Inspired by older, more traditional acoustic sound, Taylor’s Gold Label Collection reveals a rounder, warmer, more robust flavor of acoustic tone - a sound unlike anything Taylor has previously offered. Master builder Andy Powers' sonic recipe for the collection includes three key innovations: mint body shapes, a fanned variant of his V-Class bracing platform and a revolutionary long-tenon Action Control Neck joint.
Super Auditorium: Featuring a slightly longer body and wider lower bout than the iconic Grand Auditorium body shape, the non-cutaway Super Auditorium delivers a deep, open voice with exceptional warmth, power and dynamic range—while offering incredible musical versatility. Its responsive feel and focused clarity suit fingerstyle, light strumming and flatpicking alike.
Fanned V-Class® Bracing: Featuring a fan-like arrangement of braces in the soundboard’s lower bout, this V-Class variant delivers on the original promise of Andy Powers’ innovative sonic engine: a flexible voicing platform capable of unlocking a bold mint palette of sounds. In this case, it gives these Gold Label models a warmer, more resonant, more powerful sound.
Action Control Neck®: This patented, groundbreaking design features a long-tenon neck joint that extends deeper into the body, enhancing the wood coupling to boost the low-end resonance, and a slim, fast-playing profile that delivers signature Taylor playability. It also enables quick, precise string height adjustments with a turn of a bolt through the soundhole—no need to remove the neck or strings.
Heritage-Inspired Aesthetics: The collection’s decorative aesthetic draws inspiration from old banjos and mandolins, early Taylor designs, and Andy’s pre-Taylor design work on archtop guitars. The guitars feature his modified headstock shape with an angled back cut and a script-style Taylor logo inlay, a different pickguard shape, and a Gold Label guitar label inside.
Solid mahogany and torrefied Sitka spruce serve up a rich, earthy midrange character with a clear, woody response, powerful projection and hints of seasoned, aged-in sweetness right out of the box. Each model features a clean appointment scheme that fits the Gold Label Collection’s distinctive design aesthetic, including cream-colored “Crest” inlays on the fretboard and peghead, cream body binding with black/white/black purfling, and a single-ring cream rosette with matching trim. Players can choose from three top finish options: natural, blacktop or a golden-brown sunburst.
Specifications:
- Top Material: Torrefied Sitka Spruce
- Back and Side Material: Mahogany
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Tuning Machines: Taylor Nickel
- Nut Width: 1-3/4”
- Scale Length: 25-1/2”
- Bracing: Fanned V-Class
- Bridge: Honduran Rosewood “Curve Wing”
- Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood
- Nut: TUSQ
- Saddle: Micarta
- Pickguard: Firestripe
- Finish: Gloss Body, Satin Neck
- Electronics: LR Baggs Element VTC
- Strings: D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light
- Guitar Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case, “British Cocoa” Vinyl Exterior
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