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Experience Torrefied Tone with Custom Catch #43





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The Custom Catch #43 Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric guitar finds Taylor’s luthiers exploring the cutting-edge of luxury acoustic design. This Custom Catch pairs a balanced all-purpose Grand Auditorium body style with deluxe tonewoods, including a solid torrefied spruce top. Experts will immediately notice the torrefied top’s seasoned sound; this process removes water and sugar from the wood that usually would take years to evaporate, leaving you with an aged, sophisticated sound right out of the box! Exceptional solid rosewood forms the back and sides for a classic sound that swells with round, mature bass and vibrant, clear trebles. The Custom Catch #43 from Sweetwater features tasteful flame maple binding and the fingerboard sports ornate “Hook and Latch” inlays for distinguished presence. The finishing touch comes via the acclaimed ES2 electronics system, which is upgraded with TaylorSense features for seamless monitoring of humidity, temperature, and battery life. Secure a guitar that’s bound to be treasured forever, only while supplies of this Custom Catch last!





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Exquisite artisan tonewoods





This Custom Catch’s emphasis on exemplary tonewood cuts ensures a memorable sound with a look that matches! The top utilizes torrefied spruce fitted with V-Class bracing for seasoned clarity, power, and presence. The torrefied top is meticulously heat-treated, which improves stiffness and stability while enhancing tone with aged distinction. Show-stopping back and sides carved from choice East Indian rosewood complement spruce’s power with bell-like depths and refined fundamental focus. Furthermore, a premium mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard provide impeccable comfort for any style of play.





Serial 1203184124


Serial 1203184124


Immaculate detailing





The Custom Catch #43 exudes luxury, even when you least expect it! Subtle binding enhances virtually every inch of this guitar, and since the binding is made with flame maple, this means lasting beauty and sumptuous hardwood appeal. Between the frets, the ebony fingerboard is laced with ornate inlays carved from wood for appeal that’s destined to be the talk of the town! What’s more, Gotoh Antique tuners and bone bridge pins complement the looks for a coordinated physique that helps strings vibrate with clarity and purpose.





Even more extras: Taylor ES2 electronics and the TaylorSense system





From the first pluck to the final touch of sustain, the Custom Catch #43 oozes supplemental acoustic tone. As a result, Taylor equipped it with its proprietary Expression System 2 (ES2) for maximum instrumental authenticity. At the core of the ES2 is a precisely calibrated pickup resting behind the saddle for responsive, accurate capture and an enhanced dynamic range. On the body, three soft-touch control knobs ensure simple management over volume, treble, and bass output for essential fine-tuning, and a built-in phase switch on the preamp supplies an easy fix to live frequency feedback. It's all topped off with the company's renowned TaylorSense system, providing the status of your instrument's humidity, battery life, temperature, and impact for immediate maintenance and performance feedback.





TaylorSense lets you monitor guitar health from your smart devices!


Serial 1203184124


Serial 1203184124


Taylor Custom Catch #43 Grand Auditorium Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


Part of the exquisite Custom Catch tradition, passionately crafted annually in small quantities


Versatile GA body with Venetian cutaway provides unrivaled comfort and sophisticated tone


Torrefied Sitka spruce top provides seasoned tone, combined with V-Class bracing for vibrant power


Indian rosewood back and sides fuel mature clarity with a stringent fundamental focus


Flame maple body binding with black/maple purfling


Elegant ebony fingerboard with “Hook and Latch” inlays made from boxwood


Neo-tropical mahogany neck fitted with the flagship Taylor profile


ES2 electronics facilitate high-quality amplification, plus TaylorSense monitoring upgrades