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GTe Urban Ash
Sitka Spruce Top | Urban Ash Back and Sides | Tropical Mahogany Neck | Eucalyptus Fretboard | Expression System® 2 Electronics | Aerocase
Series: GT
UPC: #00887766107149
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1,699USD
Responsibly Sourced Materials
AeroCase Included
Sturdy and protective AeroCase included at no extra charge.
Lifetime Warranty with Registration
Limited Lifetime Warranty (U.S./Canada) or Extended Warranty (Details)
Factory Expert Service & Support
Responsive customer service from factory experts trained to help you get the most out of your guitar.
- Scaled-down GT body shape for unmatched comfort
- Back and sides of responsibly sourced Urban Ash
- Rich midrange voice with clear, crisp highs
- C-Class bracing provides additional low-end punch
- AeroCase offers protection and portability
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Overview
GTe Urban Ash
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The first model to feature our scaled-down GT (Grand Theater) body shape, the GTe Urban Ash serves up a bold acoustic voice with surprising low-end power and a comfortable feel. Our asymmetrical C-Class bracing adapts the V-Class concept to a smaller body, pushing more volume and sustain along with a boost to this model's bass response. Our responsibly sourced Urban Ash tonewood resonates with sonic character similar to mahogany, with a strong fundamental focus and a woody midrange. The GTe Urban Ash is finished with Urban Sienna stain on the back and sides, and includes ES2 electronics and a durable AeroCase.
"With its comfortably compact size and buttery playability, the Taylor GTe Urban Ash plainly begs to be your “get-up-and-go” guitar for a variety of performances."
It is a groundbreaking guitar that’s created from sustainably sourced urban wood that was harvested from end-of-life trees from parks and roadways in California. The GT Urban Ash has a compact body that was designed to create a strong, resonant sound.
It’s an ideal “couch” guitar, an easy guitar to take along, and a perfect steel-string to learn on. And yet, the GT is no slouch when it comes to serious performance; I’m certain that it will become a main guitar for many!
From first glance, this guitar has a very organic build approach, with attention focused on wood grain and a grassroots aesthetic.
The instrument itself is road ready and rock solid, fitting the bill for many the performing musician and songwriter.
In some ways, the GT’s shorter scale and tighter string spacing offers a new light on the landscape of the fingerboard. I had lots of fun trying out different chords otherwise uncomfortable to reach on a standard scale guitar!
Overall, the GT fits into a niche not previously filled in Taylor’s catalog.
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The GT is very responsive to the player’s touch, easily steering through softer and louder passages while maintaining consistently sweet and focused tone.
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Cosmetically, the GT is a sweet-looking guitar with a three-ring rosette, tortoise- colored pickguard and black purfling on the top.
"It’s best to consider Taylor’s GTe as an overachiever compared to other smaller-body and parlor acoustics because it stands to compete more closely with full-sized instruments but with all the inviting playability of a compact, short-scale acoustic."
For players of such proclivities, the GTe’s fast, comfortable playability could awaken many creative possibilities.
Its bright-with-punchy-bass voice is unique, too, allowing opportunities for creative arrangement of acoustic rhythm and melody parts in performance and the studio.
If you like an acoustic with a lot of high-end definition, crave a small-bodied guitar with more detailed bottom end, or want to get the most possible projection from a smaller-bodied instrument, the GTe can deliver in spades.
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A big presence that belies its small size...adds on a sweet-sounding electronics package. It’s a natural for trips, but it’s just as worthy as a studio and/or performance instrument thanks to its rich tone and full-bodied soundstage.
"The GTe imparts a thumping bass without the boom and bears a brightly crisp top end that projects an impressive able-bodied voice that puts it sonically closer to Taylor’s very own Grand Auditorium and Grand Pacific models."
Features
Taylor GT
Compact yet gifted with a bold voice, the GT’s scaled-down frame offers surprising tonal power and texture.
Urban Ash
Sourced from city trees in need of removal, Urban Ash produces midrange power and balance comparable to Honduran mahogany.
Sitka Spruce
The soundboard choice for most guitars, Sitka spruce produces a broad dynamic range and accommodates a versatile range of playing styles.
Expression System® 2
The Expression System® 2 captures more of a guitar’s dynamic properties using a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design.