Introducing the Taylor Grand Pacific
Meet the Grand Pacific Dreadnought
Taylor’s versatile new round-shoulder dreadnought guitar brings a whole new sonic personality to the dreadnought category and the Taylor line. With its warm, seasoned sound and clear low-end power, it’s a Taylor like you’ve never heard before.
Until now, Taylor has been known for a modern take on acoustic tone—a vibrant sound with precise and well-defined individual notes. But we like other acoustic flavors too. Drawing inspiration from traditional acoustic music, master guitar designer Andy Powers leveraged the tone-shaping control of our award-winning V-Class bracing to design the Grand Pacific acoustic guitar. Broad, overlapping notes blend into a unified harmony to create a warm and inviting sound. You’ll be inspired in a whole new way.
Builder’s Edition 717 | Rosewood + Torrefied Spruce
Builder’s Edition 517 | Mahogany + Torrefied Spruce
317e | Sapele + Spruce
“When a guitar gives you the right vibrations, it’s so much easier to lose yourself in it.”
—Lights
“If things don’t stand up with just an acoustic guitar and a vocal, I don’t think they’re worthy of recording.”
- The White Buffalo
A Dreadnought for a New Era
Andy wasn’t interested in simply building another version of an existing dreadnought guitar. The Grand Pacific makes sounds that are familiar to dreadnought players, with important improvements made possible by V-Class bracing.
Clear Low-end Power
Between V-Class bracing and the subtle contours of the Grand Pacific body, Andy eliminated the problematic low-end muddiness often associated with dreadnought-style guitars. The Grand Pacific produces clear low-end power, which means the bass frequencies are more musical.
Tonal Consistency
One of the sonic problems with many traditional X-braced dreadnoughts is that they create their low-end power at the expense of other frequencies. With the Grand Pacific, you’ll hear smooth, warm, powerful notes consistently across the frequency spectrum.
Greater Musical Versatility
The Grand Pacific isn’t musically confined the way a dreadnought can be. It blends the power of a bluegrass guitar with the clarity and playing comfort that singer-songwriters and other types of players will love. Its all-around utility makes it a fantastic workhorse guitar.
How V-Class Paved the Way
When Taylor design architect Andy Powers developed V-Class bracing, he knew that beyond its fundamental sonic improvements—stronger volume, longer sustain, more accurate intonation—V-Class offered a flexible new platform for shaping an acoustic guitar’s tonal character in dramatic new ways.
The Builder’s Edition Grand Pacific
The design philosophy of our Builder’s Edition guitars is to create the ultimate blend of sound and feel. With two new Builder’s Edition Grand Pacific dreadnought guitars, we’ve brought premium, player-friendly features like a compound carve neck profile and smoothly contoured body and fretboard edges, elevating the playing comfort in inspiring new ways.
Acoustic Inspiration
Taylor artists share how an acoustic guitar has inspired their musical creativity.
From the Factory Podcast: Building the Grand Pacific
Learn more about the process behind the Grand Pacific in a special episode of the Taylor From the Factory podcast.
Where to Find Grand Pacific Guitars
Grand Pacific Featured Dealers
Grand Pacific guitars are now available at Grand Pacific Featured Dealers near you.
Attend a Grand Pacific Event
Experience the Grand Pacific at a New Model Showcase in spring 2019.
Contact Customer Service
Contact our experts with your questions about Grand Pacific guitars.