Each guitar in the Builder’s Edition family represents the peak of Taylor’s design philosophy: comfortable, inviting guitars with rich, robust tone and stunning aesthetics.
Builder’s Edition guitars are crafted to deliver exceptional tonal quality. Subtle modifications to body shapes, tone-enhancing interior bracing, top-tier tonewoods and other voicing tweaks add up to sophisticated, complex tone profiles that transcend the boundaries around genres, playing styles and musical applications.
A guitar can only sound as good as it feels in the player’s hands. With innovative design elements such as beveled armrests, modified cutaways, chamfered edges and subtly altered neck profiles, Builder’s Edition guitars elevate the bond between musician and instrument.
Available in natural and Kona Burst top finishes, this Grand Auditorium combines responsibly sourced Shamel ash with Sitka spruce for a warm, woody voice complemented by exceptional playing comfort.
Shamel ash topped with mahogany and our V-Class bracing add up to a rich, focused midrange response that performs beautifully across a range of genres and styles, with comfort-enhancing contours to elevate your playing every time.
This player-reflective maple/torrefied spruce Grand Auditorium is an acoustic chameleon in the best possible way. Playing comfort and touch sensitivity translate into a guitar that channels the player, offering a breadth of musical expression.
The first 12-string in our Builder’s Edition collection builds on Taylor’s rich heritage of player-friendly 12-strings. V-Class bracing, electric guitar-inspired contouring, and a reverse-strung setup translate into a uniquely inspiring playing experience.
Designed with electric guitar players in mind, this small-body rosewood acoustic blends sleek contouring features with a rich, articulate and responsive voice.
A four-piece Adirondack spruce top, beveled armrest and cutaway, and stunning gloss-finish body headline the evolution of our flagship Grand Auditorium guitar.
What could make one of our seductive all-koa guitars more inspiring? The inviting feel of a beveled cutaway and armrest for extra playing comfort. This Builder’s Edition beauty is a feast for the senses.
Honduran rosewood, sinker redwood and a host of finely crafted design touches elevate the standard for our Builder’s Edition collection in this artfully appointed Grand Auditorium.
Our original Builder’s Edition guitar, featuring gorgeous Hawaiian koa paired with torrefied Sitka spruce, remains a champion of the line, blending elegant organic beauty with an inviting handfeel that promises new musical discoveries.
Our revolutionary new sonic engine powers each Builder’s Edition guitar, reshaping the sound to produce more volume and sustain, with notes that are more in tune from top to bottom.
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Compared to the sleek designs and refined sound of the Builder’s Edition Collection, our Gold Label guitars offer a more traditional voice full of the warmth and depth players love in old-heritage instruments—coupled with playability-enhancing features like the Action Control Neck. Browse the Gold Label Collection and hear how classic sounds can emerge from innovative designs.
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Where the Builder’s Edition Collection showcases how innovation can improve the playing experience, our Legacy guitars look to our history for inspiration, celebrating classic elements like traditional X-bracing as well as iconic Bob Taylor-designed models. Explore the Legacy Collection and discover the designs that helped make Taylor a force in the world of guitars.
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