Cedar performance series

[All Together]

Does anyone think these tops are torrefied?





http://eddiesguitars.com/taylor-acoustic-guitars/

[Strumming Fool]

I looked up the 714 at the bottom. Nothing in the spec states that the top is torrified - it is cedar. I was intrigued by the fact that it has standard forward shifted Adirondack bracing, just like my latest custom GA. I just love the sound I'm getting out of this guitar - not like the standard 714s of old, but clear, sweet, strong with controlled overtones. Hard to put it down.

[Guitarsan]

A possible tell-tale sign of torrefaction (but not always, and to varying degrees) is a stripe down the middle of the guitar. They torrify the bookmatched tops before joining, so the edges in the middle "cook" a bit more than the rest of the wood.