Founded in 1974, Taylor guitars are fairly young in the world of acoustic guitars (especially compared to Gibson and Martin), but they quickly made a name for themselves with high quality, comfortable, and great sounded acoustic guitars. While an American made guitar from them start around $2000 nowadays, they also feature Foreign built guitars from Mexico that run for a better price.
As far as they got for Left handed guitars, Taylor tends to keep it rather simple and offer only a few models for Left handed players. However, one of the the Mexican Made guitars stood out for me in particular and that is the GS Mini Mahogany guitar.
Introduced in 2019, the GS Mini line features 3 models: The Rosewood (with a Spruce Top), The Koa, and the Mahogany. All 3 having a standard acoustic and an acoustic/electric option, with the ability to buy the electronics separately if you are on a budget.
While the Koa is also available left handed, I want to focus on the one I own, which is the Mahogany made version. This particular guitar features a Tropical Mahogany top, with Sapele (African Mahogany) back and sides, which makes is a guitar with more low end and sounds deeper compared to a Maple or Koa built acoustic. Best way to tell the difference is just by looking at it. Every model is distinct from the visuals alone.
In regards to it being called the GS Mini, This is a slightly smaller guitar than a Parlor acoustic, but a little bigger than a Travel size acoustic and a similar shape to a Jumbo, giving it a distinct sound all of it's own. I do have to mention, I am a tall person (I am 6' 1"), but I found the guitar extremely comfortable to play and closure in size to what I like with my electric guitars. On top of that, it is a perfect size for traveling and fantastic tones.
With the most common guitars being scaled at 24.75" or 25.5", this guitar is at 23.5" and only a few will be able to even tell the difference. I have had no issues going from my Fender Strat, to my Gretsch Jet, and then to this. Playing this guitar was extremely easy to do.
It is priced at $599 for the standard acoustic version with the electrics available for $99. Sadly, it is not available to buy as an acoustic electric, but it is hard to get mad at it for having it optional and when the time comes, I will post an update on what I think of the electronic update.
