Just Call Her "Taylor"

Success! After nearly a week of prowling the darkest recesses of eBay, after figuring out the inner workings of PayPal enough to trust it, after being outbidded time and time again ... I finally found the perfect deal on the exact acoustic guitar I wanted. A Taylor 414CE Grand Auditorium, to be more precise.

This is one of the seller's pictures. (I was going to embed it straight into this entry, but apparently the CSS of this new layout has issues with images...hmm, looks like a job for Emergency Coder!) Ain't she a beaut?

No, I didn't spend as much as Taylor's Suggested Retail Price on this one, since it's several years old (made in 1998) and has a couple of minor blemishes. Those are the kinds of things that happen to a guitar that's played often and for several years - even if it's treated gingerly, some minor accidents are bound to happen. This just gets those first couple out of the way so I won't feel as bad when I ultimately do it myself! I'm also just thrilled to finally be free of the compulsive urge to check eBay every 10 minutes to make sure I'm not missing out on the perfect deal. Now onto the compulsive playing ... once it gets shipped here from upstate New York.