Experts prefer Taylor Baby BT2 over Martin LX1
On 9 Apr 2024 (17 days ago) we went through 96 Acoustic Guitar expert endorsements .
Currently, Taylor Baby BT2 received 1 endorsement from Guitar Chalk (6 Apr 2024). Meanwhile, Martin LX1 did not receive any endorsements this month.
Curious to see this month's entire Acoustic Guitars ranking? It's here
Endorsement summary:
- On 6 Apr 2024
Guitar Chalk ranked Taylor Baby BT2 as #6 Rank Acoustic Guitar Comment ... ... ... #6 out of 8 Taylor Baby BT2 BEST FOR: Beginners, kids, travel, and practice.... ... ... Source: www.guitarchalk.com
Martin LX1 
Taylor Baby BT2 Customers like Martin LX1 somewhat more
At ReviewFinder we prefer to focus on professional product reviews, because customer reviews can be disproportionately affected by unrelated factors such as delivery, specific seller listing problems, and, of course, fake reviews. With that said, below is the summary of consumer sentiment.
Taylor Baby BT2
CS of 10 is similar to a 4.8 star review, CS of 0 is similar to a 2 star review.
Martin LX1, the cheaper option, tends to get more favorable reviews than Taylor Baby BT2.
As can be seen in the chart above, median best-selling acoustic guitar receives a consumer score of 8.7 (great). Both Martin LX1 and Taylor Baby BT2 receive customer reviews that average out above that median threshold.
| Martin LX1 |
In comparison:
9.6 Amazing
|
| Taylor Baby BT2 |
In comparison:
9.1 Great
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| Median best-selling Acoustic Guitar |
In comparison:
8.7 Great
|
Taylor Baby BT2 is more popular than Martin LX1
It's fairly safe to say that Taylor Baby BT2 is a more popular acoustic guitar than Martin LX1, based on its 200+ reviews. Popularity is determined based on product sales. Note that older and cheaper products tend to sell more.
To consider
| Table: Top compared alternatives for Martin LX1 and Taylor Baby BT2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Martin LXK2 | $449 |
In comparison:
9.6 Amazing
| 2 expert recommendations | |
 | Taylor Baby BT2 | $449 |
In comparison:
9.1 Great
| No expert recommendations | |
 | Epiphone Dove Pro | $449 |
In comparison:
9.3 Amazing
| No expert recommendations | |
 | Takamine GD11MCE-NS | $450 |
In comparison:
9.6 Amazing
| No expert recommendations | |
| Rank | Change | Price | Acoustic Guitar | reviewed.usatoday.com  | Music Critic  | The Strategist  | Music Radar  | GuitarPlayer  | Six String Acoustic  | Guitar World  | Guitar Chalk | 10stunninghomes.com  | American Songwriter  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | $230 |  Yamaha FG800 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| 2 | - | $599 |  Taylor GS Mini | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| 3 | - | Check price |  Fender CD 60S | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| 4 | - | Check price |  Seagull S6 Original | - | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
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Expert reviews [16]
- with a score: 3
- without a score: 13
| Highest score by guitarsignal.com | 100 |
| Average score based on 16 reviews | 91 |
| Lowest score by guitareuroshop.com | 80 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
- Mahogany pattern HPL (high pressure laminate) textured finish, solid sitka spruce top
- Rust Stratabond neck, shortened 3/4 scale
- Chrome small-knob tuners. Tusq saddle.
- Solid Morado or East Indian Rosewood fingerboard
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- 6-string Acoustic Guitar with Mahogany Top
- Layered Sapele Back
- Sides - Natural
- Neck Width 1-11/16 inch
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Martin LX1 is a popular option in the middle of the acoustic guitars price range. It's in the top 3 bestselling acoustic guitars and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Art & Lutherie Americana or Epiphone Dove Pro .
Martin LX1 is $50 less expensive than an average acoustic guitar ($499).
Taylor Baby BT2 is a popular option in the middle of the acoustic guitars price range. It's in the top 3 bestselling acoustic guitars and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Art & Lutherie Americana or Epiphone Dove Pro .
Taylor Baby BT2 is $50 less expensive than an average acoustic guitar ($499).
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