Taylor GS Mini-e Rosewood SB Acoustic-Electric Guitar
Description
Sitka Spruce Top | Indian Rosewood Back and Sides | Neo-Tropical Mahogany Neck | West African Crelicam Ebony Fretboard | ES-B Electronics
Pick up the new GS Mini-e Rosewood SB and you'll understand how Taylor's scaled-back powerhouse has become one of the world's most popular acoustic guitars. This model is crafted with back and sides of layered Indian rosewood and a torrefied Sitka spruce top, yielding a bold, warm sound with remarkable volume and projection for its small frame. That compact body makes it ideal for players who want to travel with their guitars or need a reliable instrument for campfire jams, relaxed practice sessions and even songwriting. Outfitted with Taylor's ES-B electronics for faithful tone whenever you want to plug in, it also includes a built-in digital tuner. This GS Mini is dressed up in a stylish sunburst top finish and includes a structured gig bag for storage and transportation.
- Scaled-down body offers portability and comfort
- Solid torrefied spruce top for projection and warmth
- Slim, responsive neck with comfortable action
- Features a striking sunburst top finish treatment
- Includes a sturdy mini guitar gig bag and built-in digital tuner
FEATURES
Bold Tone in a Go-Anywhere Package
Featuring a scaled-down body and a solid torrefied spruce top, this GS Mini guitar matches aged-in warmth with an alluring sunburst finish.
GS Mini: A scaled-down GS that’s anything but small.
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.
Indian Rosewood Body Wood: Indian rosewood’s sweeping frequency range at both ends of the tonal spectrum has made it one of the most popular and musically rich tonewoods. Its deep lows can assert a throaty growl, while bright, sparkling treble notes ring out with bell-like, high-fidelity clarity.
Origin: India
Sound: One of the most popular and traditional guitar woods of all time, rosewood takes the basic sonic thumbprint of mahogany (which has a strong midrange) and expands it in both directions. Rosewood sounds deeper in the low end and brighter on the top end (one might describe the treble notes as zesty, sparkly or sizzly, with more articulation). If you look at its frequency range visually, rosewood would appear to be more scooped in the middle, yielding less midrange bloom than mahogany. Like mahogany, rosewood’s vintage heritage has helped firmly establish its acoustic legacy. It’s a great sound in part because Taylor knows that sound. In some music circles in which preserving the traditional sound helps bring a sense of authenticity to the music — certain strains of Americana, for example — rosewood has an iconic status. Also like mahogany, rosewood is a versatile tonewood, which has contributed to its popularity. One can fingerpick it, strum it and flatpick it. It’s very consistent, so players can usually rely on it to deliver.
Goes Well With: Most applications. If you like a guitar with fuller low end and brighter treble (bluegrassers, for instance), rosewood will do the trick. Its high-end sizzle and clear articulation will benefit players with “dark hands”. If you’re looking for a traditional acoustic sound, a rosewood Dreadnought or Grand Auditorium is right up your alley.
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.
ES-B: This pickup/preamp combo includes a built-in digital chromatic tuner.
This version of Taylor's ES-B electronics incorporates Taylor’s Expression System® 2 piezo design elements and features a multifunctional onboard preamp with a built-in digital chromatic tuner and active tone-shaping EQ control. The preamp/tuner unit features an LED display for tuning and low battery indication, along with a Volume control and 3-band EQ. The preamp/tuner is powered by a 9v battery. With an alkaline battery, battery life expectancy when using the preamp only is over 500 hours, and when using the tuner is over 50 hours. Plugging in the guitar will activate the battery. A low battery indicator on the LED display (located on the preamp circuit board) will light up when the battery reaches 4.5 volts.
SPECIFICATIONS
General
- Number of Strings: 6 String
- Orientation: Right Handed
- Body Shape: GS Mini
- Bracing System: X Bracing
- Electronics: ES-B
Body
- Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
- Back/Side Wood: Indian Rosewood
- Rosette: Ink 3 Ring
- Back Configuration: Layered, 2-Piece, or 4-Piece
- Body Binding: None
- Armrest: None
- Top Finish: Matte
- Back/Side Finish: Matte
Neck
- Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Neck Profile: Standard Carve
- Fretboard Inlay: Faux Pearl 50th Anniversary Diamonds
- Fretboard Binding: None
- Neck Finish: Matte
Peghead
- Nut Width: 1-11/16"
- Peghead Veneer Wood: Copafera
- Scale Length: 23-1/2"
- Peghead Inlay: None
- Peghead Type: Paddle
- Peghead Binding: None
- Peghead Finish: Matte
Other
- Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Nut & Saddle: White NuBone Nut, White Micarta Saddle
- Bridge Pins: Black ABS Plastic
- Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Medium (.013 - .056)
- Pickguard: Firestripe
- Tuners: Die-cast Chrome with Chrome Buttons
- Strap Pin: Chrome
- End Pin: Nickel