Description
Taylor Custom GA Grand Auditorium Number 23 Shaded Edgeburst
Basic information is below. See FEATURES for details on this custom build.
Grand Auditorium
Body Length: 20” / Body Width: 16” / Body Depth: 4 5/8”
Taylor’s signature shape embodies the ultimate all-purpose acoustic.
Our most popular and versatile body shape, the mid-size Grand Auditorium arrived in 1994 bearing refined proportions that fell between a Dreadnought and Grand Concert. While the bigger Dreadnought was traditionally considered a flatpicker’s guitar and the smaller Grand Concert catered to fingerstylists, the GA was designed to deliver on both fronts.
The shape produced an original acoustic voice that was big enough to handle medium-strength picking and strumming, yet with impressive balance across the tonal spectrum, especially in the midrange, producing clear, well-defined notes that suited both strumming and fingerstyle playing.
The GA’s overall presence tracks well with other instruments both in a studio mix and on stage, and singer-songwriters have embraced its utility both for composing and traveling with one guitar. Many people want a single guitar that can cover a variety of styles, which is why the GA continues to be our bestselling shape.
If you want a great all-purpose guitar, the multi-dimensional GA won’t let you down.
- MODEL: Custom GA Grand Auditorium
- BUILDER: Taylor Custom Shop
- BODY TYPE: Grand Auditorium – Non-Cutaway
- TOP WOOD: Adirondack Spruce
- BODY WOOD: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- FINISH COLOR: Shaded Edgeburst Top
- AGING: Gloss
- BACK FINISH: Medium Stain Back / Sides / Neck
- BINDING: Black
- NECK WOOD: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- FINGERBOARD: West African Crelicam Ebony
- NECK CARVE: V Carve
- SCALE LENGTH: 25-1/2″
- NECK RADIUS: 15″
- FRETS: 20
- NUT WIDTH: 1-3/4″
- NUT MATERIAL: Black TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
- NECK FINISH: Gloss
- INLAYS: Grained Ivoroid 5-Dot Pattern
- HEADSTOCK: Paddle Type. West African Crelicam Ebony Veneer.
- BRIDGE: West African Crelicam Ebony. Stained Bone Bridge Pins
- TUNERS: Taylor Smoked Nickel with Smoked Nickel Buttons
- ELECTRONICS: Expression System® 2
- EXTRAS: Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 – .053). V-Class Bracing.
- CASE: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell
