A couple Taylor questions

[thebigz]

I'm looking for a nice acoustic and love Taylors, but have a couple questions hopefully someone will be able to answer

I was a top end one - my friend has an 814CE which is the best acoustic I've ever played! Naturally I was looking at getting the same thing, but I thought of a few things.

First, what is the difference between the 700 series and the 800/900 series? Look to be the same woods and stuff, are all the differences just cosmetic like binding or are the 8/9 higher quality? I don't need all that stuff, especially in an acoustic.

Next, I think a short scale would rock! I see that they did "L9"s that were short scale, do they have anything else that is short?

As of now, if my assumptions are correct, I'm looking for a 7xxCE L9. Does this sound right with what I'm looking for?

[dannyr]

The main difference between the 700 and 800/900 series is the top wood. The 700 series comes with either a engelmenn or westerm red cedar top, where the 800 & 900 series come with a sitka spruce top. The other differences are going to be the bindings and inlays and such.
I don't know the answer to your short scale question.

I have an 814CE that I'm very happy with. I used to own a 514CE that was a great guitar also.

[Robotechnology]

I used to have an 814CE that I sold to raise some cash. Loved it. Since then I've also played 614CE's that were just as killer (maybe even more so tonally).

[BTB007]

Well, you're in luck, just saw this yesterday. Chris is awesome to deal with, especially if you have a trade.

http://www.chrisguitars.com/

About 20 guitars down as of June 18th.

[thebigz]

Yeah, I saw this one, been drooling over it since it was poted! Unfortunately I don't have the cash for about a month. I didn't know he did trades, though. I have a USA Dinky I'm trying to sell to help fund this. Thanks!