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Selling my Style 1 in the Classifieds.
No fancy wood (just Cedar/Hog), but the sound blows my mind every time I play it.
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Can't wait for that D.Martin to come out. kidding.....
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btw it's true....
i hear they still offer cocobo on R.taylors... I guess thats the only way to get cocobolo on new taylors...
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Which Shop did you go? one in Korea?~
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yea there is this one shop here that is known for high end guitars. The price was almost double what it would cost in America because of the import tax.
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oh you mean guitar shop in Seo Cho dong?
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yea the place in gangnam. You have to wear a bibs. -____-;;
btw you ever hear of a guitar company called gwood? made by a lutheier.....
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try woodsound.co.kr .. they carry all the high end guitars.. i know Gwood guitar, they used to work for Cort guitar in the past.~
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My best friend has a Taylor "Artist" deal, so I've had the chance to play many Taylor guitars - he's had at least 6, maybe more... I was impressed with them all, but still love my Mark Angus, #35, much more. Truth is, when I ordered my Angus in 1979, I played one of Bob Taylor's guitars from Lemon Grove - and I liked Mark's guitars better, so I bought one.
So, this best friend of mine tells me about the R Taylor's, says he's getting one with Brazillian rosewood b/s - and that the guitar retails for around $11k, although his price was much, much less than that! When he finally got the guitar, I had a chance to spend some time with it, and MAN OH MAN!!!! What a sweet instrument! Amazing sound, brand new; it had the unique quality of sounding really nice when you played it at normal volume or even slightly soft, but the more you dug into it, the more it rang out - didn't just get louder, it was hard to describe... but I could be playing chords, or some pattern - then dig in with a flatpick for some single note stuff, and it JUST SCREAMED TONE!!! I immediately started lusting after one of my own, lol! If they hadn't run out of that mahoghany from "The Tree", I'd probably have one right now! R Taylor's are truly "a cut above" the standard Taylor line, without doubt. BTW, the one you played is a "Style" 1... that's the only shape they made, in the beginning. Now they make a Style 2 (slightly smaller) and a Style 3 (dreadnought) - I've heard rumors of an R Taylor Parlour guitar, too. Heck, for what one pays for a car (which needs repairs and breaks down frequently), the price of an R Taylor ain't so high... especially if you plan on keeping it for a lifetime of playing!
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While I'm not currently in the market for a new guitar, I would certainly consider an R Taylor to fill out my acoustic collection. They really are a cut above in my opinion as to tone, playability, fit and finish.
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Out of a sense of irony, Bob should offer a line of Skid Pallet guitars under the R Taylor marquee
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GJenson, "McPherson MG 5.0 XP (Striped Macassar Ebony/Redwood)"
I am filled with a jealous hatred of you brother! That is an ultimate cause of GAS.
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Well, someone has mentioned that "R.Taylor" is written on the inside of all models, so maybe that's his preferred title. However, he must be aware that he is universally known as "Bob", so to put the "R" very visibly on the headstock is a clear statement of something - what that is can be up for debate. But I don't agree that such things are insignificant. Nothing in marketing "just happens"; there are very clear and hard-headed decisions that go into the smallest detail. The connotations that buyers would attach to the "R" will have been the source of much discussion within the upper echelons - absolutely no question about that. Maybe my interpretation of motive is wrong, but if so, another interpretation will be correct. The name doesn't appear in its present form by chance. |
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