Want Ellie's Guitar from The Last of Us 2 in Real Life? There's a Cost

Jesus that's expensive, might buy the limited edition golf club though...

Ah, this model was something I considered years ago. Takamine has a good alternative, and some other thoughts were discussed here when checking out alternatives: https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=145114

There was a great comment recently from a world class musician who uses a custom, hand made guitar from extremely rare materials and how it is half the price of this.

This is just insulting rip off tier.

Edit: Not half price, but close. It was weeks ago after all.

https://twitter.com/thinkimreal/status/1273726585229570049?s=19

I might buy it if they cut two digits off. 😉

@Menchi It's a bit of a rip-off but not as much as it seems. The normal edition of this guitar is still $1,999 so you're paying another 15% for the game tie-in. Not exactly defending it, just saying it's not as much of an extreme cashgrab as it looks at first.

@Matroska It just means it's a rip off cash grab of a rip off cash grab

@Menchi Not to be contrarian, but it's not insulting. It's very much standard for Taylor and as far as I can tell seems to be in line with the price of a regular 314, making this limited edition version actualy very fairly priced, in the context of their product lineup.

Guitars are incredibly subjective and if you love Taylor, then only a Taylor will do and nothing else will quite feel and sound the same. And whatever price point you're looking at, there's always something that's arguably (or definitely) better for less. It's all about what the player wants and resonates with. Some people buy a custom guitar for $1800 off a little known fella in some small town, and others spend $10k+ ont he most ridiculously opulent, specced out custom from their favourite mass market manufacturer. Both have their merits and dismissing one or the other is massively oversimpifying the whole process.

I've been on factory tours for a few manufacturers of Taylor's standard and their facilities, tools and R&D departments are astounding. Truly astounding. It's easy to assume one fella carving things out of trees is doing a better job than a team of hundreds just because it's more grassroots, but it's a very different approach that is only better or worse in the eye of the beholder.

I never bothered with playing the guitar in the game. I just wanted to wander Seattle and murder Scars and Wolves. Can we buy Ellie's knife?

@SegaBlueSky Yep, it's a real good model and brand--I just never could afford it years ago and can't afford it now even if it's got a tie-in to the game. There's still some good alternatives though that people who really want to play probably already know of and won't have to buy these tie-ins.

@Severian Exactly. I’ve got basically the same style of guitar from a different builder, cheaper and just as good for what I want, but damn I love Taylor’s and would gladly buy a 314 if I could afford it!

They should also make an affordable copy of that guitar for intermediate players. This price is too much for almost all of us!

Anyone who bugs either of those guitars is a true PlayStation corporate slave.

@Menchi I mean it really depends on the guitar. A Martin Acoustic guitar can easily sell for $10k or a PRS Private Stock which can get insane. I paid $5k for my PRS Custom.

I don't begrudge them selling a game tie-in Taylor at this price but offering another replica a little more in the First Act price range would be nice.

If I had that kind of money I'd buy it in a heartbeat. It looks amazing! And I can't play the guitar for the life of me xD But if I had this one I would learn to use that baby for sure.

@SegaBlueSky awesome comment

80% last of us fans will spend on this and not play it

I'll stick with my fender guitars.