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Originally Posted by beninma
Honestly my thought is that a lot of this reputation of Taylor = bright actually comes from people who try:
GS Mini
Academy series
100 series
200 series
300 series
In general my feeling has always been as you go up the line with Taylors they get less bright/brash and have a more rounded/refined top end to their sound.
That said I think the Taylors 400 series and up all have different approaches to the bass end of things too. Sometimes the 800 and 900 series have seemed too refined to me.. maybe people think they are bright more cause the bass is too refined and reined in.
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I agree, but I’ll admit I’m biased. I love my Taylors. I haven’t found a Martin that feels as nice as far as playability. That’s not to argue they don’t exist. I just haven’t played one.
As far as tone, I do think that my heavy Dunlop Gator picks have a big impact. They have a softer feel and are 2.0mm so that fattens things up.
My Tasmanian Blackwood 426ce has a wonderful tone that I get complements on often. Both my 816ce and my 814ce have a beautiful full tone. Of my 4 Taylors, the one with my least favorite unplugged tone is my 616ce. It’s a gorgeous tuxedo black finish and I use it a lot for my live performances as I can get a nice plugged in tone out of it.
Lighter strings can make it a bit thinner sounding. I tried 11s and did not like the tone at all.