Taylor 2012 Baby Taylor Acoustic Guitar  

I bought the mahogany top Baby Taylor in January and fell in love with it.  It sounded great, had a nice action and I loved the smaller size, especially  while traveling.  But, after only two months I was traveling with it  and it fell one foot (only a foot!) to a tile floor on its end while still in its case,  and the joint between the top piece and the side piece failed and split, also cracking the top piece.  I called Taylor and they would not cover it because it fell, and told me to just take it to a repair shop,  even though it is apparent that they just did not use enough glue to hold together in a small impact.  So, if you do not want a travel guitar that cannot hold up while traveling, don't buy this.  I am extremely disappointed, yet going to try and repair it because it did sound good and played well, I will just use more glue than they did!

Small body makes it perfect for petite people, children or travellers. Great campfire guitar or apartment guitar.

You don't have to sacrifice sound quality for size with the Baby Taylor.

Instruments always seem pricey to me, because I'm broke. But since a guitar is a long-term investment, I definately think this purchase is a wise one. If you're looking for some little junker guitar for your kid to break, go to a toy store. If you're looking for a legit guitar with great sound and playability, you just found it.

As a smaller woman who travels a lot, I found that the Baby Taylor was the perfect guitar for me! It fits my body and hands well, and I don't have to compramise on sound quality with this guitar. I've had several friends who are used to full-size, massively expensive guitars pick my Baby Taylor up and be amazed at the sound!

This little guitar can survive a lot, too. Before I began to play guitar, my dad, while he was working at a guitar retail shop, bought my taylor from a homeless man, and it was so dirty and grimy he didn't know if it would be salvagable. But he cleaned it up and under the grime was a beautiful guitar, without even any dings or nicks. Since I've owned it, its survived more than any guitar should have to, including being sat on and having the neck snapped below the nut. (We ordered a new neck from Taylor and installed it ourselves in about 15 minutes. Taylor designs their guitars to make things easy on their owners!)

Basically, the only flaw I've ever found with the Baby Taylor is that on the soft case, the outer pocket closes with velcro, so you can lose picks if you flip it around a lot.