If You Could Design A Taylor Acoustic Guitar????

[Justiceandmercy]

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

[Cindy]

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!

[Magazine]

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. 

[jrporter]

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...

[outsidenote]

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!

[roadbiker]

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

[michaelw]

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