 23:15:19 GMT -5
Aw, what the hell. Crappy cell phone pictures:    These don't really show the actual color of the walnut back and sides. It's a beautiful greenish grey, but this just looks kinda brown. |
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Post by Mighty Jack on Jul 22, 2011 0:15:20 GMT -5
Does your guitar gently weep?
(sorry, I've been dying to say that since the thread began)
It's always cool getting a new guitar. Congrats.
The loudest acoustic I ever owned was a cheap Suzuki 3 S. It had a huge body, big sound hole and was so loud it was too much for mics at a home studio I was working at. (it wasn't an easy monster to play either, no action on the neck - which why I bought the very smooth Ovation I now favor). That's what's fun about guitars, they all have their own personalities.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jul 22, 2011 8:43:18 GMT -5
I know that most Taylors have a lot of give in the truss rod, so I've been playing around a bit with the action on this one...the easy way by just tiny turns of the rod, rather than actually pulling out the saddle and modifying it. But I think I've found the sweet spot. I'm used to play guitars with high action My good classical is high, but when I took lessons as a kid, I'd always pluck too hard and get fret buzz. I had the action raised on it and just got used to it. I'm used to having to work like a beast on my other steel-string, so having this lower is at once easy to play and almost TOO easy. But I rarely bang out loud chords, so there's no real need for high action.
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