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Originally Posted by GCWaters
That’s interesting…Taylor never does anything this big without a major announcement …
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I’m pretty sure that it isn’t getting much attention from customers yet because it is primarily on Koa minis. Maybe Taylor’s strategy on this one is to avoid the “splash risk” and phase it in much more quietly than…V bracing.
In either case, I would be curious to hear Taylor’s formal published opinion on the impacts of a four piece top. If they move them into other parts of the line, I’m sure they will explain it to customers and help us understand how it affects tone, longevity, and/or value. I’m guessing it will be “different, but not inferior.”
My experience supports that perspective. I have one of these Koas with four pieces and I am quite happy with it. It seems a bit warmer and louder than the two piece equivalents of the same model when I have played twos and fours side by side, which I also hear in the Alamo Music video. This warmth perhaps comes at the cost of some glassier and sometimes sharper trebles, which on a mini is a good thing. It still sounds like a Taylor guitar but shifted more toward Martin’s tone. Still trying to understand why and how that works. Rumor is that the extra glue joints make it slightly stiffer:
https://www.classicalguitardelcamp.c...ic.php?t=22668
Anyway, I would look for it on the K series and/or the Tecate-made or AD series, as I’d expect this to show up on either affordable models or else those with extremely rare wood species.