The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77578 Message #1384796
Posted By: GUEST,Russ
21-Jan-05 - 07:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Taylor -VS- Martin
Subject: RE: BS: Taylor -VS- Martin
WARNING-Expression of personal preferences follows]
Three most important factors Sound Sound Sound
Another very important factor playability
Significantly less important appearance
Whether you should buy an existing instrument depends upon the state of your sonic desires.
At this stage I am so picky about the sound I want an instrument to produce that I would never buy one without hearing it first. For me, a commissioned instrument by any luthier, no matter how heralded, would be a pig in a poke.