A take me home guitar!

[jerrysimon]

Last weekend I went along to the a guitar shop. Its the first time that I have got to play Taylors from the big baby right up to the new a 810 and GS side by side.

 

I currently have a Taylor 314CE about four years old with old electrics and a barn door in the side

 

In 20+ years of playing I guess I have not purchased that many guitars the Taylor was actually an insurance purchase when my daughter put a hole in my Guild and before that I had not purchased a guitar (with the exception of a couple of travel guitars) for over 10 years.

 

I am actually looking for a 12 string at the moment but will probably also change my Taylor this time for one with no electrics that date.

 

Anyway whilst I was in the shop I kept going back to this Takamine G220S NS.

 

http://www.takamine.com/?fa=detail&mid=1461&sid=527

 

It was amazing so easy to play, good sound and

[Michael Martin]

I think this can happen--fluke guitars that is. I found a wonderful-to-play Fender acoustic once--I don't know the model. It was a dread. It wasn't pretty, but it was cheap, and by damn I shoulda bought it.

 

One quibble though: 149 pounds would not be $80...more like a bit less than $300. If we're talking UK pounds and American dollars, anyway.

 

PS I do like Takamines...I have two different F series Taks, one older and one pretty new. I've played some G series Taks that I liked, but they didn't sound or play as nicely as my Fs.

[babablowfish]

As Duke Ellington said: "If it sounds good, it is good."

 

I that some of us worry too much about what is supposed to be good vs just going with our experience.

[guit30]

I feel the same way about my cheap Rd20S, I am totally happy with it

Jim

[fats]

I worked in a store last year and before then had never played a Takamine guitar - *all* of the low-end ones we got in just blew me away.

 

...that being said, I bought a Garrison. Go figure. But I was *this close* (I had it on layaway) to buying a GS330S, which is a cedar-topped model. They are definitely excellent for the price - though it was the same with the Yamahas, too.

[kwakatak]

Originally posted by Michael Martin I think this can happen--fluke guitars that is. I found a wonderful-to-play Fender acoustic once--I don't know the model. It was a dread. It wasn't pretty, but it was cheap, and by damn I shoulda bought it. One quibble though: 149 pounds would not be $80...more like a bit less than $300. If we're talking UK pounds and American dollars, anyway. PS I do like Takamines...I have two different F series Taks, one older and one pretty new. I've played some G series Taks that I liked, but they didn't sound or play as nicely as my Fs.

 

+1

 

I once played a 414CE when I first began shopping for an acoustic to replace my aging and ailing Tak F-360 and looooved it. The Taylor GC played like buttah, but the $1500 price tag left a sour taste in my mouth. It may have been a nicer guitar than my Tak all around, but not $1500 nicer.

 

In the end I eventually took my Tak in to a luthier and paid $80 for some repairs and a set up. When I got it back, I forgot all about that Taylor!

 

 

Sure, I've gotten a new guitar since and done some ill-advised chop-shop upgrades to the Tak but I swear the thing is only getting better with age. It just seems to "fit" like an old pair of boots - though just as likely to implode under the strain!

[phildogger]

 

Originally posted by fats I worked in a store last year and before then had never played a Takamine guitar - *all* of the low-end ones we got in just blew me away. ...that being said, I bought a Garrison. Go figure. But I was *this close* (I had it on layaway) to buying a GS330S, which is a cedar-topped model. They are definitely excellent for the price - though it was the same with the Yamahas, too.

 

 

should have bought that GS330S. best guitar I own!

[fats]

I definitely made the right choice with the Garrison G25. No regrets at all!

[jerrysimon]

 

Originally posted by Michael Martin One quibble though: 149 pounds would not be $80...more like a bit less than $300. If we're talking UK pounds and American dollars, anyway.

 

 

Opps sorry lol

 

I meant I have seen them as cheap as

[Cldplytkmn]

i had a GS330S that i just a while back gave to my buddy cause i wasn't playing it anymore... i thought it was pretty responsive unless i played it back to back with some of my other guitars, at which point it felt a little clunky... but for the money it was awesome