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2025 Issue 1

Volume 110

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Born With an Old Soul

With our all-new Gold Label Collection, we introduce a stunning old-heritage sound that’s unlike anything Taylor has ever made. Read Story

Features

The 2025 Catch Custom Collection

Dive into our extraordinary collection of custom guitars unveiled at this year’s pre-NAMM Catch event. Browse our full gallery of custom models to find your favorite. Read Story

Guitar Over 50

Your hands may start to feel different as you get older, but with bit of adaptation and patience, you can keep making music as long as you’ve got the drive. Read Story

The 2025 Guitar Guide

Overview

This year, our ever-evolving guitar line is more musically diverse than ever Learn More

Finding Your Fit

Body shapes, tonewoods, neck feel… there are plenty of variables when it comes to choosing a guitar, but what matters most is you. Learn More

Taylor Body Shapes

How to find the size and sound that fit you best. Learn More

Taylor Tonewoods

Explore the full range of Taylor tonewoods and learn about the unique flavors they add to a guitar's sound. Learn More

The Taylor Line by Series

A snapshot of our guitar line by series, with the tonewood pairings for each. Learn More

5 Guitar Care Essentials

Taylor customer service manager Glen Wolff shares his recommendations for keeping your Taylor looking, feeling and sounding brand-new. Learn More

Tone Terminology

A primer on some of the lingo that’s commonly used to describe acoustic guitar tone. Learn More

A Guide to Taylor Acoustic Model Numbers

Here’s how our model numbering system works. Learn More

2025 Issue 1

Volume 110

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GS Mini Sapele

GS Mini Series

With its solid spruce top and scaled-down body, the GS Mini yields a bold voice in a package that can travel wherever your music takes you.

412ce SB

400 Series

This sunburst-topped Grand Concert serves up lush overtones and an articulate, balanced response that’s ideal for fingerstyle play.

414ce SB

400 Series

A striking sunburst top finish elevates this rosewood/spruce Grand Auditorium, which delivers a complex overtone response and clear, crisp trebles.

Circa 74 Amp (Koa)

Circa 74

This version of our acoustic guitar/vocal amp features a beautiful Hawaiian koa cabinet that visually complements its warm, clear sound.

PS14ce Ironbark

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Beautifully figured back and sides of red ironbark paired with a striped sinker redwood top yield a sweet, muscular voice worthy of this model’s elegant appointments.

GS Mini MLB™

GS Mini Series

Featuring the logos and colors of all 30 MLB franchises, this collection of GS Mini guitars makes it easy to show off your team pride in style.

854ce

800 Series

The classic tonewood pairing of rosewood and spruce yields a gorgeously textured, harmonically complex tone in this 12-string Grand Auditorium.

264ce-K DLX

200 Series

Beautiful Hawaiian koa serves up a lush, sparkling octave response in this versatile Grand Auditorium, which features upgraded appointments and a hardshell case.

212ce-N Plus

200 Series

A solid spruce top and comfortable Grand Concert body add up to articulate, snappy nylon-string tone in a package dressed in a full-body gloss finish.

Circa 74 Amp (Mahogany)

Circa 74

With a ten-inch full-range speaker, dual inputs, intuitive controls and an attractive wood cabinet, the Circa 74 acoustic and vocal amp is an essential tool for any guitarist.

T5z Pro Tobacco Suburst

T5z Series

A striking burst finish treatment adds an enticing visual element to this versatile, tone-shifting hollowbody electric guitar.

T5z Pro Cayenne Red

T5z Series

With three pickups, five-way switching and a lightweight ash body, this hybrid hollowbody T5z Pro offers unmatched musical range complemented by a striking red finish.

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2025 Issue 1

Volume 110

Cover story: The Taylor Gold Label Collection. Plus: The 2025 Product Guide | New Builder’s Edition models | The Legacy and Somos Collections | Playing guitar after 50 | New custom guitar designs.

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2024 Issue 2: GS Mini Edition

Volume 109

Revisiting the birth of the GS Mini. Plus: Celebrating half a million Minis made | Notable art-top GS Mini models | Designing the GS Mini Bass.

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2024 Issue 1

Volume 108

Cover story: Taylor’s 50th Anniversary. Plus: The 50th Anniversary Limited-Edition Collection | The 2024 Product Guide | Circa 74 | Catch Customs | Builder’s Edition 914ce | Mahogany’s Sprawling Family Tree.

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2023 Issue 3

Volume 107

Cover story: The Holiday Buying Guide. Plus: Builder’s Edition Blacktop, American Dream Baritone & 200 Series Grand Concerts | Crafting a custom armrest | Custom guitar favorites | Strumming, picking & palm muting basics | Award-winning composer Glen Andrew Brown.

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2023 Issue 2

Volume 106

Cover story: The Builder’s Edition 814ce | Cutting spruce for guitar tops | Powers Electric Guitars | D’Addario XS strings | The redesigned T5z | New American Dream models | 326ce Baritone-8 | How to use harmonics.

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2023 Issue 1

Volume 105

Cover story: New American Dream models. Plus: The 2023 Product Guide | Inside Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe | Stevie Salas & the Native American musicians who shaped rock ‘n’ roll | GS Mini Rosewood & Caramel Burst | CAGED playing techniques.

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W&S Fall 2022

2022 Issue 3

Volume 104

Cover story: The new Urban Ironbark 500 Series. Plus: Urban Ash LTDs | How cities manage their tree populations | Walnut-top Academy Series | R&B upstroke technique | Guitar care tools & tips | Andy Powers named President & CEO.

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2022 Issue 2

Volume 103

Cover story: The all-new Koa 700 Series. Plus: Growing guitar-grade koa in Hawaii | Taylor’s artist relations evolution | AD27e Flametop reviews | custom guitar gallery | Guitar tips: guitar posture, 7th chords & voice leading with arpeggios

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2022 Issue 1

Volume 102

Cover story: New for ’22: the AD27e Flametop, two new GT models and the Grand Concert AD22e. Plus: the 2022 Taylor Guitar Guide, Andy Powers talks about the evolution of Taylor tone, and more R&B guitar lessons.

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2021 Issue 3

Volume 101

On the Cover: Discover the art of Taylor's inlay designs. Plus: the growing popularity of small-body guitars, what artists learned during the pandemic, R&B guitar lessons and updates from our environmental initiatives.

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2021 Issue 2

Volume 100

Cover story: Taylor’s transition to employee ownership. Plus: Artists adapt during COVID | How African Americans shaped American music genres | Open minor tunings | the 200 Plus Series | Exotic-top T5z models

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2021 Issue 1

Volume 99

Taylor expands the GT Series with two new models, and the American Dream Series becomes a permanent addition. Plus: Talking pandemic creativity with FINNEAS and the inaugural digital edition of the Taylor Guitar Guide.

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