Taylor Guitars Road Show Part 2: Tonewoods

Brian Swerdfeger describes the different tonewoods offered by Taylor and how they affect the sound.

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Education

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• Taylor
• acoustic
• guitars
• mahogony
• maple
• indian
• rosewood
• koa
• sapele
• ovangkol

[danykang]

i just bought a 414ce and i still hae to check every morning to make sure that buying it wasn't a dream.

it's a great guitar :]

[EricAntonik]

Tune tune tune tune..... tune tune..... next time before seminar. :D

[mikebri527]

@loicome I've played a few Taylors and Martins side-by-side (same shape, back & side woods, necks, fingerboards, etc.) and find the Taylor's to be brighter than Martins. The only way to get a warm full sound from a Taylor is to get a GS (not a GS mini) or a dreadnought (also called a DN). I just recently purchased a Taylor 810e-LTD and find it to be full, deep, and powerful without losing the sparkling highs Taylors are known for. I've never played a Seagull Good Luck in your search!

[loicome]

I own a fender, but I really think my next guitar will either be a taylor, martin or seagull. I just don't have enoug h cash right now. I really like taylor's GS Mini, and their grand auditorium guitars. Any preferences between the above guitar makers?

[goodyear2602]

@rickmontembeault: A tonwood dealer in Australia said it is related to Koa.

[avaschein]

This made me happy to read, I have a GA4e which is basically a 414 without the cutaway. I love it :)

[BeatleUniversity]

I love what he said about "bone tone!" I never heard that before! It makes so much sense and it's so true! WOW!!!

[LarryRickenbacker]

Not impressed with the Maple demo. Too trebly to the ears of this D-28 owner. Might sound fantastic in person, to be fair.

[lliicckk]

yeah I will be getting mine too at the end of the month after much debate I chose the 414ce as it sounds much better than the 314ce in my opinion. (yeah I saved up for a year now lol)

Im glad you love ur guitar now I'm not in any doubt! thanks =)

[Muragle]

Brazilian will basically sound the same.

It just has a difference grain.

[rickmontembeault]

Where does Tasmanian Blackwood fit into the spectrum?

[guitartec]

Every Taylor I've tried recently has intonation problems. And oddly, the strings play flat at the 12th, not sharp.

I've played and repaired many Taylors over the years, and I can truly say they have by far more intonation problems than ever before. Even my DN4 has a flat D & G at the 12th with a new set of EJ16's. It's even worse with EJ17s. And the saddle is cut althe way forward from the factory. Wish I could report better news.

[KillerOfBlueberries]

I love how Taylor guitars are making this information easily obtainable to the general public.. This really helps people choose the perfect guitar for themselves.

[Cj1500]

Why didn't he discuss Brazilian Rosewood or Maddie Rosewood? I'm curious about those tone woods.

[aquascape1]

Flamed maple, and quilted maple... give the same sound. its all maple wood. but only 1% of maple is quilted.

all the same sound still.

[lliicckk]

lol turns out I'm buying a 314ce been saving for a long time and yeah almost there lol

[soupy1957]

Where's Maple (Quilted) in the spectrum?

-Soupy1957

[lliicckk]

beautiful I'm saving up for the 814ce or teh 414ce

I love however the indian rosewood tone a full rich tone....

[NoneMoreBlack08]

That was a good little clip.

[Dinkycars]

First ;]

[serbiogen]

perfects sound i loves yours guitars T_T

[shadowx209x]

first!!! yah :D