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The Custom Catch #27 Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric guitar finds Taylor’s luthiers exploring the cutting-edge of luxury acoustic design. This Custom Catch pairs a balanced all-purpose Grand Auditorium body style with deluxe tonewoods, including a heavily figured bear claw spruce top! The back and sides comprise solid bocote, a classic-sounding tonewood with a crystalline power similar to rosewood. Bocote also sports bold woodgrain definition that’s dignified without feeling flashy or gauche. The Custom Catch #27 from Sweetwater features Hawaiian koa binding with paua shell purfling, and the fingerboard sports ornate “Sea Forest Vine” inlays for distinguished presence. The finishing touch comes via the acclaimed ES2 electronics system, which is upgraded with TaylorSense features for seamless monitoring of humidity, temperature, and battery life. Secure a guitar that’s bound to be treasured forever, only while supplies of this Custom Catch last!





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Exquisite artisan tonewoods





This Custom Catch’s emphasis on exemplary tonewood cuts ensures a memorable sound with a look that matches! The top is carved from bear claw spruce and fitted with V-Class bracing for boosted clarity, power, and presence. Bear claw spruce’s asymmetrical figuring makes for an excellent soundboard. The bear claw streaks run counter to spruce’s typically straight grain with a contrast that yields stiffer vibrations, thus placing more power, volume, and dynamic range at your fingertips. Show-stopping back and sides carved from solid bocote complement spruce’s power with bell-like depth, dignified clarity, and round treble that earns this wood numerous comparisons to rosewoods from Brazil and Madagascar. Furthermore, a premium mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard provide masterful support as you play. Between the frets, the fingerboard is laced with ornate inlays carved from shell and wood for attention-grabbing appeal that’s destined to be the talk of the town!





Serial 1203294007


Serial 1203294007


Balanced Grand Auditorium design





The Grand Auditorium player-friendly design is built for professionals who want to hop from style to style quickly without switching guitars! One of Taylor’s iconic guitar shapes, the Grand Auditorium’s comfortable low profile sonically outsized by its strong voice and projection. Since it’s balanced across lows, mids, and highs, players who favor transparent-sounding guitars will love the Custom Catch #27’s warm and crisp fingerpicking response that darkens up when flatpicking or strumming with force. Moreover, for better access to upper frets, the Custom Catch #27 also features Taylor’s signature Venetian cutaway.





Even more extras: Taylor ES2 electronics and the TaylorSense system





From the first pluck to the final touch of sustain, the Custom Catch #27 oozes supplemental acoustic tone. As a result, Taylor equipped it with its proprietary Expression System 2 (ES2) for maximum instrumental authenticity. At the core of the ES2 is a precisely calibrated pickup resting behind the saddle for responsive, accurate capture and an enhanced dynamic range. On the body, three soft-touch control knobs ensure simple management over volume, treble, and bass output for essential fine-tuning, and a built-in phase switch on the preamp supplies an easy fix to live frequency feedback. It's all topped off with the company's renowned TaylorSense system, providing the status of your instrument's humidity, battery life, temperature, and impact for immediate maintenance and performance feedback.





TaylorSense lets you monitor guitar health from your smart devices!


Serial 1203294007


Taylor Custom Catch #27 Grand Auditorium Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


Part of the exquisite Custom Catch tradition, passionately crafted annually in small quantities


Versatile GA body with Venetian cutaway provides unrivaled comfort and sophisticated tone


Bear claw Sitka spruce top doles out exceptional performance with luxurious figuring


Bocote back and sides keep tone sophisticated and crystalline, much like rosewood


V-Class bracing teases out strong projection with a heightened dynamic response


Grade-A neo-tropical mahogany neck fitted with the flagship Taylor profile


Ebony fingerboard, bound with ebony and laced with “Sea Forest Vine” made from shell and wood


Premium figured Hawaiian koa body binding with paua purfling


Taylor tuners and bone bridge pins with green abalone dots keep resonance strong


ES2 electronics facilitate high-quality amplification, plus TaylorSense monitoring upgrades