The body of the instrument is made of visually and sonically attractive Hawaiian koa - solid wood front, laminated koa back and sides. Glued to the mahogany neck is an ebony fingerboard fitted with twenty frets and position markers in the shape of small diamonds. A subtle rounded lower body cutaway (Venetian Cutaway) facilitates touch-up on the higher positions of the fingerboard.
The strings are held in Taylor gold-finished mechanics and an ebony fingerboard over a micarta saddle and NuBone fretboard. The stylish look is accentuated by the colourful finish of the Shaded Edgeburst top and traditional touches in the form of imitation mother-of-pearl rosette, black body binding and black pickguard.
Sound capture is handled by the Taylor Expression System 2. This is a completely unique capture method that takes the possibilities of realistic sound reproduction to unprecedented dimensions. Three specially designed independent piezo pickups located behind the fingerboard are used for pickups. Unlike conventional pickups, they don't sense the up and down movement of the board, but the natural back and forth vibration of the grasshopper seat. This makes the sound much more natural, colourful and pleasing, and more responsive to the dynamics of your playing. At the same time, the new preamp makes the signal 25% stronger. Of course, feedback is eliminated and you can adjust the volume, bass and treble.
The instrument comes in a luxurious Taylor case.
The American company Taylor is famous for producing acoustic guitars that are very well crafted and offer a superior sound. The instruments in the 200 series are manufactured in the Tecate, Mexico factory, but this doesn't detract from the quality. Tecate is only a few dozen kilometres away from EL Cajon in California, so production is properly controlled.
Specifications
- Product Colour: Shaded Edgeburst
- Colour: Sunburst
- Surface Treatment: Gloss
- Type: Grand Auditorium
- Cutaway: Yes
- Body Construction: Semi-Solid
- Top/Face: Koa, Solid
- Back Plate: Koa
- Sides/Ribs: Koa
- Neck: Mahogany
- Scale: 648 mm
- Number of Frets: 20
- Nut Width: 42.8 mm
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Bridge: Ebony
- Nut: NuBone
- Pickup: Yes
- Pickup Type: Piezo
- Model electronics: Taylor Expression System 2
- Controls: Volume, Bass, Treble
- Integrated Tuner: No
- Tuning Machines: Taylor
- Hardware: Gold
- Hard Case: Yes
- Case: No
- Strings: Phosphor Bronze Light
- Country of Production: Mexico