Taylor BBT Big Baby Taylor Acoustic Guitar with Gig Bag

Big Baby Body: Slightly bigger than a Baby Taylor but just shy of a full-size guitar, the Big Baby Taylor is ideal for easy-playing, great-sounding guitar fun. The overall size keeps you in the “portable” category, yet with an extra dose of volume and fullness. Like the Baby, the Big Baby has an arched back that provides strength and contributes to its big tonal output.

The Baby Taylor’s upsized sibling is nearly a full-size Dreadnought (15/16 scale) that yields a more robust voice. It’s another great option as an affordable starter guitar, and its layered wood back and sides make it a resilient, travel-friendly companion for all kinds of players.

Big Baby Body Specifications: Body Length: 19 1/2" / Body Width: 15-1/10th" / Body Depth: 4"

Layered Walnut Body Wood: Taylor's layered wood construction features three wood layers: a middle core of poplar with a thinner layer on each side. Layered walnut’s rich brown hues lend a pleasing aesthetic warmth to the guitars that showcase it.

Sound: Taylor uses layered woods for the back and sides of some of Taylor's guitars for their blend of sound quality, durability, and affordability. Layered wood construction also enables Taylor to preserve tonewood resources. Although layered wood guitars won’t yield quite the same level of tonal complexity as an all-solid guitar, all are paired with a solid wood top to produce a rich, responsive voice that will continue to improve with time and extended play. Layered walnut provides a strong backbone for Taylor's 100 Series, adding subtle touches of high-end sparkle together with midrange presence. An outer layer of walnut is overlaid onto a poplar core (with a layer of sapele on the other side). The layering process also allows Taylor to bend an arch into the back for extra strength and produces a durable that travels well.

Sitka Spruce Top Wood: As a guitar soundboard, or top, Sitka spruce is the tonewood standard of the modern era. It’s used on 85-90 percent of the guitars that Taylor makes. Its combination of strength and elasticity translates into a broad dynamic range, yielding crisp articulation and allowing for everything from aggressive strumming and flatpicking to fingerpicking. Sitka spruce is Bob Taylor’s personal favorite for an all-around great guitar.

Origin: Canada

Goes Well With: All styles of guitars and players.

No Electronics: Taylor respects guitar players who know what they want—and what they don’t. Most Taylor models that come standard with acoustic electronics can be ordered without them. Just contact your local Taylor dealer and they’ll make it happen. The good news is that if you ever change your mind, Taylor's Service department can install a pickup. Taylor will say that if you’re on the fence about it, or think you don’t need one right now, it’s nice to have—you never know when you might want to do some home recording or play that open mic night and cross it off your bucket list.

General

• Orientation: Right Handed


• Cutaway: Non-cutaway


• Electronics: No Electronics


• Case/Bag: Gig Bag

Body

• Top Wood: Sitka Spruce


• Back Configuration: Layered, 2-Piece


• Body Binding: None


• Armrest: No


• Top Finish: Matte


• Back/Side Finish: Matte

Neck

• Neck Wood: Mahogany or Maple


• Fretboard Wood: Ebony or Eucalyptus (based on availability)


• Fretboard Inlay: 4mm Dot Italian Acrylic


• Fretboard Binding: None


• Neck Finish: Matte

Peghead

• Scale Length: 25-1/2"


• Peghead Inlay: None


• Peghead Type: Standard


• Peghead Binding: None


• Peghead Finish: Matte

Other

• Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony


• Nut & Saddle: Nubone Nut, Micarta Saddle


• Bridge Pins: Black


• Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)


• Pickguard: Tortoise


• Tuners: Die-Cast Chrome