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Taylor Acoustic & Electric Guitars => Taylor Acoustic & Electric Guitars => Topic started by: jrporter on February 21, 2012, 04:00:41 PM
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I was daydreaming and wanted to pose the question, what acoustic guitar would you have Taylor build. This is not a BTO but a guitar for the masses so let's keep the street price <$3000. I propose a GA5 with open back tuners and tobacco burst top over Adirondack spruce...
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Make it a deep-body dreadnought with the same specs and I'm in. Others might prefer a honey sunburst though. :)
Also, tortoise binding might be a nice touch.
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By and large, I'm okay with what they have offered, but I would plead
with them to make five series and above with glossed head stocks and
bone nut and saddle. Currently, the only way to get gloss on a 5xx and
above is via the BTO program.
st
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I'd like to see a gloss GA4 with Adi top and maple binding.
Steve
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I'd like to see a gloss GA4 with Adi top and maple binding.
Steve
I have to agree with you on that one, Steve. Glossed Ovangkol is some of the most
gorgeous wood that comes out of the Taylor shop, imo.
st
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I'd go for a Mahogany/Adi 12-fret Dread, no fingerboard inlay, slotted headstock.
I'd be a happy guy...
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I'd go for a Mahogany/Adi 12-fret Dread, no fingerboard inlay, slotted headstock.
I'd be a happy guy...
Can we vote twice? Sign me up for one of those too. :)
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I wasn't thinking that this was a vote as much as an open letter to Taylor as to what fans would like to see offered off-the-rack. I wish the powers that be at Taylor would pay more attention to non-cutaway models....
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I wasn't thinking that this was a vote as much as an open letter to Taylor as to what fans would like to see offered off-the-rack. I wish the powers that be at Taylor would pay more attention to non-cutaway models....
I'll vote for that too. ;)
I thought the acoustic series was a great idea, but it seems like it's on the back burner now. :(
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I think I saw an R Taylor or Limited like this but a GC 12 fret, Sita over Rosewood like the standard but the slot head was shaped differently, I like the standard way too but this was cool, and dark trim, with Jude beautiful character in the rosewood. Pretty straight forward but with beautiful inlays maybe like the 900 series stuff on the fingerboard but not a lot of glitter around the guitar or sound hole.
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I'd go for a Mahogany/Adi 12-fret Dread, no fingerboard inlay, slotted headstock.
I'd be a happy guy...
all the above and i will add, MAKE IT A SLOPE SHOULDER DREAD.
and possible only 4" depth at the endpin or no more than 4.5"
no abalone rosette
deep dark burst
and offer it in adi/EIR for the other folks.
I would put a deposit on it TODAY
d
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I am with Daryl. They can take the second deposit from me.
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Sounds like Andy and Bob need to get to work on a 12-fret slope dreadnought...
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6 string, AA walnut, sitka, engelmann or cedar top, mahogany or maple neck, paua single ring ab rosette with
bound soundhole, adi CV bracing, Gotoh 510 tuners, bone nut/saddle, gloss ebony headstock, gloss ebony &
walnut TRCs, paua Taylor headstock logo, ebony fretboard & bridge, ab dot bridge pins, 2.5mm ab dot
fretmarkers, cocobolo, rosewood, or ebony binding, creme (BCB) purfling (body, fb, hs), gloss body
satin neck, gold strap/end pin, no electronics, loose pickguard/Tusq saddle & deluxe hardshell case :D
venetian cutaway or ES in place of wood binding (black or white binding substitution) & / or
shaded edgeburst finish, 3 ring ab rosette unbound soundhole & Taylor MOP logo in place of
single ring paua rosette with boundhole & paua Taylor headstock logo ... that ought cover it ;)
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i have a gc-5 and wouldn't trade it for less than a koa model which i think they already make.
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it would simply be nice to see more modify a model options for the 3 and 4 series guitars like sunburst options and top swap options for cedar or englemann or possibly even tuner and nut/saddle upgrades... and maybe do a darker stain on the ovangkol guitars if possible... love it as a tonewood but the lighter brown finish it has on the back and sides and neck just isn't as nice looking as a darker finish (although i've seen some taylor ovangkol guitars that are darker but i don't know if it's because they've "tanned" or if there was a different finish used on them at a certain point in their production history)
...if I had to pick one option choice to make a guitar from the above wish list to mass produce though it would be a 400 series with cedar top and tobacco sunburst finish and darker stain on back and sides and neck
simple appointments, great tonewoods, looks nice but not too flashy
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it would simply be nice to see more modify a model options for the 3 and 4 series guitars like sunburst options and top swap options for cedar or englemann or possibly even tuner and nut/saddle upgrades... and maybe do a darker stain on the ovangkol guitars if possible... love it as a tonewood but the lighter brown finish it has on the back and sides and neck just isn't as nice looking as a darker finish (although i've seen some taylor ovangkol guitars that are darker but i don't know if it's because they've "tanned" or if there was a different finish used on them at a certain point in their production history)
...if I had to pick one option choice to make a guitar from the above wish list to mass produce though it would be a 400 series with cedar top and tobacco sunburst finish and darker stain on back and sides and neck
simple appointments, great tonewoods, looks nice but not too flashy
+1. I'd like to see gloss 3xx and 4xx series ALL with the newer fret dots (elongated ones), a nicer rosette--either wood or simple abalone, some type of burst tops, and gold hardware.
In reference to your comment about darker ovangkol, mine is darker, and the sides have a golden shimmer. I like the darker ovangkol, too! :)
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Something with Myrtlewood would be nice but I cant seem to find a series that it could replace other than maybe the 700 series and its been updated nicely recently so, I guess it would need to be an ltd.
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Ovangkol can definitely be a pretty wood, but I thought that adding a clear gloss finish to any wood is going to make the grain pop and the wood darken overall...
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I would also like a slope shoulder dred. I would want it with mahogany and spruce, a burst finish and a slotted headstock, no cutaway, 14 fret neck with 1 3/4 nut width and short scale.
That would be sweet!
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I would like to start with an 814ce and give it the body the depth of a dread to get more sound out of it. I would put the 900 series Cindy inlays on the fretboard and a nice inlay on the bridge. Ebony fretboard and bridge, and a nice three piece back made of Indian Rosewood. I would also like the headstock to have a nice inlay and gloss finish. Lastly I would update th Expression System to remove the fuse.
Jim
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Ovangkol can definitely be a pretty wood, but I thought that adding a clear gloss finish to any wood is going to make the grain pop and the wood darken overall...
it can, but the process used for the satin finish can, at times, accentuate the figuring of certain woods -
i've noticed this in ovangkol, satinwood & walnut models, as the diffuser used to make the finish 'matte'
may also seem to act as a kind of 'filter' as well, affecting how the light is refracted & reflected, as it is
still transparent, but it's not 'crystal-clear', & the grain-filler & polishing process (on gloss) may have an
effect as well, not the same as a transparent stain/burst, but there could be some 'polarization' in the end