Taylor 324e Acoustic Guitar Review with Garrett Moshier

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6-String | Tropical Mahogany Top | Tropical Mahogany Back and Sides | Tropical Mahogany Neck | Ebony Fretboard | Expression System® 2 Electronics | Non-cutaway | Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown Case
So we basically have an all mahogany guitar except for the fretboard, which is Ebony. I think Ebony is a great fretboard wood. Also Mahogany is really great for like a warm sound. They use it on Les Pauls pretty much exclusively. It is a little heavier. So I notice that this guitar definitely has a little bit more weight to it, especially that one that could be also just because of the size, but it's pretty noticeable. Still a light acoustic guitar. It's not like you're actually carrying a Les Paul around where it's a solid body and everything. It's not 13lbs, it's probably more in the ballpark of 6 to 7, which is super great.
One thing I would say is that we've got to satin finish. Satin finishes are great to look at. They don't, get super smudged up on stage. That's a big win. But I think one area where it falls short is if you're recording live acoustic guitars through a microphone. So in this instance, you'll be able to tell this microphone, we've got a lot of like, just kind of like, contact noise. If you are doing intimate acoustic guitar recordings, I think you're going to find that that might get in your way a little bit more than something with a glossy finish where it's not quite so loud with this. So you'll hear that even when you forearms just like strumming along right here. So on that end I would go for something with a gloss finish on the on the sides and the front.
We've got like an normal pickguard here. The pickguard's very gloss I would imagine at some point this is going to get all beat up and whatnot, but sometimes, depending on the way that you pick, that could even look cool.
Up at the top, so we've got like a different inlay structure. It looks still like abalone. Different symbol here. So, you know, pick your poison. It's this symbol also in the fret inlays. I think they still look really pretty, still very much cooler than your everyday Mother of Pearl Dots.
Really nice woodgrain on the back and sides. Very consistent. I think it's still a solid top, which is ideal. It's not your typical sunburst. It's more like this kind of like dark burst. Don't know, really, what they would call it, but it's super elegant, really pretty to look at. I feel like if you have a guitar that's really pretty to look at, you'll probably want to pick it up and play it more, which means you'll probably get better. Getting better is good unless it leads you to choose a career in music. I'm just kidding.
A thing I like to do on acoustic guitars is, I call it, The Crash Test, so I'll play "Crash" by Dave Matthews Band, basically just between guitars, whichever one you start tiring out on quicker probably means that that one needs the setup more or the action lowered in general. Here would be The Crash Test. I can already tell that I'll probably be having to dip out of this within like four passes through. Yeah, I'll definitely have to be have to be bailing after a little bit. I think that's also just because it's a bigger body. So I think maybe the scale length is even a tiny bit longer than that one might have been.
This is a Grand Auditorium shape. It feels like it's potentially even a little bit bigger than what I think the Grand Concert would be, which I think is the closest thing to a 000 size, if you're familiar with like the Martin shapes or I think even other companies like Blue Ridge and even Recording King use 000 as their basic like Grand Concert style size. That's what you'd probably see John Mayer recording with. This feels a little bit bigger than that, which is probably the culprit of why it has so much more volume. Overall it's still comfy.
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[@chrishughes8805]

Well done Garrett. Loved the breakdown. Very detailed review. I got a kick out of the fact that you used both Crash and some John Mayer. Those are definitely fun to play on acoustic and they sounded great on the 324e mahogany. I've owned mine for several years and still love it. Highly recommend it as it's very versatile. Can pick up them up used at an affordable price.

[@TheWorshipLeader]

Thanks for watching!!

[@kyceessadki2501]

I have no idea why, but the 324e is so much nicer to my ear, why?

[@TheWorshipLeader]

🤷🏽🎶🎶

[@boxitheone]

Which version is better, mahogany or black Tasmanian wood and what is the difference in sound between the two?

[@TheWorshipLeader]

Hard to say! Personally we like the mahogany.

[@boxitheone]

@@TheWorshipLeader yes!!!