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TAYLOR 714CE V-CLASS £3,359 When major contemporary acoustic guitar company Taylor changes the way it makes its guitars, we have to sit up and take notice. The Taylor V-Class bracing was introduced on some high-end limited models at the start of this year, and as the year has progressed it’s been implemented from its Grand Auditorium guitars down to the 300 Series. The design, conceived by master designer Andy Powers, is on one hand remarkably simple – it uses two slightly ‘V’ longitudinal main braces instead of the time-honoured ‘X’ employed by the majority of steel-string companies for a considerable number of years. Yet, conversely, it offers more volume, sustain and improved intonation. While many small-shop luthiers have experimented with different bracing systems, for Taylor to change the way it makes its…

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Guitarist (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2019

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