555 times the love
I cannot speak to the subject of woods. All I can tell you is that I can't get enough of my 1982 555 (mahogany body, spruce top, rosewood bridge). I acquired it only about two months ago.
I have never felt this way about a guitar - even when I bought a new Martin D-35 back in 1977 (now THAT was one great guitar and I pined over the loss of it for years).
This guitar has a life of its own. It sparkles. It rumbles. It roars. It sighs. I play a hybrid finger-picking style - flat-pick + finger-picks on middle & ring fingers. I look forward to coming home from the office and playing it. I am seriously hooked, and Doc, if there's a cure, I don't want it.
Gushing aside - every guitar is unique. You just have to sit down in a quiet room with each of them and play 'em until you find the one that you've just gotta have.
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Dave Pierce
Taylor 555 '82
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Shen SB-100 (double bass) 2010
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