Guitar News - Taylor Spring Limited Editions

Well spring is here. Summer for some is already here. They even said on the news that summer is an whole month earlier this year. So it's looking good with the weather. Hurray for global warming. Well Talylor guitars have a set of guitar now out. Every spring in the northern hemisphere Taylor release a set of limited editions with special woods and finishes - and the new limiteds are available now.


Here is the information Taylor provided:


Featuring premium selections of walnut, Macassar ebony, and in a unique twist, an all-mahogany series, this year's Limiteds offer players a broad spectrum of new tones and exquisite details, each in a specially priced package.


The all-mahogany series showcases vintage Americana style and an "earthier" sound with a warm, dry tonal quality. "These guitars have a strong low midrange punch for when a player wants to dig in deep," says Taylor luthier Andy Powers, "but they retain a sweetness in that same register that can really complement a single note line." Available in a Grand Auditorium, Grand Concert, Grand Symphony or Dreadnought body shape, the guitars feature an all-mahogany body, tortoise shell binding and a traditional mahogany rich, red stain, with an all-gloss finish. These antique-vibed beauties include small diamond fretboard inlays, Gotoh tuners and CV bracing.


Walnut, a tonewood favored for both its beauty and balanced tone, is offered in two distinct styles this spring. The first is a premium Walnut Series that boasts beautiful AA-grade walnut topped with Sitka spruce and bound in Ivoroid. Additional appointments include Taylor's past 900 Series inlays, a bone nut and saddle, and Gotoh tuners, along with an all-gloss finish. Three models are offered: W12ce-LTD, W14ce-LTD, and W16ce-LTD. The second batch of walnut guitars are the 400 Series Limiteds, which feature a satin-finish, three-piece walnut back with a maple mini-wedge and matching maple binding, with a gloss-finish cedar top. Other premium appointments include the "pipeline" fretboard inlays and a fishbone rosette. Featured models are the 412ce-LTD, 414ce-LTD, and 416ce-LTD.

Equally exquisite details are found in the striking Macassar ebony Limited models. On the 12-Fret-GC-LTD and 12-Fret-GA-LTD, a back and sides of Macassar meet a cedar top braced with Taylor-designed 12-Fret bracing. Powers calls the tone "darker, warmer, and well-balanced," and says it will appeal to both the nuanced fingerstyle player and the strummer who favors a "woodsy" sound. Designed with a neck that meets the body at the twelfth fret, the distinctive geometry of the neck and bridge gives these guitars a touch of vintage sweetness. The 12-Fret Limiteds feature an edgeburst top, a bone nut and saddle, koa binding, a Macassar backstrap, a 900 Series abalone rosette, an inlay-free ebony fretboard, and a gloss-finish body.


Macassar also tops the T3/B-LTD, a guitar that screams "ready to rock." The guitar features a sapele body, an edgeburst Macassar top, and koa binding around the body, fretboard and f-holes, with rosewood/maple purfling on the top. Bezel-set Vintage Alnico pickups give the guitar a fat, warm, sound inspired by older PAF-style pickups. An inlay-free fretboard, chrome tuners and chrome hardware, featuring a roller-style bridge with a Bigsby vibrato, add a vintage touch to an exotic wood.


Each of the acoustic Spring Limiteds features Taylor's Expression System and comes in a Taylor hard case. The T3/B includes a T5 case. To learn more about the 2011 Spring Limiteds and for pricing and availability visit www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/limiteds/spring2011/


BTW - Taylor are now offering a 12 year warranty to Europe based owners - for details go to www.taylorguitars.com/legal/europe_warranty_promotions.aspx


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