What kind of woods does Taylor use, and where do they come from?
Taylor works with specialized cutters all over the world to select only the finest available tonewoods for its instruments. These woods include Big Leaf Maple, Sitka spruce, Western Red cedar, Claro walnut, and Engelmann spruce from the Western regions of North America; mahogany from Central America and Africa; rosewood from East India and Brazil; imbuia from Southern Brazil; koa from Hawaii; sapele and ovangkol from Africa; and ebony from India.