Today I visited a guitar shop and spent an hour with a Taylor PS14ce. At nearly £8k (Stirling) it was certainly a nicely built and good looking guitar, but to be honest, for ME, it neither played or sounded any better than my £350 Freshman Apollo - in fact, I found the action up at the dusty end to be quite off-puttingly high!
I suppose someone who could REALLY play - as opposed to MY humble efforts - may appreciate the difference, but I certainly couldn't. I am very happy with my Freshman and, apart from just the pleasure of being able to say I owned the Taylor, it certainly didn't justify the £7.5k price difference.
Have others found this or is it just me with my limited knowledge/experience/ability not being able to appreciate the subtleties?
I suppose someone who could REALLY play - as opposed to MY humble efforts - may appreciate the difference, but I certainly couldn't. I am very happy with my Freshman and, apart from just the pleasure of being able to say I owned the Taylor, it certainly didn't justify the £7.5k price difference.
Have others found this or is it just me with my limited knowledge/experience/ability not being able to appreciate the subtleties?