12-fret parlor slotheads: Taylor or Alvarez

[Rudy4]

Originally Posted by jpmist

Not to sound like a cork-sniffer, but it took over 10 years before I figured out I don't like all mahogany guitars. Bought and sold 4 of them cause they looked so nice, but never could bond to any of them. I started out with a spruce/mahogany for 10 years which pretty much set my ear to how a guitar should sound.I like the 12 fret crisp growl a spruce/mahogany gives me where an all hog lacks a crispness I favor.


My advice fwiw is to decide between all hog and spruce/rosewood first before picking out any model guitar. They do sound and play differently. Best of luck with it!

Don't feel bad about how long it took! It took me 50 years to figure out that all hog guitars are where it's at.

[merlin666]

If I was in the market for a parlour cheaper than a Collings then my only consideration would be a Pono, specifically a L20D model for the desired specs :
https://www.ponoukulele.com/new-page-1

[Tony Burns]

sounds like you need a road trip to play more guitars -
when ever i get that itch and im serious I travel and play everything with strings. places like Elderly are like going to 5 stores .
The fun is in the search -dont buy something to early in your search !

If this was the early 70's - ill tell you to hit the flea markets -

[Shortfinger]

Originally Posted by Tony Burns

sounds like you need a road trip to play more guitars -
when ever i get that itch and im serious I travel and play everything with strings. places like Elderly are like going to 5 stores .
The fun is in the search -dont buy something to early in your search !

If this was the early 70's - ill tell you to hit the flea markets -

You must realize that inventories are rock bottom, and up until 24 hours ago, every showroom with instruments in the Denver metro area (where we were for a week until a week ago) and in metro Chicago was closed to the buying public.

Here in Chicagoland, there is CME, which according to their web page inventory, has nothing I am interested in trying. What few other places there are, also nothing.

Mine is a very narrow search, and I am going to have to order one sight unseen, if I can even find one to order.

[Silly Moustache]

Originally Posted by AndrewG

Hi, haven't we met somewhere?

A pm has been sent

[Shortfinger]

So I bought the Alvarez. Should have it by Thursday.

I tried to give my biz to CME, asking them in a phone call and email to get me the guitar, but I got no reply.

It's shipping to me from a store called Pit Bull Audio, somewhere out in eBay land.

[PiousDevil]

Originally Posted by whvick

For $2400 this is nice

https://youtu.be/flAOlXO8W-8

I own this guitar, and it’s the best guitar I’ve ever played.

The PYM70 is on my short list of “I need” guitars. Yairi Masterworks guitars are magical, lightly but flawlessly built and resonate in a way that no guitar I’ve ever played has matched. They have the most comfortable neck profile. Just get it so that you can tell me all about it.

[PiousDevil]

Oh, looks like you did already get it! You made the right decision. You will come to love that bridge that someone criticized, and probably perceive most other acoustic bridges as inferior.

[jaymarsch]

Originally Posted by Shortfinger

So I bought the Alvarez. Should have it by Thursday.



I tried to give my biz to CME, asking them in a phone call and email to get me the guitar, but I got no reply.



It's shipping to me from a store called Pit Bull Audio, somewhere out in eBay land.

Congrats! I think that you will like it but do let us know when you receive it and have a chance to put it through it’s paces.
Best,
Jayne

[PiousDevil]

Any updates?

[Rudy4]

Originally Posted by Shortfinger

So I bought the Alvarez. Should have it by Thursday.

I tried to give my biz to CME, asking them in a phone call and email to get me the guitar, but I got no reply.

It's shipping to me from a store called Pit Bull Audio, somewhere out in eBay land.

I purchased an effects unit from Pitbull and they were fine to deal with. The sale was handled in a quick and courteous manner.

[_zedagive]

This recent acquisition of mine keeps blowing my mind. So much that my CM has been sitting in its case for very long periods of time.

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=608714

[Doxyshusband]

Originally Posted by Mr.Woody

The 322ce was the first Taylor I ever played and liked. That, in turn, led me to the higher-numbered 12-fretters like the 812ce/912ce 12-fret deluxe models. They were all great. I'll be back at CME in a couple days, and I'll be sure to check the 322ce out again and see if it's as good as I remember.

I have had a 322 with Blackwood body, and love it, but I bought a 412 Ltd a year ago that has a maple body and spruce top, the 3 piece back having a wedge. I can’t stop playing it. I have a Gibson Dove that sounds unbelievable, and it edges out the 412 for power and obvious bass, but for finger style, the 412 gives me goosebumps. That said, I have come to love spruce over mahogany more than over rosewood, personal preference, I know, but too much overtone strikes me as muddy. Probably it is because I am too ham-handed to command a rosewood guitar’s subtlety, but be that as it may, I started this reply to offer the opinion that Taylor excels at creating maple guitars that offer more complexity than you might expect from that tonewood. That said, I will probably be looking for a Hummingbird soon, at least to A/B with my old spruce/mahogany Taylor dread.

[PiousDevil]

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