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You are viewing a unique custom from Taylor Guitars. This is a Grand Auditorium guitar featuring Honduran Rosewood back and sides and a Sinker Redwood top. Honduran Rosewood wood sets are normally set aside for Taylor's Presentation Series, however, it was borrowed to create the custom guitar. Andy Powers loves this tonewood because of its dense feature giving this guitar a wide tonal range with added bass response compared to East Indian Rosewood or even Brazilian Rosewood. It also features a cool grain pattern that sets each wood set apart with a nice milk chocolate color that you won't find with other species of Rosewood. The best part is that it is harvested in a responsible way which will allow us to maintain a steady supply for years to come. Sinker Redwood has been a staple with Taylor Guitars for many years and is always an acceptable addition to any guitar. Redwood only comes in one area of the planet. As its name implies, it has a red color in the wood. Sinker Redwood comes from one log that spent 80 years of its life at the bottom of the Mendocino River, till a storm came through and dislodged it. Over the years, it has collected silt and minerals at the bottom of the river and you see in the top of Sinker Redwood. The dark, randomized lines going up and down the top are evidence of the river. Take the guitar outside and you'll see the reflection of light as if you're staring down at the bottom of a river bed. Besides the cool story, this top sits between a spruce-top guitar and a cedar-top guitar. It has a stiffness similar to spruce to give you the volume you require but retains a nice warmth that is reminiscent to a cedar top guitar. This top makes this guitar the perfect match to Honduran Rosewood.
The custom was designed to take these special tonewoods and pair them to the specification that was borrowed from the 900 series including the Ascension inlays on the fretboard and peghead and the radius ebony armrest. It also features Paua Abalone shell around the top, back and sides of the guitar giving it some luxurious appeal. The guitar comes equipped with the Expression System 2.
SPECS
- Number of Strings: 6 Strings
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Cutaway: Venetian
- Electronics: Expression System 2
- Orientation: Right Handed
- Bracing System: V-Class Bracing
- Color: Shaded Edgeburst Back/Sides
- Case: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
- Top Wood: Sinker Redwood
- Rosette: Paua Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
- Body Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Back/Side Wood: Honduran Rosewood
- Back Configuration: 4-piece, Simons Wedge
- Armrest: Radius West African Crelicam Ebony
- Back/Side Finish: Gloss
- Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Standard Carve
- Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Fretboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl/Pink Abalone Ascension
- Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Nut Width: 1-3/4”
- Scale Length: 25-1/2””
- Peghead Type: Paddle
- Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl/Pink Abalone Ascension
- Peghead Finish: Gloss
- Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
- Strap Pin: Gold
- Nut & Saddle: Black TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
- Tuners: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold with Antique Gold Buttons
- End Pin: Black
