What's Next On Your Taylor List?

[A Friend]

I am really really dreaming day and night of the day I can afford to buy my next Taylor. I would LOVE to have a 512ce or a 514ce (preferably the 512ce). Simply because the Englemann-Mahogany combination is my ideal. But it's still a distance away...a far far distance.

Would love to hear from all of you who, like me, are suffering from TAS (Taylor Acquisition Syndrome) -

1. What's next on YOUR Taylor list?
2. Why this particular model?
3. How do you plan to finance it?

[Topher]

1. What's next on YOUR Taylor list?

914celtd...florentine cutaway

2. Why this particular model?

it's my dream guitar

3. How do you plan to finance it?

through my bank...the 4th guitar i've financed with them.

[jam]

I am days away from finalizing the deal on my next one. It's going to be a W14c (no e) with a few options changes.

Why this one? Well, if you go back and read everything I've posted from the beginning....no, don't do that. Anyway, I've had my 410 for about 6 years now. It's an amazing dread and I love it. About a year and half ago, though, I played a 714 ( cedar top ) that kicked my rear. I've been on the quest for my "next" guitar since then.

I played tons of guitars, read lots on tonewoods, bracing, body sizes and styles, etc. I solicited some detailed opinions from Jim "cedar top" Tozier, who had one of just about everything I had narrowed my search down to.

What am I looking for? Well, I want a guitar that responds well to fingerpicking and love the sound of cedar. So that takes care of the top. Next was deciding on the tone wood. I was lucky enough to find a store with a 714 and a 514 to do an A/B. There were things that I loved about the 714 (warmth, bass, sustain) and things that I didn't necessarily care for (complex overtones). There were things that I liked about the 514 (clean note separation, clear highs) and things I didn't care for (less sustain, less bass).

I told all this to the sales guy. He said, "Well, then there's one more you MUST play" and he came back out with a W14ce. Let's just say he was right! That's my next guitar.

Well, then comes getting the finances in order, etc. My local dealer is making me a great deal on this guitar and is being very patient with me as I work out all the fine details.

So, by the end of this week, I will have on order a W14c (no e) with either Claro or Grafted walnut (decision not yet made), cedar top, clear pickguard, black binding. *deep breath*

It has literally been a year-long project for me. I knew I didn't have the money a year ago, so I spent a lot of time doing homework. With two daughters getting ready to go through braces, driving, then college, I know this will be my last guitar purchase for a long time. I want it to be right.

--jam

[A Friend]

Originally posted by Topher
through my bank...the 4th guitar i've financed with them.

You mean you actually get to take a LOAN from the bank to finance your guitar?? Unheard of in my part of the world...but if it was there, I'd take it in an instance!! Lucky guy.

[wade]

I don't think I'll be getting a new Taylor anytime soon, as the ones I have have been serving me really well the past few years. I do, however, have a custom guitar on order from John Mayes of Mayes guitars. I'm super excited about it! The only downside is that I won't be getting the guitar until 2005.

[wthurman]

I've had several Taylors. In order, they are:

1998 914C
1999 512 all-mahogany
2002 NS42CE
2003 512CE Custom all-mahogany
2002 714


I have two left, and one of those is for sale. I've ordered a 2003 914CE LTD, with several option changes (and I really do like Taylor's venetian cutaway).

That will be it for me and Taylor for a time, as I'm also in the middle of buying a few other guitars.

[tholmes]

My next Taylor-if my next guitar is indeed a Taylor- A 514 no c, no e
Why? I love mahogany guitars anf the x14 Taylors are, to me, the ideal body size and shape.
I won't finance a guitar. Never have, never will. I won't buy one until I have the cash in hand.

of course, there's this Larrivee L-o5 that I played last week that's real sweet......

Tom

[DeadHead]

1. What's next on YOUR Taylor list?

512 or 514 Mahogany top.

Probably 512, no C no E.
Although I'm very intrigued with a redwood top, but that leaves me room for more TAS later.. .. . he he he. . . .

2. Why this particular model?

Tone.

3. How do you plan to finance it?

save my money.

I LOVE the guitars I have now and play them ALL ! I sometimes hunger for a nice warm country blues mahogany guitar. I wouldn't have purchased it as my only guitar, however I think it would compliment my playing style and collection nicely . . ..

Regards,
DeadHead

[crowdedstr]

next for me is probably a 12 string of some sort....

jumbo or grand auditorium? still not sure.....

what tonewoods? still not sure.....

my guess is that i'll end up with either an 855, 955, or w65

[Thin Crust]

It's probably going to be a 12 string. I have my eye on an NOS W65CE that makes me drool.

[A Friend]

This thread is selling out real fast huh!! Knew I had thrown the right bait for a TAS-infested crowd. But keep sharing your dreams, so we can dream together.

[jh11]

I would not mind a 600 series - with a natural finish - not the amber.
That will be quite a while down the road though.

[LOTF]

1. 654ce in cherry sunburst

2. I've always wanted a good 12-string. I've always wanted a cherry sunburst Les Paul and Taylor's maple GA's are about as close as an acoustic gets to that look.

3. Cash on the barrelhead. I refuse to add a few hundred more in interest charges to what will already be a sizeable expense. I may have to wait for awhile but anything worth having is worth waiting for.

....and I don't intend to sell any of my other guitars to finance it!

[A Friend]

Originally posted by LOTF
....and I don't intend to sell any of my other guitars to finance it!

Of course!! Especially not your 314ce cos it's the best of all Taylors!! **chuckle** Well said, LOTF...spoken like a true well-experienced attorney.

[koaguitarman]

1. Koa Model ?
2. 'Cause it's Koa.
3. Cash