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TAYLOR AMERICAN DREAM AD17 BLACKTOP & AD27 review Living The Dream If you love Taylor guitars and everything the brand stands for but hanker for something more organic and vintage in look and sound, read on… Words Neville Marten Photography Phil Barker OCTOBER 2020 GUITARIST GIT464.rev_taylor.
review TAYLOR AMERICAN DREAM AD17 BLACKTOP & AD27 TAYLOR AMERICAN DREAM AD17 BLACKTOP & AD27 £1,715 & £1,619 CONTACT Taylor Guitars PHONE 00800 23750011 WEB www.taylorguitars.com What You Need To Know 1 So, what is the American Dream? This is Taylor’s response to COVID19’s effect on people’s desire to play great guitars but with perhaps compromised financial situations. Hence, it’s a stripped-down range using different timbers, and few cosmetic appointments.
TAYLOR AMERICAN DREAM AD17 BLACKTOP & AD27 1 It’s to this end, and with a little direction from COVID-19, that we see the emergence of the American Dream series. Just as the depression of the 1930s and the havoc wrought by WWII caused the American guitar factories to amend their product lines due to materials shortages and financial hardship in the population, so the emergence of the Coronavirus has created similar circumstances.
review TAYLOR AMERICAN DREAM AD17 BLACKTOP & AD27 THE RIVALS To save costs and also conserve timber, Taylor employs an extremely reliable scarf joint to connect the neck and headstock round off the bodies’ edges for a little extra comfort, with the thin satin finish lending a drag-free feel to body and neck. With their 648mm (25.5-inch) scale length and 44.5mm (1.75-inch) nut width the guitars feel familiar under the fingers.
TAYLOR AMERICAN DREAM AD17 BLACKTOP & AD27 TAYLOR AMERICAN DREAM AD17 BLACKTOP 4 These instruments don’t feel like they’ve crossed unspoken boundaries for Taylor It’s easy to spit out adjectives such as ‘organic’, earthy’ or ‘characterful’ but in truth they work extremely well when offering up an impression of what these guitars sound like – certainly compared to Taylor’s usually pristine palette of tones.
