Comments on: Baby Taylor Travel Guitar

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:10:40 +0000

I bought my Baby Taylor in the spring, and it’s been a great addition to my collection, however I do find that it goes out of tune quite frequently…

By: Best Travel Guitars

Best Travel Guitars — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:17:10 +0000

thanks for your sound input BuddyGtr, I encourage more people to voice second, third, and even fourth opinions. This is what the review process is all about

By: BuddyGtr

BuddyGtr — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:48:49 +0000

I don’t know who wrote this review on the Baby Taylor, but all in all it is quite good… except for one point, and I quote: “because of its smaller fret size capo use can be limited, and finger picking past the third fret can be more of a challenge for adults.”

All I can say about this is that I’ve recently finished a tour of the US using my Baby Taylor as my main (and often only) instrument on stage… for nearly 11 months! That’s a lot of solo finger-style performing…

I play all over the fretboard with great ease because of the smaller size (and I have big hands/fingers). So This statement doesn’t hold water IMO. Granted everyone’s hands are different though.

Now, if all you do is play 1st position chords i.e. rhythm playing. Than it won’t matter either way, other than having significantly less tension on the fretting hand. But for lead players, or finger-stylists the Baby Taylor is a super easy guitar to play. Not significantly different from a full sized Taylor, but with a greater reach so you don’t have to stretch as much. Again, this can be debated, but I personally disagree with the above statement. Everything else in the review… 5 stars, right on!

Hope this helps clarify the use of the Baby Taylor.

A note about my setup… I set it up to utilize GHS Nylon strings (ball end), and I installed an L.R. Baggs dual-source pickup system to play live, and it works beautifully. It seemingly turns into a whole new guitar when plugged in. I wouldn’t dream of playing regular venues w/o a pickup installed. Not that hard to do, or just pay a local tech to do the job

By: Best Travel Guitars

Best Travel Guitars — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:36:48 +0000

Hi Chris, I know what you mean, its a beautiful guitar but you really can’t compare it to the Martin Backpacker. I mean, the backpacker is a totally different animal meant for traveling. When I say traveling, for me, I think backpacking which is when I often bring my backpacker.

The Baby Taylor is a 3/4 size guitar, its small but not like the martin backpacker. I couldn’t imagine hiking with it anywhere. I think if we want to compare the Baby Taylor with a guitar then we would have to compare it to the Little Martin.

By: ChrisC

ChrisC — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:13:13 +0000

I practically drool whenever I see pics of that guitar, which is something I’ve never been able to say about the Martin Backpacker. And reviews I’ve read just make me want it even more.