Is this the most underrated Taylor acoustic? The Jewel Kilcher Signature Model.
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- True story: we seriously considered the caption “A TAYLOR that was SWIFT (ly) discontinued” for the click bait title and thumbnail. Too much?
I remember when these came out in 2000, some of the performatively macho doods I knew were like “ewwwww! JEWEL has a SIGNATURE guitar? Who’s gonna play that?” Meanwhile, I looked at it, read the specs and thought “damn, this actually looks like what I’d want.” And in 2023, 2000 me was proven correct.
The Taylor JKSM Jewel Kilcher Signature Model is a damn nice guitar. Maybe one of the most fun and immediately rewarding acoustic guitars I’ve owned. Released in 2000, there were about 700 of them reportedly made. And hilariously, after recording these clips we discovered that we might personally know five other goofballs like me who own and love these things. So if one pops up in your searches like it did for me, and it seems like something you’d be into, I’d recommend you check it out.
We wanted to demo it along with this Martin 000-15 we’ve owned and the Taylor 510 dreadnought, to rave about this size and shape and show off its definition and clarity. We don’t normally demo acoustic guitars and don't consider ourselves experts on them, so I’m sure there’s stuff I didn’t talk about and details we missed. But we think this is cool and thought it could use a nice intro showcase for the people who look.
0:00 Intro
1:35 Body wood & aesthetics
3:07 The GA body shape
4:00 First time we saw one
4:47 A little more background
5:44 Clip! Taylor JKSM
6:42 Story of our Martin 000-15
8:25 Clip! Martin 000-15
9:43 Impressions
11:01 Clip! Taylor JKSM vs 510 dreadnought
12:18 Takeaway
13:13 Store Special - Megabyte DSD Limited
(And ugh! you're right, it was the OPPORTUNITY rover!)
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677 total were made, even though the labels were printed out, before the guitars were made, and the label says the guitar # out of 1000 guitars making the guitar even more interesting.. I still have the email from Taylor stating this information. The production was stopped at 677 because the source they had in South America wouldn't sell Taylor any more Satinwood. If you have one of these, you are a very lucky person. I own #52. Purchased in Rochster NY in year 2000.
LOL - I may have to pass this along to the one who threw that "Homer" shade at you :) I still have my D-15 dreadnaught I got around that time, and love the way it sounds. Love your videos, love your gear, need to catch up sometime soon.
Please do! I was hoping they’d see that moment and appreciate it. hashtag vindicated I guess
The JKSM looks and sounds lovely. Thanks for including the all the body dimension data. I’m also 5’ 9¾”, and lots of, um, man-sized guitars feel like they’re about 3% too big for comfort. It’s not enough to stop me playing them, but it sometimes makes playing feel like working.
Thank you! Yeah, the GA and OOO and OM sizes are pretty excellent for this. Just taking a little off the waist and the depth makes a big difference.