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2012 GA5 Mahogany/Cedar Grand Auditorim Acoustic Guitar

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Overview

A versatile acoustic with killer midrange and thick overtones.

No detail was neglected in the Taylor 2012 GA5 Mahogany/Cedar Grand Auditorim Acoustic Guitar. Western red cedar provides the soundboard for this balanced and articulate mahogany guitar, while traditional acoustic guitar styling projects an elegant, understated look.

Grand Auditorium (GA)
Taylors signature shape embodies the ultimate all-purpose acoustic. The mid-size Grand Auditorium falls between a Dreadnought and Grand Concert. The shape produces an original acoustic voice that is big enough to handle medium-strength picking and strumming, yet with impressive balance across the tonal spectrum, especially in the midrange, producing clear, well-defined notes that suited both strumming and fingerstyle playing. The GAs overall presence tracks well with other instruments both in a studio mix and on stage.

Tropical Mahogany
Well represented in the midrange frequencies. Its thick, present midrange sound is sometimes described as meaty, organic or even chewy. As a popular tonewood for many decades, mahogany has been used on scads of old school acoustic recordings, and that sonic heritage carries across various strains of roots music, from blues to folk to slack key.

Features

  • Shape: Grand Auditorium
  • Back/side wood: tropical mahogany
  • Top wood: western red cedar
  • Neck/heel: tropical mahogany
  • Electronics: none
  • Bracing: Forward Shifted Pattern with Relief Rout
  • Binding: ivoroid
  • Fretboard: Ebony
  • Fretboard inlay: abalone dots
  • Headstock overlay: Indian rosewood
  • Bridge inlay: none
  • Bridge pins: ebony with abalone dots
  • Nut and saddle: tusq
  • Tuners: Taylor Gold
  • Truss rod cover: Indian rosewood
  • Back/side finish: gloss
  • Top finish: gloss
  • Neck finish: satin
  • Pickguard: none
  • Taylor hardshell case

Enjoy signature Taylor sound and playability. Order today.

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