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The Custom Catch #11 Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric guitar finds Taylor’s luthiers exploring the cutting-edge of luxury acoustic design. This Custom Catch pairs the inviting sound and feel of a Grand Auditorium body style with deluxe tonewoods. The top is carved from Western red cedar, a variety known for its emotive warmth and a darker, more mature attack compared to spruce. Grafted walnut back and sides provide bold midrange and a touch-sensitive response, not to mention woodgrain detailing that’s bound to draw attention. The Custom Catch #11 from Sweetwater is tastefully bound with flame maple, while a throwback 900 Series inlay pattern plucked from the 2000s adds an air of sophistication. 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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This Custom Catch’s emphasis on exemplary tonewood cuts ensures a memorable sound with a look that matches! The top is carved from Western red cedar and fitted with V-Class bracing for boosted clarity, power, and presence. This soundboard utilizes “stripy” cedar, which shows off exceptional woodgrain figuring and complements cedar’s brooding tones. Show-stopping back and sides are carved from elegant grafted walnut. This rising star of the tonewood world manifests the rustic, sweet clarity and midrange bite that we expect of walnut, yet the looks here are hardly typical. Typically, grafted walnut begins with North American black walnut trees and English walnut trees being hybridized for agriculture and food production purposes. Serendipitously, the grafting process generates colorful, tantalizing swirls and streaks. If you love high-octane tonewoods, then you’re bound to love Custom Catch #11’s grafted walnut body.





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Immaculate detailing





The Custom Catch #11 exudes luxury, even when you least expect it! Subtle binding enhances virtually every inch of this guitar, and since the binding is made with flame maple, this means lasting beauty and sumptuous hardwood appeal. What’s more, Gotoh tuners and bone bridge pins studded with Japanese abalone provide a complement that results in a coordinated physique that helps strings vibrate with clarity and purpose.





Even more extras: Taylor ES2 electronics and the TaylorSense system





From the first pluck to the final touch of sustain, the Custom Catch #11 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.





Serial 1202264118


Taylor Custom Catch #11 Grand Auditorium Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


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


“Stripy” figured Western red cedar top, optimized with V-Class bracing for emotive tone


Grafted walnut back and sides serve up clear mid-forward tones and complex colorful grain


Flame maple binding with black/maple purfling adds unrivaled appeal


Versatile 25.5-inch scale with a TUSQ nut and Gotoh tuners support each string


Satin-finished mahogany neck fitted with the flagship Taylor profile


Ebony fingerboard paired with throwback 900 Series hard-rock maple inlays and matching headstock


Bound “Roman Leaf” soundhole rosette and bone bridge pins with Japanese abalone inlays


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