Taylor GS Mini. An insight.
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Today, lets take a look at the Taylor GS Mini and how it
performs.
Music starts @ 2:35 & 4:10
Original music by Jonathan Koh
Please note that the pickup in the GS mini is a LR Baggs Lyric not an Anthem!
My thanks to Israel Woo for pointing this out
Taylor GS Mini mahogany
www.taylorguit...
Jarvis @ Guitar Spa
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Recorded with the
UAD Apollo Twin Duo
on
Digital Performer 9.5
Give me that guitar and I can make it sound like a 20$ guitar
Edit: I'm no longer suck
Alan Golden Lol!
Haha
Came for the review, and got a music therapy session as a bonus :). I'm being serious, I really love how you play. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Benoit.. stay safe ✌️❤️
Sounds pretty good but your playing made it shine
You're too kind brother 🤓
@@JonIsJustTooLoud two humble person in a one comments :) Cheers
Thanks Johnathan for telling me about your accoustic videos. You are an Awesome musician!!! I could listen to you play all day.
Thank you brother ✌️❤️
Amazing, I love your playing. So smooth yet each note so crisp
Thank you Mary ✌️❤️
Came to watch the guitar but eventually stayed to learn the music. Beautiful
Thanks.. I hope you have subscribed!!✌️❤️
Please note that the pickup in the GS mini is a LR Baggs Lyric not an Anthem!
My thanks to Israel Woo for pointing this out ✌️🤓
Why did you choose that over anthem?
Hey Jon. Great video. I just learned of Jarvis' channel 2 yesterday which I'm enjoying.
Awesome!! His channel is so good✌️❤️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud You both have great channels 😄
Hi Jon, wonderful as alway's. Thank you. Do you prefer playing acoustic over electric? Or no preference?
Both!
Just beautiful playing.
+Thomas thank you Thomas 😀✌️
Beautiful! Very encouraging. I'm in the process of buying the same GS Mini, and this is the best sample I've heard. I made a note to look into the LR Baggs Anthem if I upgrade to electronics in the future. I would be delighted to sound like that.
I hope you don't mind a little "accent reduction" tip. I spent years working closely with a colleague who had immigrated some twenty years earlier, co-teaching classes among other things, and he would sometimes get frustrated with students having trouble understanding certain words or phrases--we were teaching programming classes, and the frequently needed word "error" caused some trouble, for example. I am a native speaker of English from the US midwest with a background in language, and after some years trying to make my second-language Spanish and Russian sound native, I've developed and ear for it. Anyway, Jason appreciated occasional tips on his English accent, and I hope this you'll find more helpful than offensive. If I'm off the mark, feel free to educate me.
Your accent sounds much more native than my friend Jason's, and in fact I noticed you weren't a native speaker not by accent but because you said "two zero one four" for the year instead of "twenty fourteen," which obviously didn't cause any problem with understanding anyway. I did have trouble understanding one speech pattern, though: I had trouble with D's at the ends of words. In particular "chord work" sounded to me like "cort work" or maybe "cork work" and it took me several tries to parse it. I don't know your native language, but in lots of languages it's common for consonants at the ends of words to be voiceless (the difference between the pairs t-d, k-g, p-b), for example Russian, German, Korean all do this. But in English when the "d" at the end of "chord," for example, isn't voiced it can cause confusion. If your instinct is to de-voice the consonants at the ends of words, it may help to think of the last consonant as being borrowed by the next word, like "chord work" -> "core dwerk." This won't always work great, like "chord sequence" -> "core dsequence" probably doesn't help. But it's something to think about if you're inclined to think about these sorts of things.
Anyway, came for the guitar content and enjoyed it. Stayed for the interesting language issue, which says a lot more about me than you. Will be looking more at your channel. Keep 'em coming!
thank you...As lone as you understand what I'm actually saying...I think it's just fine.✌❤
His accent sounds like he's from Singapore which I think is the most annoying accent because they don't pronounce the last letters of the words.
But I love his guitar playing. Thank you.
Man that guitar sounds like an angel
Yes it does✌️❤️
I randomly found this but i really love it
Cool ✌️❤️
Amazing music. I love it. Thank you for sharing. i am looking at a new acoustic guitar and I am glad to come across your video.
Welcome!✌♥
Really amazing playing, any guitar you pick up you can make sound great. Very inspiring.
Thank you ✌️❤️
Very interesting detailed review Jonathon, and some of the best acoustic playing I've heard for years - truly superb.
