Taylor Custom Build C16ce B3017 Grand Symphony Spruce/Big Leaf Maple

The Taylor Custom #17 C16CE Grand Symphony Acoustic Electric Guitar

Built for the 2023 NAMM Show Exhibition, this show-stopping custom Grand Symphony acoustic-electric displays the extraordinary skillset and attention to fine detail Taylor brings to the art of their craft. This custom Grand Symphony acoustic-electric guitar features back and sides of A-grade flamed Big Leaf Maple, a Sitka spruce top, V-Class interior bracing, a Hard Rock maple neck, a soundport cutaway, and ES2 electronics with a built-in TaylorSense unit.

Custom appointments for this model include a single-ring rosette with a bound soundhole, Hard Rock maple body binding, West African Crelicam ebony fretboard binding, and bone bridge pins with green abalone dots. Further details of note are the Mission fretboard and peghead inlays in maple and Hawaiian koa, the polished bronze tuners, and a full-body gloss finish with Antique Blond color treatment.

SPECIFICATIONS

Body

• Body Shape: Grand Symphony
• Cutaway: Soundport
• Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
• Back / Side Wood: Big Leaf Maple
• Back Configuration: 2-Piece, No Wedge
• Rosette: Custom Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
• Body Binding: Pale Non-figured Hard Rock Maple
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Back / Side: Finish Gloss
• Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Bridge Pins: Bone with Green Abalone Dots
• Pick Guard: None
• Bracing System: V-Class Bracing
• Armrest: None
• Color Antique: Blond
• Saddle: White Micarta Saddle

Neck

• Neck Wood: Hard Rock Maple
• Neck Profile: Standard Carve
• Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Fretboard Inlay: Hard Rock Maple / Hawaiian Koa Mission
• Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Neck Finish: Gloss
• Nut Black TUSQ Nut
• Nut Width: 1-3/4 in
• Scale Length: 24-7/8 in

Hardware

• Tuners: Taylor Polished Bronze with Polished Bronze Buttons
• Peghead Type: Paddle
• Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Peghead Inlay: Custom Mission
• Peghead Binding: None
• Peghead Finish: Gloss
• End Pin: Black

Other

• Electronics: Expression System 2 with TaylorSense
• Orientation: Right Handed
• Case / Bag: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
• Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light