The Taylor Custom Bearclaw Sitka Spruce-Bocote Grand Auditorium is a showcase acoustic-electric guitar that provides serious musicians with a balanced, versatile instrument perfect for any playing style. The remarkable bocote back and sides are complemented by a striking bearclaw Sitka spruce top that yields pristine highs, rich midrange presence and impressive resonance.

Taylor's Original Grand Auditorium Shape

The Grand Auditorium shape helped establish Taylor's signature acoustic sound. This popular, versatile body style provides ample volume for light fingerpicking but can also handle medium strumming and flatpicking with a clear, balanced tone. For musicians seeking an all-purpose guitar, the Grand Auditorium is an ideal choice.

Premium Tonewoods for Resonant Sound

The bocote back and sides give this guitar a distinctive visual character and tonal warmth, complementing the bearclaw Sitka spruce top's crystalline clarity and projection. This tonewood combination yields a balanced acoustic voice with articulate highs, robust midrange and resonant bass. The guitar's construction from premium, hand-selected woods ensures that its tone and playability will open up and improve over time.

Revolutionary V-Class Bracing

Taylor's patented V-Class bracing is a pivotal innovation that optimizes the guitar's response. It boosts volume and sustain while resolving intonation issues that have long affected acoustic guitars. V-Class bracing produces purer, more orderly notes without canceling each other out, resulting in clearer, more consistent tone across the fingerboard for a perfectly musical experience.

Exceptional Plugged-In Tone

The ES2 electronics system delivers Taylor's latest innovation in acoustic amplification. Featuring a proprietary behind-the-saddle pickup with three calibrated sensor elements, the ES2 authentically captures the guitar's acoustic properties when plugged in. Together with Taylor's custom-designed preamp, the pickup produces a dynamic range of amplified tone with exceptional clarity and responsiveness for inspiring performances on stage or in the studio.

Premium Appointments for Stunning Aesthetics

The appointment package is highlighted by intricate Sea Forest Vine fingerboard and peghead inlays in blue paua and figured Hawaiian koa. A paua single-ring rosette, paua edge trim and koa bindings create a gorgeous aesthetic. Bone bridge pins with green abalone dots, gold tuning machines with ebony buttons and koa inlays and purfling complete the premium look of this guitar.