You mentioned that you disliked the Taylor pickup system. I've had two Minis - the first was with their original model with the passive system which you had to install yourself. That was very poor and produced a weak signal which needed a fair bit of pre-amp to produce a good result. I now have a Mini (walnut) with their latest active ES2 system and I find that to me massively better. I wonder what system you had on your 2014 model.
Thanks again for such an informative and inspiring review/demo. Thumbs up. Bell rung.
I have a LRbaggs Lyric installed 🤓✌
Thanks for the review. I appreciate your respect for the instrument. Absolutely beautiful playing.
Thank you Axel✌️🤓
Thanks for the demo. I have a big baby Taylor and I will install the LL baggs SL on it.
Nice ✌️❤️
Ordered mine, super excited!
Awesome!!!
need to talk with you Jonathan Koh
we need to jam
nice playing again!
Thank you ✌️❤️
Sounds amazing, nice work.
Thank you
Great video from a gr8 player and person. B4 watching this vid, I wanted to get the spruce version. But I'm starting to think that the mahogany is the key. Thanks for this.
Thank you for your kind comments Larry! Its a great little guitar :)
My brother just bought one of these and raves about it. I have a line on an old Jazz Chorus 60 amp. I wonder how this little gem would sound through one? Great playing, you do this guitar justice.
Yep..the Jazz Chorus will work! :)
Between that GS mini mahogany and the Martin Shaw Mendes, which one do you recommend more?
The Shawn Mendes ✌🏻
@@JonIsJustTooLoud thanks
nice video. regarding the strings for the gs mini mahogany, which would you choose and play? 12s or 11s? thanks and keep it up!
For the GSmini.. I only use 013s✌️❤️
Fabulous video and playing. May I ask if you continue to use the Elixir 13 gauge strings it came with? I'm thinking of trying 12s as its a bit harder for me to play 13s. 😊
Jarvis (The Guitar Spa Singapore) has some great videos.... :-) Thanks for your video....really nice playing.
I love the tone of mahogany guitars. :-)
Yes he does! Jarvis is a friend 🤓✌️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I subscribed to Jarvis' site a long time ago. He's a really cool guy and I can
tell how much he loves guitars and music. I like to see and hear all of the guitars that he demos.
If I ever get to Singapore, I'd like to talk to him about guitars.
This is probably the best and most honest review of the GS mini mahogany I've seen. I've been wanting to get a GS mini after I played with my friend's GS mini rosewood. However, I didn't want another spruce top guitar as I already own a D16, D28 and 510CE. Been looking at different UA-cam reviews on the mahogany top and koa. Couldn't really decide on which until I watched your review and read your replies to questions from your viewers. I'm completely sold on the mahogany top. I'll order one online now with full confidence as they don't have any ex-stock.
Cool.. glad the video was useful ✌️❤️
Amazing Feeling WE Can Travel threw the âmes...
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Great video Jonathan! Beautiful playing too... I just bought the GS Mini Koa-E and I’m thrilled. What a great guitar... 🎶
Awesome!!✌️❤️
I have had mine for 9 years now and LOVE it. I like it better than my 320 Koa. Playing it every day has worn out the first few frets, making the strings buzz. I ordered a new one. It should be here at any moment. The new one has a built in tuner.
nice ✌💙
The LL Baggs lyric sounds about as good as your microphone. That's rare for a built-in pickup mic.
Yes the lyric is a great pickup ❤️
I think you should ask Taylor to make you a guitar to your specs. A Taylor Jon signiature. Bet it would be awesome.
Lol.. maybe you should ask them!!✌️🤪✌️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I'll call Andy Monday first thing.
That was some beautiful playing my friend! I’m excited to get my GSmini in the mail tomorrow.
Cool ✌️❤️
Man, I don't know what it is, but I didn't have any success with putting a an LR baggs Anthem system in my Taylor guitar. I thought it sounded worse in the stock pickup. Everybody loves that pickup system though. Makes me wonder a little bit if the person who installed it didn't know what they were doing?
It could be.. or it could just you.. we all hear things differently ✌️❤️
Love, love, love how you and Israel play! So much feeling! Keep it up!
Thank you! ✌❤
That L R Baggs Anthym sounds really good! Beautiful playing.
Yes.. They are great pickups🤓✌️
I just got new GS mini mahog because of your clip and Previous guitar in your channel is Headway I got it 😂
cool!
