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| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
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Key Features
The Taylor Custom Grand Auditorium is a highly versatile electro-acoustic designed to cover a wide range of playing styles with ease. Based on Bob Taylor’s original Grand Auditorium design from 1994, this mid-size body sits between a dreadnought and a grand concert, offering excellent balance, projection, and comfort. Its proportions make it equally suited to strumming, flatpicking, and fingerstyle work, making it a strong choice for players who want one guitar that can handle everything.
A bearclaw Sitka spruce top provides clarity, articulation, and dynamic headroom, while flamed maple back and sides add focus and note definition with a striking visual character. The cutaway improves upper-fret access, and the integrated armrest enhances player comfort for long practices sessions and performances. Equipped with onboard electronics and discreet controls for live use, this nearly new custom Taylor delivers refined tone, playability, and versatility for stage, studio, and more.
Product Ref: 355362
The Grand Auditorium body shape was designed to bridge the gap between traditional acoustic sizes, offering a single guitar that adapts easily to different playing approaches. It delivers enough low-end presence to support confident strumming while maintaining excellent balance across the midrange and treble strings. This makes chords sound full without overpowering vocals, and lets single notes remain clear and defined. Its even response helps the guitar sit naturally in both studio mixes and live settings, which is why it remains Taylor’s most popular and widely used body shape.
The bearclaw Sitka spruce top provides a lively, responsive feel with strong projection and tonal clarity. Sitka spruce is prized for its wide dynamic range, responding equally well to light fingerstyle touch and more assertive strumming. The distinctive bearclaw figuring adds visual character without affecting tonal performance. Notes remain articulate across the fretboard, with clean separation and a controlled low end that keeps complex chord voicings clear and musical.
Flamed maple back and sides contribute a focused, transparent tonal character with strong note definition. Compared to darker-sounding tonewoods, maple emphasises clarity and precision, making it especially effective for players who want articulate rhythm parts or well-defined fingerstyle passages. The visual appeal of the flamed figuring adds to the custom feel of the instrument, giving it a refined stage presence that matches its controlled, balanced voice.
This custom Grand Auditorium includes practical enhancements designed for modern players. The cutaway allows easy access to higher frets, while the integrated armrest improves playing comfort during longer sessions. Onboard electronics with simple, discreet controls make the guitar ready for live performance or recording without compromising its acoustic character. Together, these features create a flexible, comfortable instrument that performs reliably across practice, performance, and songwriting environments.
