New Taylor Custom SolidBody Guitars
Known the world over for the quality of their acoustic guitars, Taylor has recently introduced a new line of solidbody electric guitars. Now, I haven’t “lusted” after a guitar in ages but after seeing the new Taylor Custom with it’s sapele wood body, walnut top and mahogany neck, I’m definitely placing the guitar on the top of my want list for 2008. With their long standing reputation on the line, I’m sure Taylor didn’t want to simply enter the electric guitar market without bringing along some innovations and fresh designs into the mix. And fortunately they did. The new line of guitars feature custom designed humbuckers, a 5-way pickup selector, a T-Lock single bolt neck, an original all aluminum bridge and a smooth and elegant body design. I have to say that I just love the way the Taylor Custom looks. It seems to be a mash-up between the classic Les Paul design and Taylor’s own T5 acoustic-electric guitars. One of the interesting things about the Taylor Custom is that it’s NOT completely a “solidbody”. The guitar is strategically chambered for tone as well as to reduce some of the weight from the sapele wood. Reading all the positive reviews and watching the various online videos about the guitar, it’s obvious that Taylor has managed to HIT this one out of the ballpark!! Head out to your local music shop to see this new guitar for yourself.
Taylor Custom Specs:
Scale length: 24-7/8″ Taylor short scale
Neck joint: single bolt T-lock neck joint
Neck: traditional Taylor neck
Frets: 22
Bridge: Aluminum Taylor-designed
Pickups: Taylor-designed humbuckers
Pickup control: 5-way selector
watch the Taylor Solidbody Video clip on youtube:
not sure if you saw my comment about the new gibson guitar on me blog, but it tunes itself! i saw a clip. me being a non-musical type found it pretty impressive.
Nice!!I would love to own a guitar like this. the New Taylor solid body. I bet it sounds like a million bucks.