He seems to have gone all-out - he bought many of them. Though I guess for a guy like Ed, a few guitars isn't that all-out - it's a business expense - tax writeoff time.
The first Taylors that popped up with Ed were the burst finish one, and one of his natural spruce models. They were both used at the 'SARSFest' concert for Toronto. I didn't notice he was using new guitars because the stage was very far from the crowd at the Skydome. I noticed these later when I noticed the Taylors at other shows.
The natural one at that show (used for Million Dollars) had 'Taylor' across the top of the headstock, with no other inlay. It was tough to see it, but I believe it was an 810 model. Or it could be a custom or older guitar, I can't be sure. If you have the Special Edition E2E, this is the main one he plays during the Acoustic set (I believe Take It Outside is the only song he uses another guitar on). You'd think there'd be lots of shots of the guitar on the DVD, but there are hardly any full shots. Strictly from a guitar player perspective, it's not very well shot for that use.
The Sunburst guitar had the vine inlay on the headstock and what looked to be the correct inlays for it to be a 910 model, with the Sunburst finish option. I don't have photos of these guitars, but stock images of the inlay and headstock are below. This seems to be the same guitar as he uses in the Postcard video.
The Walnut-looking guitar showed up when they did Postcard on Leno. It's dark brown and easily distinguishable from the others. Taylor has a walnut series, but only one of those guitars has a walnut top (and it's not the dreadnought). This guitar matches the headstock inlay and for a walnut series guitar, so it would seem to match a W10 model, except with a walnut top.
On Sharon Osbourne he used a different W10 with the standard spruce top, that I've seen in recent tour photos. Interestingly both of these W10 models (body made of Walnut) has a split of dark and lighter brown wood on the shoulder (see the photos of each guitar that are tilted more towards the 'neck' end.)
He recently (at a NYC Borders bookstore show) showed up with what seems to be a Presentation Series PS10. It has a distinctive headstock inlay, and a beautiful vine inlay down the fretboard, and on the bridge. I'm not positive but I believe this may be one of the guitars on a stand next to him on the DVD Acoustic session, that he didn't seem to play.
The other guitar on the stand next to him he plays for Take It Outside because the song requires a half-step tune-down. The guitar is a Jumbo size, with the style of pickguard and headstock consistent with the 600 series (which would be the 615). I have seen photos of him playing it at a radio show so I guess he's also bought this one, or later bought one like it.
At a Christmas radio show the morning before Christmas '03, Ed played solo and arrived with a nylon stringed Taylor that he he had purchased just two days prior. He said he really loves them. I guess he's not kidding! I'm not sure which of the NS series he had, but I believe it's an NS52ce (Mahogany). There are different guitars in the '04 line, this would be from a prior line. It showed up on the '04 Holidays tour for songs like Footprints and Snowman.
The last Taylor (the first one listed above) is a dreadnaught with the Koa soundhole rosette, so that would make it either 510 or 710. The only major difference visually between the guitars is the type of wood on the sides and back, and the tuning pegs (silver or gold on the 510 and 710 respectively), neither of which I have good photos of. I have a strong feeling it's a 710. The guitar is or was in their B-Kit.
Given Ed's gushing over the new Taylor Expression pickup system, I would guess that all of these guitars have the Expression pickup in them. I don't see any controls on the body so I would guess he has the passive version of the pickup, though that's just a guess on my part.
Some photos courtesy of LoraJ, Brian Hracyk, Woofland.
