Taylor GS Mini Acoustic Guitar

Hello!

In the last blog entry, I said I was going to review my acoustic guitar, the Taylor GS Mini. And here it comes!

Taylor GS Mini

I have had this guitar since summer 2011, so soon to be 2 years. The previous acoustic guitar I had was a cheap 100 dollar guitar, which was large and not comfortable playing on. The fretboard was bad and It hurt my fingertips playing it. When I got this, it was like heaven compared with the old one. The Taylor GS Mini is very easy to play on, meaning that you don't need to press your fingertips that hard on the fretboard in order to play notes. Major plus in my book!

Over to some technical data. The Taylor GS Mini is really a Grand Symphony guitar in 3/4 scale. If you are familiar with Taylor guitars, it can be compared with the Big Baby and Baby Taylor guitars. The total scale length is 597 mm with 20 frets.

Taylor GS Mini Mahogany

The GS Mini is only 1,8 kg (4 pounds), which is fairly lightweight. It is made up by both solid and laminate wood. The top is Sitka Spruce, with the neck and sides being Sapele. Giving it an good sound over the entire sound spectrum. With the sides being laminated wood, it makes the guitar suitable for travel playing because the laminate is stronger and more resistant to cracks. It has chrome tuning pegs and comes with a truss rod, which makes in resistant to changes in temperature while on the road. A truss rod in a steel rod that runs through the neck of the guitar used to stabilize and adjust the lengthwise forward curvature of the neck, which is also called relief.

The sound of the guitar is awesome. This small guitar can play loud. It has a nice tone both with finger style and strumming. When strumming it has rich powerful sound due to the large sound hole. The tuning holds very nice, even when changing it often. I often play with standard tuning and DADGAD tuning, and it holds the tuning very nice.

The guitar I have is 100 % acoustic, but Taylor has pickup which is easily installed in 5 minutes. The guitar has a removable end pin where you can install the jack to the pickup. The pick is optional when buying the guitar, but it can also be bought later for around a hundred dollars.

Overall the guitar is awesome to look at, awesome to play on and awesome to listen to. I don't use it as a travel guitar. I used it as my main and only acoustic guitar and I play any kind of genre. And for its listing price, this is an excellent buy for any guitar player. It also comes in a Mahogany version with the Sitka Spruce top being replaced by a Mahogany top.

If you are interested in seeing the guitars size or hearing the sound of the guitar, you can watch me play Andy McKee's "Drifting" underneath.

Hope you enjoy!

-Kianul