Taylor Custom #8 GA Sitka Spruce/Flame Maple - Lilac Wine/NAMM Instrument

Finished with a visually striking Lilac Wine color treatment for the back, sides and neck, this custom cutaway Grand Auditorium delivers an enchanting appearance that mirrors its melodic beauty. This model boasts a torrefied Sitka spruce top paired with gorgeously figured Big Leaf maple back and sides, yielding a warm, played-in sound from the first strum along with maple's highly player-reflective character. Inside, our V-Class bracing adds volume and sustain that complement the torrefied top's extra sweetness and depth. Maple also comprises the neck, heel, heel cap, backstrap, Fishbones rosette, soundhole binding, and fretboard and peghead purfling. The top and rosette are embellished with sleek black and white purfling, with black purfling for the back and sides. Select shell appointments include a mother-of-pearl peghead logo, gray bone bridge pins with awabhi dots, and agoya peghead and fretboard inlays with a design from legacy limited-edition Grand Auditorium models. This build is finished off with a full-body gloss and ultra-precise Gotoh 510 tuners in antique chrome. It features onboard ES2 electronics with our TaylorSense monitoring unit and ships in a brown deluxe hardshell case.

We had the amazing opportunity to pick this guitar up at the 2024 NAMM show!

Other specifications include:

Number of Strings 6 String
Orientation Right Handed
Body Shape Grand Auditorium
Bracing System V-Class Bracing
Cutaway Venetian
Color Lilac Wine Back/Sides/Neck
Natural Top
Electronics Expression System 2 with TaylorSense Case / Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell
Top Wood Sitka Spruce Back / Side Wood Big Leaf Maple
Rosette Flamed Maple Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole Back Configuration 2-Piece, No Wedge
Body Binding Flamed Maple
Armrest None
Top Finish Gloss Back / Side Finish Gloss
Neck Wood Hard Rock Maple
Nut Width 1-3/4"
Neck Profile Standard Carve
Scale Length 25-1/2"
Backstrap Flame Maple
Peghead Type Paddle
Fretboard Wood West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Veneer Wood West African Crelicam Ebony
Fretboard Inlay Custom Early Koa Series (GA-LTD)
Peghead Inlay Custom Early Koa Series (GA LTD)
Fretboard Binding West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Binding West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish Gloss
Peghead Finish Gloss
Bridge West African Crelicam Ebony
Nut Black TUSQ Nut
White Micarta Saddle
Strings D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
Pick Guard None
Tuners Gotoh 510 Antique Chrome with Antique Chrome Buttons
Strap Pin Nickel
End Pin Black
4 lbs 11 oz
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