Need advice and/or leads for buying a Taylor Acoustic/Electric Guitar or Big Baby...
January 19, 2008 9:36 AM Subscribe
Need advice and/or leads for buying a Taylor Acoustic/Electric Guitar or Big Baby...
I am ready to buy a guitar, and I have 3 things to consider:
My hands (2 fold):
1) I am rehabbing from an injury where I severed extensor tendons in my left hand. I have always wanted to learn to play, so I am going to use this as a way to help get more range of motion in my hand.
2) I have small hands... should I go with a Taylor Big Baby? I have held a friends full size taylor and it is just a bit too big in the neck, although much better than most acoustics that I have held.
and
3) My finances.
Where do I go to look for good deals on used a used Taylor... or where do they have the very best deals on new, last years models?
Does anyone out there have one for sale?
I would love to get the least expensive acoustic/electric, which Taylor model is that? The Big Baby model is not acoustic electric... would it be the best bet for my conditional terms?
MeFi Folk... what are your opinions?
I am ready to buy a guitar, and I have 3 things to consider:
My hands (2 fold):
1) I am rehabbing from an injury where I severed extensor tendons in my left hand. I have always wanted to learn to play, so I am going to use this as a way to help get more range of motion in my hand.
2) I have small hands... should I go with a Taylor Big Baby? I have held a friends full size taylor and it is just a bit too big in the neck, although much better than most acoustics that I have held.
and
3) My finances.
Where do I go to look for good deals on used a used Taylor... or where do they have the very best deals on new, last years models?
Does anyone out there have one for sale?
I would love to get the least expensive acoustic/electric, which Taylor model is that? The Big Baby model is not acoustic electric... would it be the best bet for my conditional terms?
MeFi Folk... what are your opinions?
I wouldn't start learning guitar with a particular brand. What kind of music do you want to play. Something that rocks, get a Gibson accoustic. Country--a Martin. Taylors im not 100% what they are best for.
posted by Ironmouth at 12:27 PM on January 19, 2008
posted by Ironmouth at 12:27 PM on January 19, 2008
The Big Baby Taylor is a full sized guitar, 25.5" scale. I just checked the stats.
Yeah, don't be locked into one maker. There are a lot of good guitars out there. I played a lot of Taylors, Martins and Gibsons before I bought my Larivee. My sister just got a Guild GAD-25 for $250.00 on ebay. It's a fine sounding guitar and a lot of guitar for the money.
posted by wsg at 2:43 PM on January 19, 2008
Yeah, don't be locked into one maker. There are a lot of good guitars out there. I played a lot of Taylors, Martins and Gibsons before I bought my Larivee. My sister just got a Guild GAD-25 for $250.00 on ebay. It's a fine sounding guitar and a lot of guitar for the money.
posted by wsg at 2:43 PM on January 19, 2008
Best answer: I have a Baby Taylor that I adore, but then again I am tiny with tiny hands. I have taken lessons for years and my teacher swears that the best guitar for the money (about $300 on sale) is a Seagull S-6.
posted by fiery.hogue at 4:29 PM on January 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by fiery.hogue at 4:29 PM on January 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
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Sorry if you have this covered. That's my first thought.
My second thought is that I don't think you need gigantic hands to play guitar well. You are going to get a better guitar, in general, when you buy full size. I think body size may be more of a problem, but you could get an OM size or whatever the smaller sized Taylor is.
posted by sully75 at 10:50 AM on January 19, 2008