My 2010 BTO all mahogany GC has Tusq and it sounds wonderful. My '94 612c maple/sitka has a Fossilized Walrus saddle and it sounds great, too. I've done replacement saddle in 6 or 8 Taylors and 50% of the time I went back to tusq. Each guitar varies so it's not guaranteed either way, and tonal quality is different for each person, so YMMV.
I always went with Tusq out of the box and than did an aftermarket saddle from Bob Colosi for about $50 or less. If I didn't like the tonal change I put the stock saddle back in and saved the Colosi saddle for my next Taylor purchase (there is always another Taylor purchase)
Gary
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Taylor 612c (1994)
Taylor Custom GC All Mahogany (2010)
Eastman E10-OM
Yamaha NTX700
Recording King ROS-06
Greg Bennett OM 8CE
Yamaha CGX 171 SCF Flamenco
Ibanez AG95 DBS
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