As I embrace my descent into old age, I figure it's about time to get a decent acoustic. I have an old 70s yamaha beater with a baseball bat of a neck and nearly non-existent frets that's a real pain in the ass to play. I took a trip up to the fancy guitar shop in the next town over to see what they had. I went in looking for a Martin D or GPC, or maybe a Gibson, but ended up walking out something that wasn't even remotely on the radar.
It's a Taylor 522e. Small body 12-fret, all mahogany, slotted headstock. It sounds great and is super comfortable to play with the compact overall size. The guy at the shop couldn't stop talking about how good these 5 series guitars were, and out of everything I tried, it was the one that I picked up and I couldn't put back down. It's definitely forcing me to relearn some things, with so much limitation on upper fret access, but the honeymoon period is strong.
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I have owned 3 Taylor acoustics and loved them all. Still want to spend some time with a good Martin and Gibson at some point, but until then, the two I still own will do just fine!
That looks pretty damn awesome for a grandpas guitar
Congrats!!
If I ever got an acoustic again I've always thought Taylors seem like the path I'd go
Guitars: 2018 Gibson Les Paul Standard | Fender American Pro II Stratocaster | PRS S2 Mccarty 594 | PRS S2 Vela Semihollow | PRS CU-22 | PRS CE24 semihollow
Walt wrote:But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
Last year I bought a Martin and that was the first time I spent more than a few hundred bucks in an acoustic guitar. Getting old, I guess
Mine is not anything as nice as this but it was a good investment since I started playing acoustic way more often than I did before.
Really killer guitar! Congrats man!!!
Guitars: '78 Les Paul Pro / '89 SG Special/ '04 Gibson Les Paul Classic 3 pickup / Jackson Star/ Endres Tele / Fernandes Rhoads/ ''74 Hohner MIJ strat/ 2 Partscasters
Amps: Depends on when you ask. I got tired of constantly updating this section lol
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