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Daniel Benedict
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9/17/2007
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"Imagine if your electric guitar could play as well as your acoustic... well now it can!"
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The new solid-body electrics from Taylor were designed from the ground up. “I could never justify building a guitar that was an imitation of another brand’s model. That’s not what we do. About a year ago, we were working on some humbuckers for a new T5. These pickups sounded so great, we looked up and said, ‘Hey, we’re in the electric guitar business now!’ And instead of keeping them for the T5, we began designing an entirely new guitar, full of touches that are purely Taylor," says Bob Taylor.
“The neck and body shape are all our own," Bob elaborates. “Our aluminum bridge is just beautiful — it feels like a luxury watch band; it’s invisible to the player, yet it’s fully adjustable and loaded with performance features. We developed a new concept of insetting the top with exotic woods, which gives us the look of a bound guitar, with the comfort of a contoured body."
“We literally designed every part of this guitar ourselves, right down to the knobs!”
The Taylor solid body electric will be available in three models: Classic, Standard and Custom. Each guitar has the new Taylor Humbuckers (there will be a choice of two styles, full or 3/4-size). A limited number of pre-production models will be for sale this fall, with the major launch in January, 2008.
Bananas At Large got a sneak preview of these wonderful new instruments last week when the Taylor Guitars Road Show came into town.
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