ZoSo0789
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I'm the new, very proud owner of a Taylor 214!
Since the beginning of June, I've been waiting for my local shop (who I was dead set on buying from) to get in another Taylor 114, which I would buy as soon as it came in. Well after weeks and weeks and tons of phone calls later, they got one in yesterday. I drove up there this morning to go pick her up, and it just didn't blow me away as the last one that I played did. But I was determined and dead set on buying a Taylor Grand Auditorium, so I kinda forced myself to keep playing until it grew on me. Well after a little bit, I looked around a little more to take a break and I found a 214 that was just jawdropping. It was $150 past my already-stretched-beyond-my-limits budget of $600 sop I just kinda played it, but it kept growing on me more and more and I become attached to it. Oh darn..... big mistake. Come to find out that the 200 series somes with a hardshell case while the 100 series only comes with the little flipsy gig bag....hmmmm a ray of hope. A typical good hardshell case will easily run you $100 anyways, so give another $50 for an upgrade from mohagony back/sides to rosewood and white binding = a reasonable excuse to pay extra
Here she is, Taylor 214
-solid Sitka spruce top
-laminate Indian rosewood back and sides w/ white binding
-Indian rosewood bridge
-Grand Auditorium body size
-Tusq nut and saddle
-Indian rosewood fret board / Honduran mohagony neck
I'm loving the tone. The rosewood tone is what edging me to get this over the 114 due to that extra sweetness in the upper register and it had an almost piano-percussive bass response and was very tonally balanced with a nice shimmery top end. I love the top satin finish and the non-finish on the rest of the guitar; much more organic and natural woody feel than most guitars that are embalmed in 2" of gloss crap. The action is a little low for my tastes, but that's easily fixable down the road; I just wanna play the fuggin thing right now!
Since the beginning of June, I've been waiting for my local shop (who I was dead set on buying from) to get in another Taylor 114, which I would buy as soon as it came in. Well after weeks and weeks and tons of phone calls later, they got one in yesterday. I drove up there this morning to go pick her up, and it just didn't blow me away as the last one that I played did. But I was determined and dead set on buying a Taylor Grand Auditorium, so I kinda forced myself to keep playing until it grew on me. Well after a little bit, I looked around a little more to take a break and I found a 214 that was just jawdropping. It was $150 past my already-stretched-beyond-my-limits budget of $600 sop I just kinda played it, but it kept growing on me more and more and I become attached to it. Oh darn..... big mistake. Come to find out that the 200 series somes with a hardshell case while the 100 series only comes with the little flipsy gig bag....hmmmm a ray of hope. A typical good hardshell case will easily run you $100 anyways, so give another $50 for an upgrade from mohagony back/sides to rosewood and white binding = a reasonable excuse to pay extra
Here she is, Taylor 214
-solid Sitka spruce top
-laminate Indian rosewood back and sides w/ white binding
-Indian rosewood bridge
-Grand Auditorium body size
-Tusq nut and saddle
-Indian rosewood fret board / Honduran mohagony neck
I'm loving the tone. The rosewood tone is what edging me to get this over the 114 due to that extra sweetness in the upper register and it had an almost piano-percussive bass response and was very tonally balanced with a nice shimmery top end. I love the top satin finish and the non-finish on the rest of the guitar; much more organic and natural woody feel than most guitars that are embalmed in 2" of gloss crap. The action is a little low for my tastes, but that's easily fixable down the road; I just wanna play the fuggin thing right now!
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