This should be a no-brainer. If you found the guitar that worked good for you at a local store, go buy the dang thing. If you are offered a better price online, get it writing and ask the local guy to work with you.
With the online purchase, you never know what your going to get. You get to test drive it once you pony up your charge card number. All the online stores have 30 day return policies. Is this such a great sales pitch ? The guitar sent to you could have been sent to a few other shoppers before you.
What if you have a warranty issue down the road ? Are you going to go out, find a box, ship it back to the online store, or are you going to take it to the local guy for advice ? What if you need your saddle polished during a string change ? Online guy can't do that. You get soooo much more for your money when you shop locally. You get the after sale interaction, you get a relationship. This will pay off down the road.
The local guys are the one who built Taylor up to where they are today. The online stores came in later.
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Player of many Taylors
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