Taylor Guitars
Top tier only2023 Taylor Custom Aged Maple Grand Auditorium Acoustic Electric Guitar
2023 · Listed at Gryphon Stringed Instruments · Palo Alto, CA
Tracked on Tonewood Atlas — view the full listing at Gryphon Stringed Instruments’ site.
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Specs
- Top
- Torrefied Sitka
- Back / Sides
- Maple
- Neck
- Maple
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Body shape
- Grand Auditorium
- Scale length
- 25.5"
- Nut width
- 1 3/4"
- Frets to body
- 14
- Strings
- 6
- Cutaway
- No
- Condition
- Preowned
- Year
- 2023
Taylor Guitars
Founded in 1974 and built in El Cajon, California, Taylor grew into one of the largest names in American acoustics on a reputation for precision and quiet innovation. The Atlas carries only its highest end — where that craft turns bespoke: the Presentation Series, the ultra-limited Builder's Reserve and Custom Catch runs, and one-off Custom builds. You won't find standard number-series Taylors or Builder's Edition models here.
Gryphon Stringed Instruments
Gryphon Stringed Instruments began in a Palo Alto garage in 1969, building steel-string guitars, F-style mandolins, and banjo necks. Repair work overtook luthiery by 1972, and a 1973 storefront made the retail-plus-repair shift permanent. The shop also runs as a longstanding music school — Carol McComb's Folk Guitar Workshops anchor an instruction calendar that operates alongside the retail floor. Mainstays remain acoustic guitars, mandolins, and banjos, with a deliberate share of the catalog given to small companies and individual makers, and no commissioned sales staff.