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Old 01-24-2018, 02:15 PM
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Default New Taylor V-Class Bracing!

Just saw this....
http://www.musicradar.com/news/namm-...coustic-design
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Cool article, thanks for sharing.
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The cat is seemingly out of the bag.
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Old 01-24-2018, 04:15 PM
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Too bad it’s only on the 3 most expensive models. I’d like to hear it on a 300 series to see if it really works.
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Old 01-24-2018, 04:32 PM
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It kind of looks like tone bars, it's hard to tell how it will hold up structurally over many years.
But time will tell and I wish them well. Maybe by next NAMM they'll have an inverse V then NAMM after that they'll have a sideways V.
Got to keep them buying new items right?
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Too bad it’s only on the 3 most expensive models. I’d like to hear it on a 300 series to see if it really works.
It will trickle down quickly I presume. NAMM 2019?
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Maybe a Flying V?
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Old 01-24-2018, 04:50 PM
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No idea what the effect of the bracing will be, but damm are those some beautiful guitars.
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Too bad it’s only on the 3 most expensive models. I’d like to hear it on a 300 series to see if it really works.
I hear ya, Horse. My local and even semi-local shops will never have those guitars in stock. I'm very intrigued though.

From the article:
"The firm says the new V-shaped internal bracing offers greater tuning stability, volume and sustain than its more traditional X-braced models"
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Old 01-24-2018, 05:07 PM
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"The firm says the new V-shaped internal bracing offers greater tuning stability, volume and sustain than its more traditional X-braced models"
I don't know about volume and sustain - maybe it will increase those attributes, but none of the umpteen Taylor's I have owned have ever had issues with tuning stability.
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They seem to sound deeper than a standard GA with a cutaway?
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I don't know about volume and sustain - maybe it will increase those attributes, but none of the umpteen Taylor's I have owned have ever had issues with tuning stability.


Yeah I agree- I don’t quite understand what top bracing has to do with intonation? I thought that was a combination of the nut, neck, frets and saddle. But what do I know, I don’t build guitars.
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Here's the article from Reverb. Note that they are calling them "Reimagined Acoustics".

https://reverb.com/news/taylor-reima...v-brace-design
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Old 01-24-2018, 06:19 PM
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That’s a mighty big bridge plate accompanied by a flexible top. Interesting concept. Eventually they will make the bracing so thin that they apply it directly to the top in a sheet. Wait... that’s been done... Yamaha laminate tops. Sorry... couldn’t resist. It looks good.
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Too bad it’s only on the 3 most expensive models. I’d like to hear it on a 300 series to see if it really works.
Ask and ye shall receive...well, sooner or later anyway. This from the Reverb article Ted posted:
“Eventually, the bracing style will be applied to more and more models throughout Taylor's robust catalog.”
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