uh oh...new taylor!?!? say buh bye bank account

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Before jumping on that Taylor, you might want to check out David Webber's classic guitar. Webber guitars were recommended to me by Buffalo Brothers Guitars in Carlsbad, CA. They sell Taylors, Larrivees, Collings, Froggy Bottom, Bourgeois, Breedlove, Goodall, Santa Cruz, Lowden, Omega, etc., etc.

The point is that Bob and the boys at Buf Bros have always touted Webber guitars as one of the best values in "hand made" acoustic guitars. I have owned two Larrivees and rank them equal to Taylors--both are fantastic guitar makers--neither are hand made. Webbers are. David Webber (and one assistant) hand make about a 100 guitars per year.

When I traded up my Larrivee D-05E (after playing several brands in the $1,500 - $2,000 range) I chose a Webber OM. It was just the best playing, sweetest sounding guitar in my price range.

http://www.webberguitars.com/catalog.html

Larrivee also makes a classical guitar. Actually I think that's how Jean Larrivee started out--making classical guitars.

Got to admit, though, I am intrigued by the Taylor.
 
neat - i'll check it out. Looking for something that will be really good for stage use....the taylor has that great fishman blender and stuff...defiately gonna look at that larivee.

But...I already own a taylor acoustic (k14c)...and she's my baby...I need twins. hehe
 
I used to play a Fender F-45 classical - wonderful tone - but good luck finding one - there were only about 20 made...
 
Larivee uses the fishman systems also. The higher end models have the blender. I have heard that the blender is tough to control the feedback with so the extra cost may be of little value.
 
The K14 rocks too

I snagged a used'98 K14C a few months back...don't know what kind of guy would have let it go, but if he was gonna marry my sister, I'd stop her cause he obviously doesn't appreciate the finer things in life.

That says something when you have a guitar by a manufactuer, and you want to buy another one by the same manufacturer.

I love my K14C - I'll sell a kidney for money before I sell that guitar.

RB
 
rue - yes. any K14 owner would understand.

good call on the sister.
 
Bye Bye Too

Wes,

I went to the store yesterday to check out the new Nylon Taylors. I picked it up, played for 2 minutes and I knew it had to be mine. I said goodbye to my bank account as well :-) It was the most marvelous guitar I've ever played. The model I picked is NS6ce. My 3rd Taylor so far. I have a 714ce, Baby M, and now this - woo hoo!!!
 
You guys suck. I want one too! Check out Steve Steven's tune Sadhana.. he used a Taylor nylon string prototype for that recording.
 
Sadhana

JR, Steve Stevens' "Sadhana" rocks. I can't believe that just a few years ago, he was a young Billy Idol Band guitar player. Now's he's into flamenco - COOL!!!
 
Stevens also uses the Godin nylon for his recordings, and yes he is fantastic...
 
I really had my hopes up when Taylor came out with nylons but to me they don't sound all that great acoustically and they have short 12 fret to the body necks making them useless for my live work. Also, I'm not sure it would hold up to the extreme temperatures I have to play in.
 
The Taylor NS series may not sound as loud or as good like the other high-end classical guitars. It sounds clear/smooth plugged in and warm/rich when unplugged. I think the main selling point of the guitar is the easily playable neck and the overall strength of how it's made. It's fun to play for hours (and hours). It's very user-friendly for the steel-string guitar players, both acoustic and electric. Also, my NS6ce is absolutely gorgeous in workmanship. I compared it side by side to my 714ce and I've come to the conclusion that Bob Taylor is making sure the best wood/grain/materials are picked, thus making a good first impression on the prospective buyers.

Sorry, I sound like I'm a member of the Taylor cult :-)
 
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harvardshark....

... i just noticed you're in SLC as well. Maybe we can hook up some time and I check out that NS. I've been diving into nylon string big time over the last few years, but my axe is just a midline Washburn. It's nice, but not Taylor nice.
 
Salt Lake City

Hi JR,

I actually used to live in Lehi last year. It's pretty close to SLC so I put that on my profile. I've sinced moved to Springville, UT so and I need to change that. If you're in the Provo area sometime, maybe we can jam or something. What kind of stuff are you into? Do you have a site on mp3.com or somewhere else?
 
I've got my grimy hands into everything. The last few years have been spent mostly with acoustic fingerstyle.. alternate/open tunings blah blah blah. I was playing in a band a few years ago and some of the tunes called for a nylon string, so I bought one. I do a lot of style on it.. some jazz.. what jazz I can play anyway, fingerstyle, ethnic sounding stuff, new agey sounding stuff. I just transcribed the piano solo from the Beatle's tune "In My Life". Actually, I transcribed the Tuck Andress version. I'm an 80's child, so I have a thing for monster rock and 80's style, although my chops are long gone. I also dig bluegrass, new grass, classical, chicken' picken', basically anything but rap, hip hop, and nasal whiney tight jeaned (unless it's female) country. I don't have an mp3 site yet, but I was thinking about doing one.

What about you?
 
Actually, I used to play quite a bit during the early 90s. However, I quit and now I'm just getting back in the music swing of things. I'm slowly buying recording equipment and guitars as funds allow. I'm a piano and guitar player with no preferred style in particular. I'm thinking of recording all the songs I've written the past few years and maybe get a CD or 2 out (just for fun). we'll see...
 
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