I'm not a big fan of Taylor guitars as a general rule, but.... Has anyone else tried the (relatively) new Taylor nylon-string guitar series?   I don't play classical guitar but I do like to play on nylon occasionally for the sake of sonic variation. Well, I picked up one of these little guys in the music store yesterday and got totally blown away. I had to put it up after two tunes because I could feel myself falling in love and I can't afford another guitar.

There is a noticeable difference in feel between it and any other nylon-strung guitar I have ever played. The neck is only 1-7/8" as opposed to the more common 2" width. The neck profile is much more like a steel-string guitar than the usual bulky-feeling classical neck. It also has an adjustable truss-rod so the action can be set lower than most nylon guitars. Soundwise, I'll admit to a bit of aural ignorance in that I've not spent much time around quality classical guitars, so I can only compare it to my own middle-of-the-line Alvarez, and the Taylor blows that away. I'm not sure that the sound would be what a classical purist is looking for, but I don't think that's the market Mr. Taylor's got in mind. 'Twould seem to me that the steel-string finger-picker looking to broaden his/her pallet of sounds or the nylon player looking for something a little more contemporary are the folks to whom these guitars would appeal.

If you see one hanging around a music store, give it a try.

Bruce