Taylor Guitars, NS24e, Nylon, Grand Auditorium, Indian Rosewood Back/Sides, Solid Sitka Spruce Top, ES-T

Taylor Guitars, NS24e, Nylon, Grand Auditorium, Indian Rosewood Back/Sides, Solid Sitka Spruce Top, ES-T Review

Taylor Guitars, NS24e, Nylon, Grand Auditorium, Indian Rosewood Back/Sides, Solid Sitka Spruce Top, ES-T Feature

• Solid Sitka Spruce Top
• Sapele Back/Sides
• Grand Auditorium
• ES-N
• Hardshell Case Included

Taylor's first non-cutaway NS Grand Auditorium honors the more traditional classical body aesthetic, yet includes modern amenities like a sleek Taylor neck and the ES-T under-saddle pickup.

NS24e Specs Type/Shape: 6-String Grand Auditorium Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood Laminate Top: Sitka Spruce Soundhole Rosette: Mexican Cypress Neck: Tropical American Mahogany Fretboard: Ebony Fretboard Inlay: None Binding: Black Bridge: Ebony Nut & Saddle: Tusq Tuning Machines: Classical Chrome-plated Tuners with Cream Buttons Scale Length: 25 1/2 Inches Truss Rod: Adjustable Neck Width at Nut: 1 7/8 Inches Number of Frets: 20 Fretboard Radius: 15 Inches Bracing: Nylon Series Bracing Finish: Satin Electronics: Taylor ES-T Body Width: 16 Inches Body Depth: 4 5/8 Inches Body Length: 20 Inches Overall Length: 41 Inches

ES-T pickup onboard.

Satin finished top, back and sides.

Mexican Cypress rosette.

Taylor Nylon-Strings
Taylor's take on the classical guitar sound is a nylon-string with a bit of twist. Think of it as classical tone meets Taylor playability, beginning with a slim and fast 1 7/8-inch neck. Available in sapele, ovangkol, maple, and Indian rosewood--in either a Grand Concert or Grand Auditorium body. Explore a new tone from Taylor.

Sitka Spruce Top
Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) grows in a coastal "pocket" from Northern California to Alaska. This dense, straight-grained wood has the highest strength and elasticity-to-weight ratio among available tonewoods, an attribute that makes it an ideal material not only for our soundboards, but for our internal bracing, as well. Sitka produces a slightly brighter tone than does Engelmann.

Indian Rosewood Laminate Back/Sides
Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) is coveted by players and guitar builders alike for its dark, luxurious coloration, which ranges from brown to purple to rose to black, and for tonal characteristics that include a strong bass response and long sustain. It remains the most popular tonewood used in the making of high-quality acoustic guitars.

Grand Auditorium Body Shape
The Grand Auditorium was the first guitar shape designed from scratch by Bob Taylor. It was unveiled to commemorate the company's 20th Anniversary in 1994, and since then it has more than lived up to its promise. Although the GA has the width and depth of a Dreadnought, its narrower waist gives it the appearance of a smaller instrument, adds treble "zing" across the guitar's tonal spectrum, sharpens the definition of individual notes, and also enables it to rest comfortably in the lap. Because we remove mass from the width of the GA's braces, the guitar top moves faster, resulting in a snappy, bell-like tone. The GA, available as a 6- or 12-sting, is designed to be a strong fingerpicking guitar that also can handle medium strumming, and is exceptionally versatile.

ES-T Pickup
Inspired by Taylor's Expression System technology, the Expression System Transducer, or ES-T, is a single-source, under-saddle transducer with individual elements for each string. (The ES-T was originally called the ES Element, but the name was changed to avoid confusion with another product.) The ES-T has an onboard preamp and the same active controls found on the full Expression System. Featuring a custom-voiced EQ and dynamic response, the system is powered by a 9-volt battery, with a battery life LED power indicator (which is lit when the battery is being used). The pickup also has a Phase switch for feedback control, which is located on the preamp board inside the soundhole. Our first non-cutaway NS Grand Auditorium honors the more traditional classical body aesthetic, yet includes modern amenities like a sleek Taylor neck and our ES-T® under-saddle pickup.