Thanks so much for the video, i have a gs mini too and was wondering how the anthem would sound on it, especially since it’s a smaller body guitar.
Also, i found that there are 2 types of lr baggs, the anthem and the anthem-SL. Which one do you have installed on your gs mini?
I do not have the anthem installed.. it was a LRBaggs Lyric ..✌️❤️
I saw something in another UA-cam vid that said only the anthem SL fits this guitar
I decided the mahogany same you have. Thanks bro
Franklin Quijote nice ✌️❤️
Me too. Amazing little guitar.
I use the original taylor es-go pickup on mine, sounds principally like an electric guitar out of the speaker, without any frills. With new steelfrets something for whole lifetime.
nice!
great video as usual, it would be interesting to compare Taylor GS Mini to Harley Benton GS Travel mohagony guitar :)
Yea...will be waiting for someone to send one to me!!! lol 😆✌
Hello, I want to make a clarification. You mention that the GS mini has a lr baggs anthem installed, and what I see installed in the Soundhole is a lr baggs lyric, although it is of high quality but it is not the Anthem, since anthem in addition to the TRUMIC has a piezo element On Bridge. And the lyric only has the TRUMIC of Condenser. Greetings and good explanatory video. I'm a fan of guitars and onboard guitar systems.
Thank you Christian..for your observations..If you noticed, I have highlighted the correction in the description.
Oh my! Sorry you have been asked many times about the strings! Lol im going to try 12s. Why not 😅
Go for it!!
I didn't like the Taylor GS mini mahogany at first but that all changed when I tried different strings on it. I tend to like the Martin sound so I tried replacing the Daddario medium gauge strings with Martin light gauge retro strings. I enjoyed the sound more and found the retro strings worked great with the mahogany wood but still felt the sustain was lacking. Tried medium gauge Martin retro strings and found the sound to be perfect. Now 2 years into owning it and still love it!
I felt the gs mini mahogany sounded the best with Martin retro medium gauge strings. Feel free to experiment to your liking but just a tip for those reading.
Yes strings make a difference
fretboard is ebony, bridge is ebony, besides the top, all the wood is laminated
Woww... amazing playing uncle
Thank you ✌️🤓
I love Your playing. Lately I’ve been enjoying playing A few of my smaller bodied guitars simply because they are so comfortable, in any chair/any position imaginable. I had a peg break, bought wooden pegs that work great. Thank You for sharing 🙏😊
Glad you like them!
I really appreciate your reviews! Would like to request if you could do a review for the new Taylor BBT Walnut top?
Will try ✌️❤️
Great sounding guitar, Jonathan's beautiful playing surly adds to the great sound, and at such a low price , iam definitely buying this guitar
Go for it!
Really nice playing and the GS sounds fine. I tried a few Minis a week ago and was really surprised. Well made, good playing and sounding Guitars. I will gift myself a Taylor for Christmas…
Thanks a lot!
Beautiful playing as usual Jonathan. My first serious guitar was an acoustic. I played it 10 years before I bought my first electric. After trying 50+ guitars, Taylor, Martin, etc... I ended up with a Blueridge I absolutely love which is just incredibly full and tonal. No electronics though, any recommendations for recording.... internal vs external miking? Thanks!
For recording.. it’s Mics for me everytime✌️❤️ and oh... external ✌️
I put 12s on mine accidentally - for some reason I thought it used lighter strings. Now my intonation is all messed up. I tightened the truss rod, because the action was so high with the light strings - helped but not by much. The low E string is the biggest problem, fretting the 12th fret gets you an out of tune F note. So it almost sharpens a half step when you get to the 12th fret. You are probably wondering why I just didn't put 13s back on it, well, I liked the 12s. They were easier to bend a bit especially the G string. But I'm not sure the short scale can handle the lighter strings. Might have to take it in for a setup now. Long story short - stick to the 13s. I have always played around with string guages on my acoustics, different tunings etc. and have never had this problem before.
Thanks for your sharing...Mine has 13s for the longest time now✌♥
@@JonIsJustTooLoud Yeah, don't change them. I think I have to switch back and maybe get a setup now because I played with the truss rod a bit. I actually thought it took 12s for some reason, oh well.
