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Description
The Taylor Custom Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric guitar provides serious musicians with an instrument of unparalleled tone and aesthetics. Handcrafted from premium torrefied Sitka spruce and East Indian rosewood, this guitar delivers a dynamic range of lush, complex tones with crystalline highs, robust lows and rich overtones. The revolutionary V-Class bracing opens up the soundboard to produce notes that ring loud and true. When plugged in, the ES2 electronics capture the guitar's voice with stunning fidelity for inspiring performances.
Resonant Tonewoods for a Lifetime
As an investment in your musical journey, the guitar's torrefied Sitka spruce top and rosewood back and sides provide decades of playing enjoyment. The torrefied spruce, sourced from the Pacific Northwest, yields a mature, balanced tone from day one. The rosewood, selected from sustainable sources in India, produces notes with depth, warmth and complex overtones. Together, these tonewoods create an open, resonant voice that only improves with age.
V-Class Bracing Unlocks Potential
Taylor's revolutionary V-Class bracing opens up the soundboard to produce notes that ring loud and true. This innovative design provides more volume, longer sustain and nearly eliminates the intonation issues that plague traditional X-bracing. Play up and down the neck to experience notes and chords that bloom into richness. Strum boldly without choking the guitar's voice. Flatpick or fingerpick dynamically with confidence in each note's clarity and projection.
Plug in and Inspire
When it's time to perform, the ES2 electronics capture your Taylor's voice with stunning fidelity. Three discreet saddle transducers feed a Taylors preamp to convey nuances that other systems miss. Adjust the preamp to shape your tone from transparent to bold. Send your signal direct to the PA or amp for inspiring performances that move audiences with the guitar's true, resonant voice.
An Heirloom to Cherish
With premium tonewoods, innovative bracing and quality electronics, the Taylor Grand Auditorium is an investment in inspiration that provides a lifetime of musical enjoyment. As you play, the woods will mature and the tone will sweeten, creating an instrument to pass down through generations. For the serious musician seeking an heirloom guitar, the Taylor Custom Grand Auditorium delivers a voice to cherish.
Features
- Torrefied Sitka spruce top with Indian rosewood back and sides
- V-Class bracing
- ES2 electronics with behind-the-saddle pickup
- Single-ring flamed maple rosette, maple binding, ebony accents
Specs
- Body type: Taylor Grand Auditorium
- Cutaway: Yes - Venetian
- Top wood: Torrefied Sitka spruce
- Back and sides: East Indian rosewood with maple wedge
- Bracing pattern: V-class bracing with relief rout
- Body finish: Gloss with wild honey burst top
- Neck shape: Standard Taylor profile
- Neck wood: Neo-tropical mahogany
- Scale length: 25.5"
- Nut width: 1.75" (44.5mm)
- Number of frets: 20
- Material: Genuine West African ebony
- Inlays: Hook & latch boxwood fretboard
- Pickup/preamp: Expression System 2 professional audio-grade with TaylorSense
- Brand: Taylor
- Configuration: Behind-the-saddle transducer with adjustable sensors
- Preamp EQ: Volume, active bass and treble
- Feedback filter: Onboard phase switch
- Tuner: None
- Headstock overlay: Genuine West African ebony
- Tuning machines: Gotoh 510 antique gold with antique gold buttons
- Bridge: Genuine West African ebony
- Saddle and nut: Micarta saddle; Black tusk nut
- Special features: Wild honey burst stain on the top and back strap, flamed maple rosette, 3-piece wedge back configuration, boxwood peghead logo, Gotoh 510 antique gold tuners and buttons
- Orientation: Right handed
- Number of strings: 6
- Case: Taylor deluxe hardshell (brown)
- Accessories: None
- Country of origin: USA