This rosewood/cedar Grand Auditorium rewards players who employ a lighter attack, from fingerstylists to light strummers, with a warm and richly musical voice. Compared to a spruce-top guitar, a cedar top yields a more complex overtone profile with a more immediate response than spruce. This gives the guitar a mature, played-in sound right away. When combined with the bell-like upper overtone character of rosewood, together they impart a thick flavor to each note, even when played lightly. Clean appointments borrow from Taylor’s standard 2015 300 Series: black pickguard and binding, Italian acrylic dot inlays, 3-ring rosette, white top purfling, satin-finish back and sides with a gloss top, plus a Venetian cutaway and Expression System 2 electronics. 

Full specs are as follows:

Shape Grand Auditorium
Number of Strings 6
Back/Side Wood Indian Rosewood
Scale length 25-1/2"
Top Wood Cedar
Body Length 20"
Electronics Expression System 2
Body Width 16"
Cutaway Venetian
Body Depth 4 5/8"
Nut & Saddle Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
Neck Width 1-3/4"
Neck/Heel Tropical Mahogany
Bracing Forward Shifted Pattern with Relief Rout
Fretboard Wood Ebony
Fretboard Inlay 4mm Dots
Headstock Overlay Indian Rosewood
Binding Black
Bridge Inlay None
Bridge Pins Ebony
Tuners Taylor Nickel
Truss Rod Cover Indian Rosewood
Back/Side Finish Satin
Top Finish Gloss
Neck Finish Satin
Pickguard Black
Case Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
Number of Frets 20
Back Config 2-piece No Wedge
Backstrap Wood None
Backstrap Finish None
Brand of Strings Elixir Phosphor Bronze HD Light
Buttons Nickel
Edge Trim None
Fingerboard Ext None
Fretboard Binding Black
Heel Cap Binding Black
Heel length 3-1/2"
Peghead Finish Satin
Peghead Inlay None
Peghead Binding None
Peghead Logo Taylor Colorcore
Peghead Type Standard
Rosette Mat. Plastic
Rosette Size Three Ring
Stain/Sunburst None
Type of Neck Joint Scarf

Ships in a Taylor deluxe hardshell case.