Taylor GS Mini Mahogany Acoustic Guitar

GS Mini Body: The award-winning GS Mini was designed to be the ultimate musical companion, wherever you go — or stay. Inspired by the big, bold sound of Taylor's GS body shape, the Mini scales things down without skimping on sound, packing a ton of tone into a comfortable travel size and giving you a guitar that's full-voiced and incredibly fun to play. Think of the Mini as a modern-day parlor guitar, perfect for playing around the house but also built to fit an active lifestyle.

Taylor’s ¾-size mini-Dreadnought helped spawn the travel guitar market with a well-crafted design that blends musicality and playability. Its small size also makes it a great starter guitar for kids and an ultra-compact songwriting guitar, and adds a unique acoustic flavor to a music mix.

GS Mini Body Specifications: Body Width: 14 3/8" / Body Depth: 4 7/16" / Body Length: 17 5/8"

Layered Sapele Body Wood: Taylor’s layered backs and sides incorporate three layers of wood, featuring a middle core of poplar with a veneer on each side. While layered woods won’t produce quite as complex a sound as solid woods, they allow us to blend exotic looks with climate-resilient construction.

Sound: While the rich tones of solid wood remain unmatched, a layered wood construction can yield great sound in a beautiful, durable and affordable instrument. Such is the case with layered sapele, in which Taylor uses interior and exterior veneers of sapele with a core layer of poplar between them. One of the benefits of layered wood for guitars is extra resilience in the face of fluctuating humidity conditions. This comes in handy for guitars like the GS Mini and Baby Taylor models, which are travel-friendly guitars that may be more directly exposed to different environments. All Taylor layered-wood models feature a solid wood top to optimize the tonal response.

Neo-Tropical Mahogany Top Wood: Harder, denser woods like mahogany and koa that are used on the back and sides of a guitar are sometimes used as tops. Their stiffness initially translates into a bright tone and tends to need more play-in time to open up, but the more a mahogany-top guitar is played, the more it develops overtones that contribute to a fuller, richer sound. A mahogany-top guitar might appeal to rootsy players who like a little extra punchiness in their tone.

Origin: India, Central and South America

Goes Well With: Blues and roots players, anyone who likes an slightly more burly or punchy quality to their tone.

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: Structured Gig Bag

Body

• Top Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany


• Back Configuration: Layered, 2-Piece


• Body Binding: None


• Armrest: No


• Top Finish: Matte


• Back/Side Finish: Matte

Neck

• Neck Wood: Mahogany


• Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony


• Fretboard Inlay: 4mm Dot Italian Acrylic


• Fretboard Binding: None


• Neck Finish: Matte

Peghead

• Scale Length: 23-1/2"


• Peghead Inlay: None


• Peghead Type: Paddle - GS Mini


• 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 Medium (.013 - .056)


• Pickguard: Black


• Tuners: Die-Cast Chrome