Description
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Note: Due to differences in wood grain, the item you receive may not exactly match the item in the photos.
While sorting through Taylor’s tonewood reserves recently, master builder Andy Powers and co-founder Bob Taylor rediscovered a small cache of gorgeous Macassar ebony from a purchase years ago. Andy chose to pair the back and side sets with tops of equally beautiful old-growth sinker redwood salvaged from the coastal rivers of Northern California. This extremely small-batch limited-edition run marks our first opportunity to incorporate the Macassar/sinker pairing into guitars featuring Taylor’s V-Class bracing. On this Grand Auditorium model, the V-Class architecture intensifies the natural musical character of the pairing—the clear, bell like response of Macassar, and the warm, overtone-rich response of the redwood. The luxurious look and sound are matched by the rich appointment details of the 900 and Presentation Series.
While sorting through Taylor’s tonewood reserves recently, master builder Andy Powers and co-founder Bob Taylor rediscovered a small cache of gorgeous Macassar ebony from a purchase years ago. Andy chose to pair the back and side sets with tops of equally beautiful old-growth sinker redwood salvaged from the coastal rivers of Northern California. This extremely small-batch limited-edition run marks our first opportunity to incorporate the Macassar/sinker pairing into guitars featuring Taylor’s V-Class bracing. On this Grand Auditorium model, the V-Class architecture intensifies the natural musical character of the pairing—the clear, bell like response of Macassar, and the warm, overtone-rich response of the redwood. The luxurious look and sound are matched by the rich appointment details of the 900 and Presentation Series.
- Grand Auditorium body with 4-piece Simons wedge back
- Venetian cutaway
- Mahogany neck
- 1-3/4” nut width
- 25-1/2” scale length
- V-Class bracing
- Crelicam West African ebony fretboard/bridge/backstrap
- Ebony binding with a matching radius armrest
- Paua/Hawaiian koa top edge trim
- Koa purfling (back, sides, peghead)
- Single-ring paua rosette with bound soundhole
- Green abalone/mother-of-pearl ascension fretboard/peghead inlays
- Shaded edgeburst back and sides
- Gotoh 510 antique gold tuners
- 3.5-mil gloss-finish body
- ES2 electronics
- Deluxe Taylor hardshell case