Taylor Custom Grand Symphony Factory Hand Selected Wood - Queen's Walnut/Lutz Spruce

This guitar is a special custom built Grand Pacific that we selected woods for with Andy Powers, Taylor CEO; during a factory visit. Andy Powers unveiled the redesigned Grand Symphony body shape with soundport cutaway and instantly created a classic! The new design delivers a hi-fi guitar with spacial sound with a comfortable string feel. Due to the unique needs of this design it has not been offered in the custom shop since not all wood pairings would work with it. During our factory visit Chris and Cooper collaborated with Andy Power to create a unique offering with some very special wood. Dubbed the "Queen's Walnut" this highly figured Claro Walnut comes from a very specific and special tree. There is very little wood left and thankfully this stunning piece was large enough to accomodate the GS body size.

Photos of the wood selection as well as video of the process is available.

Body: 6 string
Grand Symphony with Soundport cutaway

Back and Sides: Queen's Walnut - hand selected
Top: Lutz Spruce
Fretboard and Bridge: Special Figured Ebony
- Hand Selected
Neck: Mahogany

Bracing: Sitka V-Class Bracing

Binding: Ebony
Rosette: Abalone, Paua Single Ring Bound Soundhole
Inlay:
Early 900 Series, MOP/Abalone
Pedhead Inlay: Early 900 Series, MOP/Abalone
Nut Width: 1-3/4"

Scale: 24-7/8"
Neck: Standard Carve
Headstock Backstrap: Ebony
Peghead logo: Paua
Tuners: Gotoh 510, Antique Chrome
Case: Deluxe