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Taylor: CUSTGS-KOAENG

(Item ID: CUSTGS-KOAENG)

Taylor Guitars CUSTGS-KOAENG Taylor Custom Grand Symphony with Select Koa and Engleman Spruce

It is well known that Bob Taylor has koa lust, and who can blame him. In fact, it is reputed that he can sense the impact of a fallen koa tree (it's illegal to cut one), downs an espresso, and then dons his SuperBob cape and swoops in to secure the wood! Well, like Bob, old LP (the steel string pickin' Petsch) has a fever, and it's for more koa!

The latest cooling salve is this jaw-dropping Englemann-topped Koa Grand Symphony, our second Build to Order Taylor from the January NAMM show. Koa is widely considered to be a bright sounding tonewood, with a strong midrange response and a little more warmth than mahogany. Subsequently, koa is often best paired with softer soundboards which respond well to its reflectiveness and tonal color. Given the larger soundboard of a GS, we chose a beautiful creamy Englemann spruce top, which is not as stiff as Sitka, but will provide a touch more stability and punch than cedar. In keeping with our tradition of seeking out performance value first and foremost, we kept this guitar fairly simple cosmetically.

Like the Madagascar rosewood Grand Auditorium we designed along side it, this guitar has Gotoh 510 tuners, a bone nut and saddle, and an abalone rosette. However, we got a little fancier with this GS and added a koa headstock overlay with an abalone flourish, and some small abalone fingerboard markers. Perhaps the most appealing cosmetic feature is the subtle green purfling and backstrip (ala the famous classical guitar builder Hermann Hauser), which was a suggestion of the Petsch patriarch (George), and which elegantly accents the natural beauty of this guitars woods.

This guitar is very responsive, and it has a wonderfully rich tone color, particularly in the midrange. Its projection is strong and focused with plenty of ornament in the background. This custom GS is undoubtedly a standout Taylor, and it is a players dream. But, for you koa addicts out there (you know who you are), it is nothing but pure, delicious trouble - probably worth a month on the couch, or banishment to the doghouse, or any suffering your addiction typically incurs!

This guitar includes a deluxe Taylor archtop hardshell case.

List Price: $6396.00
Our Price: $4495.00

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