[jpmist]

BTW, the set up on all the guitars (20-25 of them, half in the $5k range) was impeccable. There's a new "silent" statin finish I liked. Made to reduce handling noise when recording.

Yeah, the one's I played were spectacularly well set up. The contrast between those and the Taylors in the acoustic room was pretty dramatic, unfortunately. I tried a few of the regular inventory and the action was lot higher than I like. I understand that most people prefer to strum, so I get it, but I'm not one of those.

My 322 has a satin finish that's shinier than other brands I've seen. I will never like the look, but I can appreciate the lack of swish noise.

Good point about the frets. Intonation will be the same from the factory regardless of how the top is braced which is why I think it's a confusing point for Taylor to make in promoting the new bracing. I think we agree with different words that the lack of competing frequencies make the v-braced tops produced cleaner more accurate notes.