Taylor Custom Grand Auditorium Acoustic Guitar Factory Visit Hand Picked woods – Cedar/Blackheart Sassafras
Taylor Custom Grand Auditorium Factory Visit Hand Picked woods – Cedar/Blackhearted Sassafras
This guitar is a special custom built Grand Concert 12-fret that we selected woods for with Andy Powers, Taylor CEO; during a factory visit. The goal was to create a sweet and complex guitar with huge overtones and a quick response to a light touch with more muscle in the low end. The figure of Blackhearted Sassafras is unique with each set and offers a tone that is incomparable.
Photos of the wood selection as well as video of the process is available.
Body: 6 string
Grand Auditorium
Back and Sides: Blackheart Sassafras – hand selected
Top: Western Red Cedar
Headstock backstrap – Ebony
Fretboard and Bridge: Ebony

Neck: Mahogany

Bracing: Sitka V-Class Bracing

Binding: Ebony
Rosette: Abalone, Paua Single Ring Bound Soundhole
Inlay: Diamonds, Split, Boxwood
Nut Width: 1-3/4″

Scale: Short Scale 25-1/2″
Neck: Standard Carve
Peghead logo: Mother of Pearl
Tuners: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold
Electronics: ES2
Case: Deluxe