I’ve been hauling this guitar all over the US, Europe, China and Taiwan and I’ve never had a problem on the plane. I try to travel with just a tiny 32L backpack and this guitar and they always happily let me aboard with those as my two carry ons. If they question it (I think this happened once on a puddle jumper) I can quickly show them that fits in the overhead and takes up less space that anyone’s carry on luggage.

Great guitar and I think I’m going on 5 years with it now.

PERFORMANCE

I love playing with this thing and have performed on small to mid sized stages any number of times. I use both picks and fingerstyle. I do need to get a pickup for it before I can do anything bigger performance-wise, though, and may do that before I head back to China.

SCALE

Also: no problem with the smaller scale. My fingers are pretty lean but I thought I’d add my pennies to the discussion.

I took it across fannce in a soft case and busked with it.
Although i took trains and didnt fly.
And its so light it didnt kill me by overloading my pack.
only issue was the large body knocking about.
it lived with me in a tent and survived with no damage or warping or anything despite beiing knocked about a fair bit.
theres very little wear considering ive had it 3 years. and i havent been the most careful owner.

i prefer the neck shape and size to a regular guitar
and im sure it sounds better aswell
and to be honest i dont play anything else anymore.
i like its sound

I just got off the phone with the rep at Taylor regarding the Baby Taylor I bought several years ago. Long story short the glue on the neck where the headstock is dovetailed on and the glue joining the back both failed. Since I didn’t live anywhere near a Taylor authorized luthier, I called customer service about a year ago and was told that it would be covered under warranty and to take it to an authorized Taylor shop. I waited until I moved to Charlotte and took it to the luthier and he said that they weren’t able to do anything with it (I bought it at the GC in Detroit) and to call Taylor. Well, I called Taylor back and was told that since I’d glued the joint back together myself, the warranty was voided. Considering it has structural failures all over due to bad glue (I’m not guessing – I’m a Quality Assurance professional of over 20 years experience. Let’s say that I’ve seen shortcuts in manufacturing before), I thought it would be a simple matter of returning it and getting it properly repaired or replaced. So, if you buy one, be aware that by “great customer service” they actually mean “you’re stuck with a $300 unplayable guitar”. Oh – they did offer to sell me another neck to replace their defective one. I think I’ll spend the money on a Martin.