Designed to sound and perform like classical guitars, the Grand Concert and Grand Auditorium Nylon Series models come with slender and comfortable 1-7/8 inch necks. The result is a nylon string guitar sound with the familiar feel of a Taylor steel-string acoustic guitar. Onboard electronics and a selection of solid tonewoods enable you to instantly expand your tonal and aesthetic repertoire. In the Grand Auditorium, the inspired blend of Big Leaf maple and Engelmann spruce sounds even bigger and bolder, with increased bass response and sustain.
The mature overtones of the Engelmann spruce top combined with the clean, powerful voice of Big Leaf maple produce a balanced tone, which responds well to the lightest touch.
Our Grand Auditorium combines the width and depth of a Dreadnought with a narrower waist. Its sleek design yields a strong treble zing across the tonal spectrum and sharpens the definition of individual notes. The Grand Auditorium is a strong fingerpicking guitar that also adapts well to medium strumming.
Featuring a side-mounted control unit, this system combines a Fishman Matrix transducer with a miniature electret-condenser microphone on the inside of the guitar body (mounted on the underside of the control unit). There’s also a small Trim Control that adjusts the volume of the microphone. Shelving-style Bass, Treble, and a semi-parametric Contour EQ enable tone-shaping, while a Phase switch and adjustable Notch filter help eliminate feedback.
The finish used to create this guitar’s lustrous gloss top, back, and sides was developed at Taylor for maximum durability and resistance to cold-checking. This ultra violet-cured finish is also more environmentally friendly than traditional lacquer finishes. Available finish options in this series include natural, amber, red, black, blue, cherry/black sunburst, cherry sunburst, honey sunburst, and tobacco sunburst.
Features:
- Type/Shape 6-String Grand Auditorium
- Back & Sides Big Leaf Maple
- Top Engelmann Spruce
- Soundhole Rosette Hawaiian Koa & Maple
- Neck Tropical American Mahogany
- Fretboard Ebony
- Fretboard Inlay None
- Headstock Overlay Cocobolo
- Binding Indian Rosewood
- Bridge Cocobolo
- Nut & Saddle Tusq
- Tuning Machines Ping Classical Gold with Ivoroid Buttons
- Strings D'Addario Pro-Arté® Extra Hard Tension
- Scale Length 25 1/2 Inches
- Truss Rod Adjustable
- Neck Width at Nut 1 7/8 Inches
- Number of Frets 20
- Bracing Nylon Series Bracing
- Finish Gloss
- Cutaway Venetian
- Electronics Fishman™ Prefix Pro® Blend
- Body Width 16 Inches
- Body Depth 4 5/8 Inches
- Body Length 20 Inches
- Overall Length 41 Inches
- Case Taylor Deluxe Hardshell
