Ive been meaning to post this for a while, as I thought some of the members here would likely find this piece interesting..
This is a custom DN, made with a wood called Tineo (a hardwood from Chile).
I bought it at the Taylor Friends and Family sale last December. When I picked it up, I quickly noticed it had some very interesting features (besides the beautiful exotic wood and adirondack top), like solid kerfing, special bracing, side bracing, and tortoise shell inlay for the rosette and body. Its also satin finished. One of the Taylor reps there said he believed Andy Powers made it himself. Sure enough, I briefly talked to Andy about it in the Taylor room at the NAMM show in January, and he absolutely knew the guitar and did build it.
He said he loved how it came out and sounded, but that the wood took a long time to dry, and thus wouldn't work well for any type of production run. Only one of the 3-4 sets they had made it to a final guitar, and its essentially a one-off, not to bee seen again.
Im not generally a dread guy, but I must say the unique looks and
huge tone of this had me hooked at first strum..
Full gallery of pix can be seen here:
https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A3GhtLJ3GhuZpN