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Striking blackheart sassafras back and sides are paired with a Sitka spruce top give this cutaway Grand Auditorium a truly unique look, along with a voice that responds well to the nuances of the player. The tone profile of sassafras yields a mix of low-end warmth, woodiness, and focus with treble sparkle, and responds well to each player’s individual style. The chameleon-like properties of the woods, plus our Advanced Performance bracing, together add even greater breadth to the versatile Grand Auditorium body, making this a guitar that will respond well to nearly every type of player. The appointment package includes rosewood binding and back strip, rosewood top edge trim, an abalone rosette outlined in rosewood, mother-of-pearl Heritage Diamond fretboard inlays, and a pickguard-free top. The guitar features a Venetian cutaway and Expression System 2 acoustic electronics, and ships in a Taylor deluxe hardshell case.

The star of this series is rare and wildly beautiful blackheart sassafras selectively sourced from Tasmania. The wood’s “blackheart” name comes from its exotic variegation, specifically the appearance of dark striping caused by fungus that forms in the heartwood of the tree. The fungus typically forms from water that drips down within the tree as a result of branches that break off during storms. Even the sets cut from the same section of a log will differ in appearance, so no two sets from this select batch are visually alike. While sassafras is normally blond in color, the blackheart sets also showcase a kaleidoscopic mix of pink, red and purple hues, accented with bold lines.

A dense, slow-growing hardwood, sassafras’s tonal properties give it a truly unique sonic personality compared to other tonewoods. Players can expect a tone that blends warmth with a clear top end, producing strong focus and projection. Taylors Andy Powers describes it this way: It’s got some of the dry, woody response of walnut or mahogany, with some of the note separation and focus of maple or myrtle, with a more articulated high-end overtone series like rosewood. In other words, it has a certain chime and breathiness up top, while also being really focused, and the low end has a warm dryness to it. .

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