The guitar's soundboard is made of solid Sinker Redwood, whose properties the manufacturer exaggeratedly compares to cedar on steroids. It is a wood carved from logs sunk during the Northern California floatation, i.e. the logs were underwater for sometimes more than a hundred years, which gave it its impressive grain and unique properties. Sinker Redwood is complemented by select Indian Rosewood on the back and sides. The sound quality of the guitar is elevated to a higher level by the patented V-Class ribbing, which increases the volume of the instrument, extends sustain and improves intonation.
The mahogany neck is glued to an ebony fingerboard fitted with twenty frets. Stable tuning is ensured by the Taylor string attachment and ebony fingerboard. The exclusivity of the instrument is underlined by the special "Imperial" fingerboard inlay.
The sound pickup is handled by the Taylor Expression System 2. This is a completely unique pickup method that takes the possibilities of realistic sound reproduction to unprecedented dimensions. Three specially designed independent piezoelectric 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 Taylor 400 series belongs to the series of acoustic guitars that this world-famous manufacturer of luxury guitars produces in El Cajon, California. The most skilled professionals here build guitars that, with their precise workmanship, perfect sound and high-quality materials, will enchant any musician who knows what is hidden under the term "quality instrument".
Specifications
- Product Colour: Natural
- Colour: Natural
- Surface Treatment: Gloss
- Type: Grand Auditorium
- Cutaway: Yes
- Body Construction: All Solid
- Top/Face: Sinker Redwood, solid
- Back Plate: Rosewood, Solid
- Sides/Ribs: Rosewood, Solid
- Neck: Mahogany
- Scale: 648 mm
- Number of Frets: 20
- Nut Width: 44.5 mm
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Bridge: Ebony
- Nut: TusQ
- Pickup: Yes
- Pickup Type: Piezo
- Model electronics: Taylor Expression System 2
- Controls: Volume, Bass, Treble
- Integrated Tuner: No
- Tuning Machines: Taylor
- Hardware: Nickel
- Hard Case: Yes
- Case: No
- Strings: Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
- Country of Production: USA