Taylor Builders Reserve

Taylor har kommet med en ny super limited serie som kun lages i 30 eksemplarer pr modell for hele verden. Den ene gitaren kommer med matchende ukulele som håndbygges av den fantastiske master builderen til Taylor, Andy Powers. Den andre gitaren kommer med den første offisielle gitarforsterkeren fra Taylor, og begge er helt fantastiske. Mer informasjon, samt video kommer veldig snart! Av de 30 eksemplarene som blir laget har vi sikret oss 1 av hver, de eneste som kommer til scandinavia. De kommer snart til Backstage Musikk i Sandvika. Backstage Musikk tar ikke på seg ansvar for skillsmisser eller konflikter som følge av at du kjøper deg en (eller begge) av disse.

Taylor Builders Reserve III:
Gitar + forsterker
Pris: 74.395,-

A Craftsman-Inspired Guitar/Amp Pairing

The first of several series of Builder’s Reserve acoustic guitar/amp pairings, a guitar and custom wood cabinet for the amp were designed together, bonded by matching wood and aesthetic elements. The limited-release Taylor ES acoustic amplifier is a 40-watt acoustic amp designed to provide a natural extension of our Expression System pickup and preamp. The ES Amp^™ is optimized for ES-equipped guitars, which makes it remarkably transparent and simple to use since you shape your tone using the ES controls on the guitar (the only control on the amp is a volume knob).

The guitar is a cutaway GS featuring a back and sides of beautiful flatsawn flamed mahogany, a European spruce top, a flamed mahogany neck, and our first-ever flamed maple armrest and binding. The European spruce, which is difficult to procure, sounds wonderful paired with a mahogany GS body. “It has an Adirondack-like attack,” explains Taylor guitar designer Andy Powers. “It’s got huge, punchy volume with good headroom, but also with thick, rich overtones. It’s like a cross between Engelmann and Adirondack spruce.”

Andy designed custom fretboard and headstock inlays, drawing inspiration from the residential architecture of the Greene brothers, whose early 20th century bungalow-style houses in Southern California, including Pasadena’s famed Gamble House, stand out as iconic expressions within the American Craftsman-style movement. The “Pasadena Torch” inlay design, in flamed maple and bubinga, was also incorporated into the amp cabinet, and the decorative design also was guided by the Greene Arts and Crafts aesthetic of furniture design.

The cabinet is made of solid, flamed maple — which relates to the maple binding around the guitar — with inset side panels of flamed mahogany laminate to match the guitar’s back, sides and neck. The panels incorporate the Pasadena Torch inlay motif to match the guitar’s fretboard. The guitar and amp are offered together as an acoustic package, and only 30 have been made. Together, they make an inspiring acoustic partnership that any player, collector, or wood craftsman will savor.

Taylor Builders Reserve IV:
Gitar + ukulele
Pris: 66.954,-

All-Koa Tenor Ukulele and GS with Solid Lining

Taylor’s design group has crafted a tandem ukulele/guitar release that celebrates our love of koa wood and honors the traditions, heritage and music of Hawaii, koa’s home. Inspired in part by a new design aesthetic for Taylor’s 2012 Koa Series, this Builder’s Reserve package also draws from the ukulele-building expertise of Taylor luthier Andy Powers, whose high-end ukes are played by the likes of Elvis Costello, Taylor Swift, and singer-songwriter Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek).

The solid koa ukuleles embody a handcrafted approach to instrument making, since Taylor hasn’t yet developed all the tooling that would be required to make the uke as a production model. Our reserves of koa include beautifully figured sets that are too small for a guitar but perfect for ukes. The appointments mirror those of the Koa Series, featuring a beautiful plumeria fretboard inlay that was scaled down to accommodate the uke’s more diminutive size.

The tenor-style design features a body length of just over 12 inches, with a scale length of 17.25 inches. The neck meets the body at the 14th fret. “It’s more of a guitar player’s uke,” says Bob Taylor. “Anyone who plays guitar can just have fun instantly with this.”

The ukulele is made to be tuned GCEA, with a low-wound G string, although the design also will work well with a traditional high-strung G. For players who might want to try it with a more guitar-like voicing, the design can accommodate baritone uke strings, tuned as a low baritone uke, which are the same as the four high strings on a guitar: DGBE.

The companion guitar for this series is an all-koa cutaway GS. The appointments are identical to the actual Koa Series, with one premium tone enhancement: solid lining and side braces inside the guitar rather than the typically-used kerfing. While far more difficult to execute, the thinner solid lining and side braces together add more torsional strength to the sides. As a result, less string energy is wasted, more of the top and back are free to move, and the guitar produces a livelier, more responsive, and more dynamic sound.

Only 30 of this ukulele/guitar pairing have been produced, and each is offered as a matched set.