What I really want from Taylor...

[ii Cybershot ii]

An Academy series with a mahogany top.

or

a 100 or 200 series with a mahogany top.

or

an Academy with a cutaway!

[muscmp]

so what is stopping you? call them and have them make exactly what you want.

play music!

[FOG01]

Not a bad idea at all!

[Ted @ LA Guitar Sales]

Originally Posted by ii Cybershot ii

An Academy series with a mahogany top.

or

a 100 or 200 series with a mahogany top.

or

an Academy with a cutaway!

They have already built a few prototype Mahogany top 120's, so who knows.

Originally Posted by muscmp

so what is stopping you? call them and have them make exactly what you want.

play music!

There is no way to special order a custom 100, 200 or Academy series.

[Russell G]

Taylor did build a 110 prototype with mahogany top in Aug 2016. When done with their evaluation they sent it to Island Music in Maryland.
I saw it on their website and bought it March 2017.
As you can imagine it has a softer, more mellow sound.

[Steve DeRosa]

• A matched "his-&-hers" set of all-hog pre-NT style 17" jumbos (525e/565e) for personal use;
• GS-Mini tenor and quart (A-A tuning) guitars;
• Ukes in 500/600/700-Series trim;
• A 216/218e, possibly a corresponding 256/258e 12-string;
• A 620/660 (plain) walnut/spruce lineup;
• An 820/860 figured walnut/spruce lineup, along with a regular-production/non-BTO 830/870 all-walnut series;
• A revival of the Solidbody Series with a better-engineered and/or more "standard" (Gibson/Fender-style) bridge assembly - great-playing guitars, but those heat-pressed powdered-aluminum bridges would crack if you even looked at them the wrong way (voice of experience here);
• The T3 bass I saw hanging on the wall in an old Taylor skunkworks pic, that leaked to one of the guitar-geek magazines several years ago

[ahorsewithnonam]

A 13 fret short scale all hog 300 series ce.

[ii Cybershot ii]

Originally Posted by ahorsewithnonam

A 13 fret short scale all hog 300 series ce.

take my money!

[Nick84]

A cedar topped GS Mini

[dodge]

More models without the ES system would be nice instead of having to custom order them.

[jmooney]

Pine top, pin oak back and sides! Maybe a nice cedar neck. GA size. No cutaway. Simple black rosette like on the 3 series. All satin finish. Gold Taylor Tuners, and the ES... Yep. I bet you a zillion it would sound great.

[Gary in MO]

Originally Posted by ii Cybershot ii

An Academy series with a mahogany top.

or

a 100 or 200 series with a mahogany top.

or

an Academy with a cutaway!

200 series with 1.75" nut

[thegazza]

The cedar top gs mini is a good suggestion. Would be happy to try one of those.

Gazza

[RP]

More off-the-rack models without cutaway or electronics....

[fuman]

A 1 or 2 series GS -- preferably a baritone or a 12-string.