Taylor 214 review acoustic guitar

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Here's another video from my old channel. This one is a review of my 2005 Taylor 214. Hopefully this will help someone in deciding on what guitar to buy.

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[sword6204]

Great video, but the mic was blocking your fretting hand the whole time.

[BryanMorganMusic]

@sword6204 Not really important for this video. This was more of a focus on the guitar I'm playing, not a breakdown of the notes I'm playing.

[melenas51]

I like Taylor guitars. You has a great sound.

[BryanMorganMusic]

@melenas51 Thanks!

[Davesintexas]

Got your video of this Taylor and you have touched on a few things that I have problems with Taylor Guitars. Course the newer ones have been compared with other makers taking short cuts to increase profits at the cost of their quality. That particular model you have to admit its just an odd shape for playing. The sounds fine. But the large body and smaller upper its just awkward for playing since the neck wants to point down due to the design, Dread lower should have dread uppers. Balance.

[BryanMorganMusic]

@Davesintexas You're right, and that's one thing I didn't touch on: the balance tends to be more towards the neck. This is true with most OM body shapes, though. I haven't noticed it affecting the playability.

[dandeliontea7]

@dandeliontea7 but still, point is that there is a bit of hype and dishonesty regarding the way guitars are made, including solid sides being better than sides made from laminated wood.

[dandeliontea7]

Not bad, but you're wrong about solid vs. Laminated sides. Done properly, laminated sides are actually better because they are stiffer, lending more vibration energy to the top. I know a pro Luthier who exclusively builds guitars with laminated sides. Also Gypsy Jazz guitars have laminated sides as per the original Selmer/Mario Maccaferri models that Django Reinhardt was famous for playing, these guitars have much better projection and volume (of course the design principles are quite different)

[mummylips]

I have played my '05 214e for many shows and still love it.Ive played it so much it needs frets up to the 12th fret. I dont think Ill need anything else,just for the sake of spending more money and saying,,I have the latest and greatest.I will re fret it and keep it and may even buy another one.Its a gem for the money

[sthugh]

@Davesintexas It's not a dreadnaught at all. It's an auditorium model which is nothing but a scaled up concert model for the most part. Nothing at all odd about that.

[filavadrit]

nice Guitar & play!

[5mcarter]

LOVE THE GUITAR! ! Has a lovely sound.