Taylor's Spring Limiteds

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Taylor Guitars is set to release a limited series of guitars featuring Madagascar rosewood, Tasmanian blackwood and ovangkol tonewoods. The 700 Series LTDs, features chocolate hues of Madagascar rosewood for articulate highs, deep lows and ample dynamic range to please the ears.

Each guitar in the series is carefully crafted from a back and sides of Madagascar rosewood, a Sitka spruce top, and rosewood binding. On the inside, the series includes Taylor's proprietary CV bracing and patented relief rout for greater tonal resonance. Finished in a high-gloss, the series includes the premium appointments of a Madagascar rosewood backstrap trimmed with maple and ebony, an Indian rosewood peghead overlay, along with Taylor gold tuners and mother-of-pearl dot inlays on the fretboard.

The 400 Series Limiteds features a honey-colored Tasmanian blackwood back and sides and is dramatically accented with creamy maple binding and mini-wedge, a Sitka spruce top, a sparkling abalone rosette, stylish mother-of-pearl diamond fretboard inlays and a high-gloss finish on the top, back and sides, the blackwood.

Along with the 700 Series, the 400 Series features a sloping Venetian cutaway and Taylor's Expression System® for high fidelity plugged-in playing. For electric players, the world's best-selling acoustic/electric hybrid, the T5, will be offered in a Spring Limited Edition model at an exceptionally low suggested retail price. Featuring Taylor's propriety pickups and a five-way pickup switch, the T5 offers players plenty of versatility in its range of voices. Finished in an organic, satin top of ovangkol and a body of sapele, the guitar comes ready to play in a Taylor gig bag.

Suggested retail prices for the 400 Series-LTDs start at $2,698; 700 Series-LTDs, $3,498; and the T5-LTD, $1,798.