Post by Greg Ballantyne on Jul 3, 2016 11:56:11 GMT -5
I had a bad case of GAS toward the end of last year, and ended up with a Taylor 418e in February of this year. I truly do enjoy this guitar - I've always been a large body guitar guy, having resolved my small body GAS a couple of years ago when I realized a Seagull Coastline Folk wasn't really what I needed. Resolved? More on that later......
The 418e has been great, with a very complex sound - surprisingly similar to the description in the Taylor promo material. The GO (Grand Orchestra) is the largest acoustic body Taylor currently makes. A friend of mine has an older (1998?) vintage Taylor 12 string, spruce over mahogany. His guitar body is just a little bigger than the GOP. I should have gotten a look at the label on Friday when that guitar was here, but did not. His 12 string is not just slightly larger, but slightly different proportions - I'd say more like a traditional jumbo body, with a little more bloom in the upper bout shoulders than the GO, and a slightly wider lower bout as well.
Any one here know what Taylor was calling their biggest body in the late 90s?
The 418e has been great, with a very complex sound - surprisingly similar to the description in the Taylor promo material. The GO (Grand Orchestra) is the largest acoustic body Taylor currently makes. A friend of mine has an older (1998?) vintage Taylor 12 string, spruce over mahogany. His guitar body is just a little bigger than the GOP. I should have gotten a look at the label on Friday when that guitar was here, but did not. His 12 string is not just slightly larger, but slightly different proportions - I'd say more like a traditional jumbo body, with a little more bloom in the upper bout shoulders than the GO, and a slightly wider lower bout as well.
Any one here know what Taylor was calling their biggest body in the late 90s?