O.K. Jonathan,You have me sold on this guitar..I own many guitars ..I enjoy building and repairing them.I even tried NOT to like this guitar but it is indeed the best in its class,It seems that Taylor has created the D28 of mini guitars here..By the way...all I wanted for Christmas was a D28 For 40 years..I guess I have not been a good boy..lol..I am however going to purchase a Blueridge BR 160a I highly suggest doing research on it,I think you will love it..My question for you is the bridge lifting that Jarvise said the GS mini has an issue with..I live In Florida,very very humid and I would like to bring this particular guitar to the beach and outdoors..Will It be o.k.?
I Guess if you put the guitar back in the case right after.. It’ll be fine. Get some of those desiccant and stuff turn in the case/bag ✌️❤️
How would you compare it to mini diesel maton
I dont know👌
Which one you like better? Which is louder?
i cant actually compare because of the price point.. I bought the GS Mini..so I guess I like it better
@@robertahli3738
Played all the GS Mini's and the mahogany mini has that warm full sound I liked without the Taylor ES Go pickup option. I installed L.R. Baggs Anthem-SL Acoustic Guitar Pickup and Microphone and a Tonewood amp. Tonewood amp installation note: due to the curvature of the mini back. The tonewood module needs to be sit almost flush with the end of the guitar. The two of them are a go anywhere great sounding package. Great video and the music your create is amazing thanks.
Thank you for your sharing✌️❤️
is it all solid mahogany body? I wondering to have taylor guitar someday..now i play Larrivee guitar
Yes✌🤓
Sir could u please tell which one I should buy Taylor GS mini or Martin DJr 10e
It’s about your budget... both are good in my opinion ✌️❤️
Thanks for the review, it is a really nice one! I am actually wondering in placing the LR Baggs Lyric on my mini (the ES-GO is crap and full of noises) but I heard the output sound of the lyric is quite low for staging and it is also possible to have feedback issues. What is your experience? Do you think an active DI box absolutely necessary? Thanks in advance!
I think it’s fine.. i use the LRBaggs venue with it.. works perfectly ✌️❤️
That is NOT an LR Baggs Anthem, it is called the LR Baggs LYRIC - The Anthem would have sounded a bit more like the t.bone
Yes I did state that in the info section
So you're sure an LR Baggs Anthem will fit the GS Mini? And, that's what I'm hearing on this video? Sounds amazing!
What you see and hear is the LRbaggs anthem..installed on the GS mini.
I have a 2 year old baby...but I still rock....I can follow rock and new age...you sound great. I can follow that
Thank you 😊✌️
Your playing is gorgeous - Just bought a Spruce top/Rosewood and we are getting to know one another! Love that you actually gig with it!
Yes.. I don’t any more though✌️❤️
I want to jam with you...rock guitarist from the US... I can follow all chords...you have great chord progressions
I think you can play any guitar and it will sounds great!
Hahaha ✌️❤️
Besides the pick up system,what else did your friend change?
I think he changed the saddle ✌️❤️
Thanks
Just wonderful, absolutely impressing sound 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
Thank you✌️❤️
Hello sir, may I know what brand of strings and gauge you are using? Thanks in advance.
13s... any brand
Does your wife share your videos, on facebook? Swear, I've seen you before.
I think the single note lead tone is beautiful. Use it for lead work. There’s no money past the 12th fret on an acoustic anyway!
True ✌️😳
I'd love to see a baby taylor review. Love the videos! Thanks!
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sounds gr8 my asian brother. Rock on!
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The first song I would play on the gs mini taylor I'm going to win would be Edelweiss. Hope I win.
Nice ✌️❤️
What pick up would u choose if u needa get the sound on stage
I'm using the LR Baths Anthem😀✌️
Thank you Jonathan. I think you should try the Martin SC-10e or SC-13e. I reckon you will like the neck on those.
I did ✌️❤️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud So I see. Thank you.
the koa version is the best
Why choose mahogany over koa? I'm planning to buy very soon I just haven't decided yet between a koa or a hog. Please help.
Mahogany just sounds warmer.. My daughter has a GS Mini Koa..she prefers my Mahogany GS mini✌🤓
@@JonIsJustTooLoud thank you for the swift reply sir. I already have a spruce guitar top with mahogany back and side. So i want my new guitar to sound a bit different. Would buy the hog then.
Great review, beautiful playing, subbed.
Thank you✌️❤️
You play beautifully. That sounds wonderful.
