Place your order and make your first monthly payment today, and your gear will be in your hands in about two days. The nice thing about lemon oil is that it cleans while it oils, so it won’t build up as easily, but be sparing. But the Big Baby Taylor is just in a class of its own. The tops on the guitars are all solid spruce and the back and sides are made of a compressed wood. 5 of 5 people (100%) people found this review helpful. The Big Baby is almost a full-size Dreadnought (15/16 scale) that bridges the gap between the Baby and full size Dreadnought. CUSTOMER SERVICE UNITED STATES & CANADA 1-800-943-6782, CUSTOMER SERVICE EUROPE & INTERNATIONAL +31 (0)20 667 6033, Copyright © 2012-2020 TAYLOR-LISTUG, INC. All Rights Reserved / ACTUAL PRICES ARE SET BY GLOBAL DEALERS. At 15/16ths the size of a standard dreadnought, the Big Baby Taylor delivers grown-up tone from its Sitka spruce top and layered sapele back and sides. Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 7:30AM - 11:30PM (EST). We’re talking about measurements in the thousandths of inches. This one features Layered Sapele back and sides with and Ebony fretboard (the same as the Baby) but Sitka Spruce for the top wood. Adjustability is another major advantage of the Taylor guitar neck. This version of Taylor's 15/16-scale Dreadnought features layered sapele back and sides, a solid Sitka spruce top, and Taylor's Expression System Baby (ES-B) pickup, which incorporates piezo elements from the Expression System 2 pickup. Our expert staff is ready to assist you, Join the Taylor family and enjoy exclusive owner benefits, Tap into our network of Taylor-certified repair technicians. While some guitar necks may bend in the face of humidity and other factors, the Taylor guitar neck stays stable and straight. Raw or Unfinished Wood The fingerboard and bridge on your Taylor are unfinished wood (most likely ebony) that has been conditioned with boiled linseed oil. The answer is often yes, but the real question is will they stay that way? zZounds.com. Don’t overdo it. The tops on the guitars are all solid spruce, but the back and sides are made of a compressed wood. Did you? 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We're sorry, to ensure that your wish list is private and saved for future visits please log into your account. A temporary customer reference number is assigned to each customer only while they are shopping on Don’t all guitars have straight necks? The bottom line: The Taylor guitar neck gives you the industry’s most stable, easy-to-adjust neck and remains the gold standard for playability. Yes, they do have thin, satin kind of finish, but that’s why they sound so great. Altering the guitar neck angle of a traditional neck assembly can require invasive surgery to remove wood and relocate the bridge. It is a GREAT instrument. The preamp/tuner unit features an LED display for tuning and low battery indication, along with Tone and Volume controls. The Taylor Big Baby is an excellent guitar. It tests perfectly in the middle of the whole park. The Taylor guitar neck sits securely in a custom-fit pocket that is inset with laser-cut spacers. It uses a single piece of wood up to fret number 19 to provide better support for the fretboard. While it is true that you can fingerpick any guitar, you will want to play fingerstyle (otherwise know as 'fingerpicking style') on guitars that are suited for that type of guitar playing. Small Size, Big Sound There are all kinds of benefits of going with a travel-sized acoustic-electric guitar, and saving on space makes carrying this Baby a breeze. The combination of mahogany and sapele yields a warm and bright sound with plenty of resonance and sustain. This is different from the standard, which is to support the fretboard up to fret number 14. Due to this, it’s able to leverage the features of both types of guitars available to instrumentalists. Introduced in 1999 and a standard feature on Taylor guitars since 2001, the patented Taylor guitar neck was designed by Bob Taylor and his team to accomplish the primary goal of building a straighter, more stable guitar neck. The Taylor GS Mini-E Mahogany Top Electro Acoustic Guitar, ES-2 guitar provides a slightly more mellow feel with a focused mid-range.