Baby Taylor vs Taylor GS Mini vs Martin Dreadnought Junior | Shootout

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[khultherro]

Baby Taylor sound demo starts 1:18
Taylor GS mini 2:59
Martin D Junior 4:26

[josephbrooks]

I played the GS mini and Dread Jr w/ mahogany top yesterday at Guitar Center. While I like both, I immediately chose the Dread Jr. for warmth and "looks". Playability of both felt the same, but I immediately heard (and preferred) that tonal depth of the Martin. It is a 24 scale neck which is identical in size to my PRS electric, so the feel is somewhat similar. Obviously, the acoustic requires more pressure, but fingering and movement felt easy and smooth. Yes it is Richlite which is more expensive than ebony in the current market.It is solid sapele all around with a mahogany top that is simply beautiful. Since I was needing a good traveler, I purchased the Martin and am very happy with it!

[tonymediati]

Love the way the Martin JR sounds, great tone for a smaller dreadnaught

[jjccllgg]

Being a person who travels for long periods of time, I own a Taylor BT-2, and the sound and size are the best for me.

[SteveHovland]

Could hear differences very well. Thanks. Thought the Baby Taylor sounded tinny compared to the other two.

[mema]

GS mini is the best. Try singing ramble on when he plays the guitar. GS mini would offer the best support to your voice.

[tonywright]

I picked up a Martin Dreadnought Junior a couple of months ago, my daughter took over ownership of my Taylor GS Mini-e RW. I travel a bit with my work so I like to take a travel guitar with me.

I agree with the comments that the Martin sounds better unplugged but the Taylor pickup is better. The Martin fishman system is pretty basic and sounds best when the sound is set as high as possible.

I find the Martin easier to play from a finger style perspective as the nut width is 1-3/4 compared 1-11/16 for the taylor. My daughter has small fingers and she prefers the Taylor.

For me the Martin sounds better and is easier to play with the size of my fingers - both are great travel sized guitars - at home I generally play a D-18 so I guess I am used to having a bit more space between the strings. My daughter's main guitar is a martin OM-28v. The Taylor is a back up guitar at gigs and its left lying around the house so I can be picked up and played at anytime - its a strong and light guitar.

The Taylor travel bag is a lot better (better design, padding and style) than the Martin Bag and I'll be getting a hard shell for my junior as soon as they are released in Australia.

[benjaminparker]

The Martin Dreadnought Junior doesn't have an ebony fingerboard. It's a Richlite fingerboard and bridge.

[muscularibuprofen]

Baby Taylor is cool and fun to play (had borrowed one from a friend for a few months) but it sounds tinny as you can tell in the video here. The GS mini sounds great but a bit too bright for my liking. My pick goes to the Martin Dread Jr I think

[alansturgess]

Baby T sound demo starts 1.17
GS mini 2.59
Martin Junior 4.24
Jump to times to easily compare the three guitars one after the other.

[tosapwr]

Just a got a newly released Martin D Jr Burst sunburst version with the Fishman. Beauteous!
btw, The GS Mini has laminated sapele b&s vs solid on the D Jr

[wilhelmhagberg]

You forgot to give us your opinions on the guitars. Which one is the best according to you?

[davidcudlip]

Great demo. I'm looking for a small body guitar to convert to an Octave mandolin.

[roman]

There are two small guitars hanging on the wall to the right behind you, what type and brand of guitars are they?

[blsdtv]

Oh No!!! I love martin guitar dreadnought junior hope soon i got one .. . 😘🤩👍☝️

[MsCHOTICHOTI]

Can you make a video, Martin 000 vs Martin JUNIOR?

[MBHarsh]

+bigmusicshop Hi, I'm a bit confused, you mentioned that the Martin D. Junior is 3/4th the size of the regular dreadnought, but I've read elsewhere that it's only 15/16th the size of the regular (which to me sounds negligible). Can you clarify?

[mouselim]

In this comparison demo, the D Jr does sound much better than both Taylors...yet somehow, in some other comparisons, it wasn't so easy to pick up a winner in all sound categories...

[nathanc]

What about Taylor big baby vs Martin? Seems Martin introduced the dread junior to compete with it specifically! Love my Taylor big baby, but would have been very interested in the Martin were it out at the time

[TheHobieBoy]

Why dont you compare the D jr vs Big baby taylor? Thats a good battle!