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R. Taylor Style 2 Cocobolo / Engelmann Guitar

Cocobolo (Dalbergia Retusa) is a hardwood indigenous to Central America, including Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica & Panama. The species can grow upwards of 60 feet in height and because of its natural oil content, is quite stable after proper seasoning. Cocobolo is a true rosewood, and exhibits bright yellow and orange hues when freshly cut, which quickly oxidize to a rich brown-red colour with dramatic black "Rio" grain patterns.

This increasingly rare genus is probably as close to Brazilian rosewood in beauty and tonal characteristics as any wood. It possesses a high specific gravity & superb reflective properties that produce multi-tiered overtones which add a truly effervescent quality to the overall tonality of a guitar!

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Finding a Master Grade quality set of Cocobolo with bookmatched areas of sapwood is unusual. When our own Mike Gray was in California recently for a tour of the small R. Taylor facility, John DiMaggio graciously allowed him to pick through some of their most prized sets of wood. As soon as Mike saw this spectacular set of Cocobolo ... well, it was love at first sight! Add a premium Engelmann spruce top, some deeply figured Hawaiian koa purfling, a selection of Paua shell for the soundhole rosette and a set of Gotoh 510 precision tuners ... and you have one of the most interesting, lively, well balanced and powerful guitars I've had the pleasure of playing!

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Specifications
R. Taylor Style 2 Cocobolo / Engelmann Guitar

* 1 3/4" wide bone nut
* RT Standard neck profile
* 24 7/8" scale length
* Cocobolo peghead overlay with pinstripe binding
* precision Gotoh 510 tuners with brushed brass finish
* premium Cocobolo with bookmatched sapwood
* premium Engelmann spruce top with 65' radius
* deeply flamed Hawaiian Koa body binding
* Paua shell soundhole rosette
* Adirondack spruce bracing
* modified X-bracing configuration
* sculpted ebony bridge with 2 3/16" string spacing
* intonation compensated bone saddle
* ebony bridge pins with abalone dots
* 15" lower bout dimension
* 4 1/8" deep sides at end pin area
* low friction matte neck finish (gloss peghead)
* gloss body finish
* deluxe Ameritage/R. Taylor hardshell case

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MSRP: $7776.00 US dollars
Note: The "Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price" (MSRP) or "list price" is rarely if ever the actual sell price of an item. Typically a store would discount between 10% & 40% off this figure depending on the wholesale structure.

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Current as of November 2008
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Link to our most recent reviews of R. Taylor guitars

Link to the R. Taylor Style 2 model with Cocobolo / Western Red cedar

Link to a Style 1 cutaway R. Taylor with Madagascar rosewood back / sides

Link to R. Taylor custom Adirondack / Hawaiian koa cutaway guitar

Link to R. Taylor Custom Style 1 cutaway with Lutz spruce and Cocobolo