Thank you very much!✌❤
Hello Jon. I am very happy to see your guitar review. I have a question, is it safe to use string number 0.13 for the GS mini or similar travel guitar? Thank you Jon
Yes it is.. in fact the guitar plays better on 13s because of the short scale length ✌️❤️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I see. Thanks a bunch Jon! :)
Beautiful! Thank you.
I have the intro model xxx-rs one of only 250 made in rosewood. Sounds so nice, especially with a sound hole pickup. That seems to give this small guitar a punch and wonderful tone. I'm not sure if I'll keep mine though, as arthritic hands make it hard to play.
Are you taking medications for your arthritis David?
Yeah. Tried several, they upset my system. Ended up with ibuprofen. Just got to work on playing my electric guitar more. I think the fast and light strings get my finger moving better.
I just put a set of 11's on the Taylor, and it sounds great and plays really easy.
David Eskelin that’s great David! Whatever works to help you play. Will say a prayer for the removal of your discomfort when you play ✌️❤️
Thank you. That's the one medicine I know will help, I really appreciate that! I'll be sure to send prayers back your way too.😌
I know a number of people who’s arthritis left completely after eliminating offending foods…
For some that was nightshades,
For others gluten and grains…
But they are very happy they figured it out and feel normal again.
Thanks for this wonderful review and your overall channel!
I know it’s been almost a year since this video, so I’m not sure if you’ll see/reply to this, but how has the guitar been holding up? I just bought mine, but the technician who was setting it up for me made a comment on how Taylor guitars, especially the GS mini are quite prone to humidity damage, too dry or so, warped wood causing low action or whatever. Do you find your GS mini to be any more or less resilient than any other guitar when dealing with humidity or such? I didn’t see anything online that seems to speak to this as being a prevalent issue, apart from one article that talks the GS minis have not been doing well in tropical climates. Any insight would be immensely appreciated! Either way, thank you for all you do!!
Yes...Humidity is a bane of most Taylor guitars.. what I do is i keep the guitar in my room where the Air conditioning is. It keeps the room dry.✌🤓
Jonathan Koh Makes sense and thank you again!!!
Okay I'm sold
Nice playing, thanks from NZ.
Many thanks!✌❤
Great playing! I have the exact same guitar but I'm not a fan of the high action with the medium gauge strings it has. Had someone at Sam Ash adjust it but it didn't really change the action. In fact I'm not even sure what I paid for. Ha! Curious to know what strings you use and how you feel about the action?
I use any acoustic strings..13 gauge . The action is fine by me✌️❤️
Are the tabs for what you were playing available?
Sorry no... All these things over played are all ad hoc... Not planned or written out 🤓✌️
Great stuff Jonathan once again. I think you just convinced me of getting one. Would this be a good one to play in a band? I have an sj200 and it's great playing solo/duo gigs because of the punch it has. Isn't treble the more wanted sound from an acoustic when in a band?
Treble is subjective to individual taste. I toured with this guitar so yes.. it works with a band✌️❤️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud Ok thanks for the info🙏
And thank you for the reply. I will need to consider this guitar indeed 👌
That pickup is great.
Nice playing! 👍
Thanks a lot!✌♥
Great playing bro! Great sound
Thanks a lot!✌♥
What song is that you played on guitar on 2:35 ?
Just a jam....✌♥
Do you have feedback issues? If so, how do you address them?
I used a lRbaggs venue preamp/di where there’s a notch function and tuner built it.
I’m currently using the NUX stageman floor as it sounds better.
ua-cam.com/video/cd5sGWkxNEM/v-deo.html
Man, I was gonna put the anthem in, but someone had said that it won’t fit this guitar...wish I had paid closer attention here, I put a K&k mini in...still sounds oh though
Great little guitar and excellent player. Thx
Thanks ✌️❤️
Beautiful playing and instrument.
Thank you✌️❤️
I have the Baby e Koa , will I be able to handle the GS , size wise ? I’m a paraplegic and play laying in bed.
It should be ok Ben. The GS mini is just a tad bigger than the baby Taylor.. take care✌️❤️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud thanks for responding. I appreciate your input.
What guitar do you prefer between the GS mini and the Martin 00-15M John. ?
very fine video jonathan. lovely.
Glad you enjoyed it✌❤
nicely performed John, keep it up
Thank you Serge ✌️
I have the Koa Plus version. I love it.
cool!✌♥
Hi Mr. Koh, Nice Playing what song did you play at 2:50?
Hi! It’s just some stuff I came up with at that moment✌️🤓