The front of the guitar is made of solid tropical mahogany, while the back and sides are made of solid American ash (Urban Ash) taken from urban trees to be cut down. Sonically, Urban Ash can be compared to Honduran mahogany - offering a clean tone with a more pronounced profile in the mids and almost zero overtones/aliquots. The structure of the mahogany top is accentuated by the stained Urban Sienna finish and ultra-thin matte lacquer.
The guitar's sonic qualities are elevated to a higher level by a special soundport cutaway that gives the instrument a more spacious sound, while the patented V-Class ribbing improves the guitar's characteristics in three aspects - increasing the instrument's volume, extending sustain and improving intonation.
The mahogany neck, attached to the body at the fourteenth fret, is joined by an ebony fingerboard embellished with ornate inlays of imitation mother-of-pearl. The beautiful workmanship is accentuated by traditional elements in the form of a black body surround, a rosette composed of three rings and Taylor tuning machines in black.
The guitar is equipped with high-quality company electronics. The Taylor Expression System 2 uses three specially designed independent piezo pickups located behind the fingerboard. Unlike conventional pickups, they do not sense the up and down movement of the board, but the natural back and forth vibration of the fingerboard. 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 guitar is part of the 300 series, which brings together quality all-mass instruments made in El Cajon, California.
Specifications
- Product Colour: Urban Sienna
- Colour: Sunburst
- Surface Treatment: Matte
- Type: Grand Symphony
- Cutaway: Yes
- Body Construction: All Solid
- Top/Face: Mahogany, Solid
- Back Plate: Ash, Solid
- Sides/Ribs: Ash, Solid
- Neck: Mahogany
- Scale: 632 mm
- Number of Frets: 20
- Nut Width: 44.5 mm
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Nut: TusQ
- Pickup: Yes
- Model electronics: Taylor Expression System 2
- Controls: Volume, Bass, Treble
- Integrated Tuner: No
- Tuning Machines: Taylor
- Hardware: Black
- Hard Case: Yes
- Case: No
- Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
- Country of Production: USA