Cedar’s warm midrange overtones and quick response make it a coveted top wood among fingerstylists and other players with a lighter touch. On this mahogany/cedar cutaway Grand Auditorium, V-Class bracing lifts those sonic virtues to new heights, serving up an even more powerful all-around response with billowing sustain. Add to that the bundle of sonic refinements that V-Class brings, including more powerful notes all the way up the fretboard and greater in-tuneness between the notes (thanks to a more orderly response from the top), and you’ve got a guitar that can cover a lot of ground. Mahogany’s naturally dry, focused voice emphasizes the midrange, lending a warm, clear punch that strummers, blues players will especially appreciate. Appointments include faux tortoise shell binding and pickguard, a faux tortoise/ivoroid rosette, and our striking Century fretboard inlay scheme in grained ivoroid with a new peghead inlay to complement the motif. With onboard Taylor ES2 electronics, you can count on natural-sounding amplified acoustic tone whenever you need it. The guitar also features a Venetian cutaway for upper-fretboard access, and ships in a deluxe hardshell case.

Other specifications include:

• Shape Grand Auditorium
• Number of Strings 6
• Back/Side Wood Tropical Mahogany
• Top Wood Western Red Cedar
• Electronics Expression System 2®
• Cutaway Venetian
• Scale Length 25-1/2"
• Nut & Saddle Black Graphite, Micarta saddle
• Bracing V-Class with Relief Rout
• Truss Rod Cover Black Plastic
• Pickguard Tortoise
• Number of Frets 20
• Tuners Taylor Nickel
• Case Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
• Brand of Strings Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
• Body Length 20"
• Body Width 16"
• Body Depth 4 5/8"
• Binding/Edge Treatment Tortoise
• Top Finish Gloss
• Back Config 2-piece No Wedge
• Backstrap Finish None
• Rosette Size Single Ring
• Bridge Inlay None
• Back/Side Finish Gloss
• Armrest Binding None
• Backstrap Wood None
• Rosette Mat. Grained Ivoroid/Tortoise/Grained Ivoroid
• Stain/Sunburst Medium Brown Stain Back/Sides/Neck
• Wedge None
• Armrest no
• Neck Width 1-3/4"
• Fretboard Inlay Century
• Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment West African Ebony
• Heel Cap Binding West African Ebony
• Type of Neck Joint Scarf
• Neck/Heel Tropical Mahogany
• Fretboard Wood West African Ebony
• Neck Finish Satin
• Heel Length 3-1/2"
• Peghead Finish Gloss
• Peghead Binding None
• Peghead Type Standard
• Peghead Purfling None
• Headstock Overlay West African Ebony
• Peghead Inlay Century
• Peghead Logo Grained Ivoroid
• Bridge Pins West African Ebony
• Buttons Nickel
• Fingerboard Ext None
• Edge Trim None
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