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Taylor Quilted Maple GS
Taylor Quilted Maple GS

 
 
 
Taylor Quilted Maple GS

 
Taylor Custom GS : Quilted Maple Florentine Cutaway

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Taylor Quilted Maple GS
    Every once and a while accidents happen. This beautiful Custom maple GS took a short fall off of its hook in the shop which resulted in a few top cracks and binding damage on the bass side of the bottom bout. The damage has been repaired in our shop and while it is still visible the guitar is structurally sound and still looks and sounds fantastic. We are offering this guitar at an incredible discount, so if you are hunting for a great deal on a custom guitar look no further!
 
 
 

    Maple with a deep quilt figure is one of the most difficult tonewoods to procure ... so when our own Mike Gray saw this set of back & sides during his tour of Taylor's El Cajon California workshop,  he snapped it up! 

     Mike also has a nice eye for dressing up a guitar without completely over-killing the look.  The flamed Hawaiian koa binding on the peghead,  fingerboard,  body ... even the inside surface of the soundhole,  really pulls the different visual elements of this instrument together and presents a classically understated overall visual. 

    Once again, my theory that modern maple guitars can be bright without being tinny ... sparkling without being strident,  really is borne out by this instrument.   The attractive transparency in the midrange and the sizzling overtones on this piece are more than adequately supported by a strong  note core that provides a foundation for this very appealing overall tonality!

Link to picture of the top crack

Link to close up picture of the top crack



 

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Specifications
Taylor Custom GS : Quilted Maple Florentine Cutaway

*  1 3/4" wide bone nut
*  ebony fingerboard is bound with Hawaiian Koa
*  ebony peghead overlay bound with Koa
*  maple neck with Standard Carve profile
*  25 1/2" scale length
*  gold plated enclosed Taylor tuners
*  premium Sitka spruce top
*  abalone rosette with Koa bound soundhole
*  ebony bridge with 2 3/16" string spacing
*  intonation compensated bone saddle
*  Florentine cutaway body design
*  deeply figured Quilted maple back & sides
*  flamed Hawaiian Koa body binding
*  Expression System pickup/preamp
*  gloss finish
*  hardshell case
 

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MSRP:  $5790.00 US$
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.

Discounted sale price: $2000 Canadian Dollars (approx.$1941.US$)
(Repaired shop damage)
 

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We ship internationally & domestically on a daily basis.  Please email us at sales@12fret.com for a shipping rate. 

We fully set up our instruments to your specifications with your brand & gauge of strings before shipping. 

If shipping within Canada but outside of Ontario,  only 5% GST applies. 

When shipping outside of Canada,  no taxes are charged by us. 

Shipping to the U.S.A.  :  There are no taxes charged and no duty at the border for North American made products

Current as of May  2010
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Link to recent reviews of Taylor guitars

Link to the 2008 Fall Limited Edition Cocobolo GS Taylor guitar

Link to a Custom GA Taylor guitar with "sinker" Redwood top

Link to our Taylor Guitar Tour page

Link to a Taylor 426CE-LTD

Link to a Taylor T5-C1 Custom with highly flamed maple top

Link to the Taylor 616CE guitar

Link to a custom cutaway GS Grand Symphony

Link to review of a T5-C2 with Macassar ebony top


 
 

 


 
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