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«  A "small" that Taylor no longer made »

Published on 10/05/12 at 03:59
Grand Concert guitar format (format 000) very handy.
Spruce quite late. Maple back and sides. Mahogany neck. Rosewood head veneer. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut. Mechanical oil bath. Not passing through the string table.
Series 400 corresponded to an input range from Taylor's 422 is still beautiful maple is still very literally.
Top quality

Case beautiful and adjusted.

UTILIZATION

Quality and aesthetics of wood blameless.
Good sound projection. Guitar powerful for its size.
Handle fast and comfortable.
Guitar very comfortable (small: all those who have tried hard to return to large format Dreadnought!)
Its very serious and acute; few mediums (which I love), this being due to the maple.
No cut for treble.
No amplification.

SOUNDS

I use this guitar picking, blues, chords, a lot actually. The sound is specific to maple (regardless of media), so you must love. At the time I bought the same model was also crated and sides mahogany.
The sound can be very clean or slightly dirty, little to be played with this intention.

OVERALL OPINION

Attention, small guitars must be very good, otherwise the sound will narrow.
In Taylor, no surprise, it is calibrated quality (beware portfolio). Bought new a few years ago, it ages well. The handle has hardly budged (a visit to review the setting in Open Tuning seller to Pigalle, thank you again for the service and advice), the sound is great and it should continue to improve with the years.

This format guitar quite old and very fashionable, has its fans including myself: comfort and softness.
Try one, you will understand!