I know some folks who like their Taylors. I have a baby taylor (bought 2nd hand sight unseen because I trusted the taylor name, unfortunately) which I thought would be good for carrying around for jamming at festivals. It is wretched-quite problematic. The baby taylors evidently all have design problems which Taylor has not changed, yet they still sell the guitars. I could not buy an instrument from a company which knowingly produces defective instruments. I do, however, have a 1964 Gibson I am still playing after all these years. I know folks who still have their Martins from the 60's & 70's with no complaints. If I ever replaced my Gibson I think I would either find a guitar made in the good ole days, or get one of the trusted, tried & true brands.