something very special is on the way!!! UPDATE: NGD!!! sinker/eir custom GA

[zeebow]

only had time to take one picture!

[Guitarman]

Beautiful! May you have many happy years with it.

[zeebow]

house of guitars 50th anniversary (1 of 6) taylor custom GA

sinker redwood top
EIR back and sides
Sitka CV bracing
ES2
800 series single ring abalone rosette
cutaway
dark stain mahogany neck
ebony fretboard with small abalone dots
gloss ebony headstock with abalone taylor logo
faux tortoise binding
gold taylor tuning machines

curt at house of guitars really hooked me up on this...amazing guy.

interestingly enough, has Tusq nut and saddle.

my cedar 914ce with bone sounds significantly deep, this has significantly more headroom

I'm not home right now but need to take more pictures and play it more!!!

[TaylorGirl]

Sounds awesome, but you need better/more pictures.....a guitar like that deserves it. 

[guitarsrsoawesome]

That guitar is soooooo dirty!!!!!! (That means good   But man, that's a ridiculous score that I also hope you get many years of enjoyment out of it.  Please post more pics as you get the opporunity!

[zeebow]

Sounds awesome, but you need better/more pictures.....a guitar like that deserves it. 

I know sorry. I had to go to my daughter's teacher/parent conference and we are prepping for my son's first bday party. busy! haven't even barely played it yet!

just wanted to snap a quick pic for UTGF

[zeebow]

That guitar is soooooo dirty!!!!!! (That means good   But man, that's a ridiculous score that I also hope you get many years of enjoyment out of it.  Please post more pics as you get the opporunity!

will do

[TaylorGirl]

Sounds awesome, but you need better/more pictures.....a guitar like that deserves it. 

I know sorry. I had to go to my daughter's teacher/parent conference and we are prepping for my son's first bday party. busy! haven't even barely played it yet!

just wanted to snap a quick pic for UTGF

OK, that sounds like a valid explanation. Look forward to seeing more pics of that beauty.

[Strumming Fool]

Congrats zeebow!

If you love your sinker beauty half as much as I love mine, you're never going to let it go. Have fun with your new powerhouse...and more pics please!

[cc407]

Very nice. Heirloom, for sure,

[azslacker]

 Congrats.
 At a Road Show I attended last year, a Sinker dreadnaught stole the show from the introduction  of the new 600 series. Pretty hard thing to do, due go the popularity is Andy's Re-Tayloring work in El Cajon
 

[timfitz63]

Very cool!  Congratulations, "zeebow!"  Everyone should have a guitar with a 'Sinker' Redwood top in their Taylor collection!  It seems to be one of their signature soundboard woods, and is in limited supply (although I'm sure other manufacturers use 'Sinker' Redwood as well).

... At a Road Show I attended last year, a Sinker dreadnaught stole the show from the introduction...

I'll bet!  Can't recall ever having encountered a Dreadnought with a 'Sinker' Redwood top on it; I've seen lots of Grand Concerts and a few Grand Auditoriums with 'Sinker' tops, though.  A 'Sinker' Dreadnought would be interesting!

[All Together]

Very cool!  Congratulations, "zeebow!"  Everyone should have a guitar with a 'Sinker' Redwood top in their Taylor collection!  It seems to be one of their signature soundboard woods, and is in limited supply (although I'm sure other manufacturers use 'Sinker' Redwood as well).

Unfortunately, I'd have to disagree.  I owned a Sinker Redwood R Taylor briefly earlier on this year.  To me the Cedar comparisons that people generally make with Redwood did not apply to my particular guitar - it sounded more like a standard Sitka Spruce top.  I am not generally a fan of Sitka Spruce, for what it's worth.

[timfitz63]

Very cool!  Congratulations, "zeebow!"  Everyone should have a guitar with a 'Sinker' Redwood top in their Taylor collection!  It seems to be one of their signature soundboard woods, and is in limited supply (although I'm sure other manufacturers use 'Sinker' Redwood as well).

Unfortunately, I'd have to disagree.  I owned a Sinker Redwood R Taylor briefly earlier on this year.  To me the Cedar comparisons that people generally make with Redwood did not apply to my particular guitar - it sounded more like a standard Sitka Spruce top.  I am not generally a fan of Sitka Spruce, for what it's worth.

Hmm.  Interesting.  I tend to fall on the other tend of the spectrum (like Sitka, not a huge fan of Cedar), so maybe that's why I find 'Sinker' more appealing...?  Plus the aesthetics of 'Sinker' tend to be unique among the top woods.

[Strumming Fool]

Very cool!  Congratulations, "zeebow!"  Everyone should have a guitar with a 'Sinker' Redwood top in their Taylor collection!  It seems to be one of their signature soundboard woods, and is in limited supply (although I'm sure other manufacturers use 'Sinker' Redwood as well).

Unfortunately, I'd have to disagree.  I owned a Sinker Redwood R Taylor briefly earlier on this year.  To me the Cedar comparisons that people generally make with Redwood did not apply to my particular guitar - it sounded more like a standard Sitka Spruce top.  I am not generally a fan of Sitka Spruce, for what it's worth.

Hmm.  Interesting.  I tend to fall on the other tend of the spectrum (like Sitka, not a huge fan of Cedar), so maybe that's why I find 'Sinker' more appealing...?  Plus the aesthetics of 'Sinker' tend to be unique among the top woods.

I like the sound of sinker, because it seems to grab elements of other woods that results in a pleasing amalgam. When I play my sinker/ovangkol GA (with Adi CV bracing), I hear spuce, cedar and a little hardwood all rolled into one. It has the most "Martinesque" sound of all my Taylors. While possessing a husky, whiskey voice, it can also produce a 12 string zing during certain passages.

I've heard sinker paired with several back/sides woods, but I think it really shines with rosewood and ovangkol. Just my $.02.