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Since I bought my Taylor acoustic in June, I have been using it exclusively when playing out.
Last night, though, went to an open mic with a Halloween theme, and I as I had a mostly-black outfit (pirate) I decided to play my black Fender CD140SCE instead.
Wow, was I disappointed with the sound of it in comparison to the Taylor! One guy told me it sounded ok, but I coudl sure hear the difference. Maybe if I was tweaking the EQs I could have got it a little better, but not an option.
Now I still play the Fender when doing songs where I'm playing mostly lead parts when I play with Art in the duo - the Tele-like neck and extra light strings are perfect for leads - but won't be using it as the principle strumming guitar in the future.

Got me yet another one last Christmas... Won't play any other acoustic besides this or Martin...

mike, is it any surprize that a FENDER acoustic can't hang w a Taylor?

it IS nice having choices, no?

every time i play someone else's TAYLOR i always want one. i just don't play enough acoustic these days to justify the purchase though.

these days my acoustic gtr playing gets divided between my '36 O-17 and my Paris Swing Gypsy.



so....how many gtrs does a gtrst need?

























...one more.

Planetguy wrote:mike, is it any surprize that a FENDER acoustic can't hang w a Taylor?

Not really surprising, comparing a $300 (new) guitar to a $1700 one, but the Fender has decent sound (when EQed correctly) through a decent system. I think that's the difference - the Taylor sounds good through almost anything (even that $99 stupid-deal-of-the-day Gemini speaker I got a few weeks ago).

GuitarMikeB wrote:

Planetguy wrote:mike, is it any surprize that a FENDER acoustic can't hang w a Taylor?

Not really surprising, comparing a $300 (new) guitar to a $1700 one, but the Fender has decent sound (when EQed correctly) through a decent system. I think that's the difference - the Taylor sounds good through almost anything (even that $99 stupid-deal-of-the-day Gemini speaker I got a few weeks ago).

Gemini? not hip to it.

seems like that should be "two for one deal".

Planetguy wrote:Gemini? not hip to it.
seems like that should be "two for one deal".

I think I posted about it in the equipment section of this forum.

http://www.music123.com/pro-audio/gemin ... =used#used

Burning time in Longview yesterday went by one of the local shops I frequent.

Taylors were 900 - 1500 guidas . . .

Did not play any though due to my exposed belt buckle.
One of our guys ( Chris Wallace ) has one.

The sound is quite extraordinary.

There's actually a psychological condition called "guitar acquisition syndrome." I'm serious.

fisherman bob wrote:There's actually a psychological condition called "guitar acquisition syndrome." I'm serious.

Oh yeah, when GAS hits, your collection can expand exponentially!

LOL, my GF asked me the other night how many guitars did I own, I said I really dont know. She said what? I said well Ive got some that arent really that great but I rarely get rid of them, so I went around the house and I have 22 guitars and one bass.

You know you got it bad when you cant even remember em all!

I was thinking about my gig tonight and maybe taking about 8 of em and switch every 4-5 songs! LOL!

Ussually our band just gets into a groove and we play 3 one hour sets so I only switch during a set if I break a string.

So we shall see