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TD2

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V-bracing for GA only!
« on: February 17, 2018, 11:46:28 AM »
I've read that V-bracing will only ever be on GA models. Is this true?
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zeebow

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Re: V-bracing for GA only!
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2018, 02:00:47 PM »
I've read that V-bracing will only ever be on GA models. Is this true?

for the short term. taylor mentions it interviews and alsomom their site, they plan to roll it out to more models and series, they just have to tool up and adjust he production lines. they did the same with the rollout of performance and advanced performance bracing
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Re: V-bracing for GA only!
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2018, 10:20:27 PM »
The Taylor rep at the demo event I attended today said that by the end of the year all steel 6 string models 300 and above will have V-bracing available.  He couldn't commit to 12 string and nylon though.
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Re: V-bracing for GA only!
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2018, 05:18:06 PM »
The Taylor rep at the demo event I attended today said that by the end of the year all steel 6 string models 300 and above will have V-bracing available.  He couldn't commit to 12 string and nylon though.

darn, I just bought a 316CE.  Well, I'm sure their prices will rise because of this.  To be honest I don't know how much more a guitar can sustain than my 414CE-R and 514CE LTD Granadillo already do.  I haven't even played the 316 yet, I just received it today.

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Re: V-bracing for GA only!
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2018, 12:28:57 AM »
The Taylor rep at the demo event I attended today said that by the end of the year all steel 6 string models 300 and above will have V-bracing available.  He couldn't commit to 12 string and nylon though.

darn, I just bought a 316CE.  Well, I'm sure their prices will rise because of this.  To be honest I don't know how much more a guitar can sustain than my 414CE-R and 514CE LTD Granadillo already do.  I haven't even played the 316 yet, I just received it today.

Well I know that all three of those guitars are very good, and the 514ce LTD is a killer, so I would not worry much. 
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Re: V-bracing for GA only!
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2018, 09:29:49 AM »
The Taylor rep at the demo event I attended today said that by the end of the year all steel 6 string models 300 and above will have V-bracing available.  He couldn't commit to 12 string and nylon though.

darn, I just bought a 316CE.  Well, I'm sure their prices will rise because of this.  To be honest I don't know how much more a guitar can sustain than my 414CE-R and 514CE LTD Granadillo already do.  I haven't even played the 316 yet, I just received it today.

i agree. i’m glad there’s doesn’t seem to be a mass panic here that their guitar is “obsolete”

the new bracing sounds different but that doesn’t mean the old guitars are “bad”

plus the price of entry for v class right now is much higher then a 300 series and only in a GA body for now

i’m not losing any sleep playing my wonderful gc 12 fret custom :)

Well I know that all three of those guitars are very good, and the 514ce LTD is a killer, so I would not worry much. 
1995 912C - englemann/eir
2009 xxxv-p - sitka/madagascar
2010 414ce - sitka/ovangkol (made on my wedding day!)
2011 914ce - cedar/eir
2014 martin 000-28 custom - adi/cocobolo
2017 BTO GC 12 fret - lutz/cocobolo
2019 BTO GC 12 fret - cedar/cocobolo
2019 sheeran w03 - cedar/santos rosewood
2019 lowden s35 12 fret - driftwood cedar/cocobolo
2020 lowden s35 12 fret alpine spruce/madagascar
2023 lowden wee wl-35 12 fret - driftwood cedar/madagascar
2023 martin 00-28 modern deluxe - sitka/eir