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Taylor 914ce Ltd, Sinker / EIR (2020)
Taylor 410ce, Sitka / Ovangkol (2006)
I know you're just pulling my leg, all good mate
Taylor 914ce Ltd, Sinker / EIR (2020)
Taylor 410ce, Sitka / Ovangkol (2006)
A few say the 12 fret helps to add a slight bit more of the bottom end so there's that benefit I suppose.
As I've already got a Taylor with Sinker top and Rosewood back the Cedar / Walnut will be a change from what I already have so I was thinking from that perspective. Also the S35 being 2nd hand, and going for a very good price (to me anyway) it limits the choices, but I think except for missing out on a cutaway the specs look ok to me.
Hoping to get the guitar next month and then I can see what all the fuss with Lowden's is all about
Taylor 914ce Ltd, Sinker / EIR (2020)
Taylor 410ce, Sitka / Ovangkol (2006)
Cedar and walnut is a great combination in my book. One of my two or three most-played guitars is cedar and Queensland Maple which, although completely unrelated to walnut, is tonally similar. It's a dreadnought, so the shape and size is quite different, nevertheless (just as yours will) it produces a full-bodied, rounded tone, mellow and yet not lacking punch, rich but never in your face about it: something you can play any style on so long as you don't go too hard.
Acoustic guitars are very like speakers (or microphones) - any given example has an ideal volume range. This is just physics: it takes a certain amount of energy to overcome inertia (less than that and you don't get a good quality sound); then there is a middle-range where the transducer (microphone diaphragm, speaker cone, guitar top) responds to further input more-or-less linearly; and then you get clipping as the input signal (singer's voice, amplifier's output, vibrating strings) is asking for more movement than the transducer can provide. Essentially, the heavier the transducer and the stiffer the mounting, the more energy it takes to start it vibrating, but the more energy it can handle without clipping. Conversely, the lighter the transducer and the softer the mounting, the less energy it takes to start but the less it is able to handle well.
The point of all this is that small guitars are more sensitive to light playing, and more responsive. The same applies to softer (less stiff) tops like cedar and redwood. If that suits your style - as I'm sure it must, otherwise you'd be buying different instruments - you'll get a great deal of pleasure from this beauty. Enjoy!
@Tannin great explanation of the “dynamics” (for want of a better word) of guitars and volume.
I played a cedar on koa parlor and it was amazing
Looks quite a deep body too, sure that will add to a fuller sound -
two £4k+ guitars for a "beginner" ? not a bit jealous - enjoy
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I wish I'd had the funds to get a quality instrument when I started, it makes a difference. I have a Lowden O25 cedar/rosewood and every time I play it I'm wowed by the sound quality. I doubt that you'll be disappointed. Let us have your impressions when it arrives. It certainly is a looker, and it will have a different sound from the Taylor. Congratulations
I'm a beginner, but I'm of a 'mature' age so the funds are more accessible at my age. I'm hoping that I've successfully jumped a few rungs of the ladder and got a couple of guitars that will see me happy for the foreseeable (I bet lots say that then GAS takes over )
Taylor 914ce Ltd, Sinker / EIR (2020)
Taylor 410ce, Sitka / Ovangkol (2006)
let us know how that S35 sounds
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Not saying this is thee best example of showing the guitars capabilities, but I really liked the below video showing of a S35 12 fret Cedar / Walnut. He certainly puts it through it's paces with varied 'playing' techniques especially the 2nd half of the video (most videos just show soft finger picking).
Taylor 914ce Ltd, Sinker / EIR (2020)
Taylor 410ce, Sitka / Ovangkol (2006)