With these guitars, you can't set a price on greatness!!! I'm actually saving up to purchase a 814ce, my dream guitar! Where I live, our guitar shops suck! We have Taylors but not anything like an 800 series.
guitar wood grading is inconsistant...as in Martin guitar would grade wood to how "uniform" and tightly spaced the grains are as to Paul Reed Smith would grade wild flames as private stock..Taylor would grade it this way too
took me two years to find an all koa Martin guitar...got an all koa Taylor JDCM and it is one of my favorite guitars....koa has the highs of a guitar plugged in when it is not. Perfect for those who don't like growing their nails...finger picking just sounds great! But koa guitars sound very different from one another...inconsistant...gotta try one though
In Hawaii Koa is so common that they make crates and pallets from it. In the past flamed Koa was not so rare and whole rooms were lined with it. My Uncle worked for various wood companies and told me of a job where they lined the walls of a room with curly Koa paneling.
they are to expensive and they dont sound good at all.
taylor guitars are in my opinion the best brand of acoustic guitars, gibsons are not bad guitars, but a 1000 doller taylor sounds better than a 3000 dollar gibson
Taylor series of folk instruments, from flutes to ukes may be a good way to go. Since less surface is needed, that would give more room to work around defects and let you use more of the wood rather than have that as a loss. There are lots of benefits to maximising use from the environment to not taking a loss on something not usable in a guitar sized piece but usable in a uke sized piece :)
Always had a soft spot for Taylors ever since Suzanne Vega`s first album,when I read an interview and she said she used them!Finally got a 314ce in 2000 and she(the Guitar,not SV) just sounds and looks better the older she gets!Tip for speeding up the "Playing in" on a new acoustic is to leave it on a stand in front of a speaker!It works!
The guys at Gibson would just say "Ah, use it anyway and make it tobacco sunburst around that edge... Charge more for the extra effort... Call it a Custom Shop. Defects???
I got a Taylor made of koa... I'm too lucky!! What a beauty...
Firestoner46 2 months ago
I want this guitar so bad.
swiftfan4life 3 months ago
bob taylor is the mr rogers of the guitar world.. i love him =)
skepticalsight 8 months ago
With these guitars, you can't set a price on greatness!!! I'm actually saving up to purchase a 814ce, my dream guitar! Where I live, our guitar shops suck! We have Taylors but not anything like an 800 series.
CSQUAR3DsBaCk 11 months ago
i love these guitars since the very first time i saw them. Taylor Swift has one :) Sadly they're too expensive for me...
mia22ayleen 1 year ago
my dream guitar!!! I dream of it every day , every minute!
eldadmi 1 year ago
@eldadmi dreaming it now?
aldobu1990 1 year ago
guitar wood grading is inconsistant...as in Martin guitar would grade wood to how "uniform" and tightly spaced the grains are as to Paul Reed Smith would grade wild flames as private stock..Taylor would grade it this way too
edwardtang1977 2 years ago
took me two years to find an all koa Martin guitar...got an all koa Taylor JDCM and it is one of my favorite guitars....koa has the highs of a guitar plugged in when it is not. Perfect for those who don't like growing their nails...finger picking just sounds great! But koa guitars sound very different from one another...inconsistant...gotta try one though
edwardtang1977 2 years ago
In Hawaii Koa is so common that they make crates and pallets from it. In the past flamed Koa was not so rare and whole rooms were lined with it. My Uncle worked for various wood companies and told me of a job where they lined the walls of a room with curly Koa paneling.
vegetasrevenge 2 years ago
gibson acoustic guitars are over rated,
they are to expensive and they dont sound good at all.
taylor guitars are in my opinion the best brand of acoustic guitars, gibsons are not bad guitars, but a 1000 doller taylor sounds better than a 3000 dollar gibson
Breserker255 2 years ago
@Breserker255 i like the way you think!! i feel the same way
jjjjj92 1 year ago
Hmm makes me wonder a few things.
Taylor series of folk instruments, from flutes to ukes may be a good way to go. Since less surface is needed, that would give more room to work around defects and let you use more of the wood rather than have that as a loss. There are lots of benefits to maximising use from the environment to not taking a loss on something not usable in a guitar sized piece but usable in a uke sized piece :)
And really, a Taylor flute, awesome yes!
KeeperOfTheGood 2 years ago
Very well said Bob.
theozzman67 2 years ago
beautiful
lliicckk 3 years ago
Always had a soft spot for Taylors ever since Suzanne Vega`s first album,when I read an interview and she said she used them!Finally got a 314ce in 2000 and she(the Guitar,not SV) just sounds and looks better the older she gets!Tip for speeding up the "Playing in" on a new acoustic is to leave it on a stand in front of a speaker!It works!
auto4union 3 years ago
The first thing Bob says here is really all that needs to be said about koa.
MercuryClock 3 years ago
The guys at Gibson would just say "Ah, use it anyway and make it tobacco sunburst around that edge... Charge more for the extra effort... Call it a Custom Shop. Defects???
ChrsGuit 3 years ago
Koa is awesome... I played a Koa Strat at the local music store... Beautiful look and awesome tone...
ChrsGuit 3 years ago
DAMN that koa looks awesome!
taylor410ce 3 years ago
It is indeed, a rare, expensive and in danger wood....
emgcarra 3 years ago
got a koa taylor, whats the best strings to use for koa? cheers
supercoolkid83 3 years ago
Well, it depends which body shape and is it ALL Koa?
guitarstrummer9009 3 years ago
well taylor recommends using elixer strings with all their guitars! it all depends on what ur string preference is
lliicckk 3 years ago
i have a taylor acoustic koa guitar, i use D'addarrio strings. Such a beautiful sound with it.
ChrisW21341 2 years ago
Koa is probably one of the most best looking tonewood I have ever seen.
guitarstrummer9009 3 years ago 2