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What do you make of Taylor's revoicing of maple?

One thing I noticed is that it appears that they are not tucking back braces into the sides. I guess this to make the back more active... I'm not sure what else they are doing to re-voice... Do you know what else they are doing?

"We wanted to broaden maple’s musical appeal by revoicing it to bring out richer tonal qualities like warmth and sustain, which players love in other classic tonewoods like rosewood and mahogany. As a result, Taylor’s new maple 600s yield a fuller, more complete sound that will translate into a more versatile guitar for all types of players and musical scenarios."

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
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That's kind of interesting, but based on my very limited experience, I'm more inclined to agree with John Greven's advice: make a maple back thicker than normal. I'd also be inclined to make the sides fairly thin.

Maple guitars if done well have a woody and warm but crisp sound that is very pleasing. The zillions of bright, harsh and tinny factory maple guitars out there have unfortunately given it a bad name.

Here's the link...
http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/ac ... /600/story

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
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Interesting...Maple is a great wood, it is all in how you use it. Some of the best guitars I've heard have been luthier built maple guitars. And some of my best sounding guitars have been maple, but I find it to be a hard sell.

I'll have to visit a Taylor dealer and get an up close look at one of these. The back bracing is interesting. The use of the torrefied spruce as a standard feature is also interesting. I thin we'll be seeing a lot more of that in the future.

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They are trying to make so maple isn't a hard sell... By using a dark stain and marketing special voicing. They are being up front about what they are trying to do. I'm just wondering how they are doing the voicing...

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
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Steve thanks for bringing this up. I watched an interview with Andy Powers and Acoustic Letter where he talked about the 600 series. He and Bob Taylor are doing a good job of marketing Maple and #2 Ebony. Hopefully, he will be able to increase the interest in Maple. It would make it easier on the builders with Maple growing in their backyard. I need to play them live to really see if they have made a difference from my experience with other flat top steel string Maple guitars. I hope they do.

It's good to hear other builder's tweaks working with it. Andy mentioned they are breaking in the Maple with multiple moist and dry cycles before they build.

I just hope that what they do for Maple isn't like what the did for nylon string guitars. I tried a couple last fall (I think that these were their cross over guitars) and it was horrible. Probably the worst nylon string guitar that I have ever tried.

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Mmmm...protein glue. That should be good for all the carb haters out there.
I'll have to go check one out. I've always liked maple and its nice to see a push to make it more popular

Protein Glue? trying to avoid alienating the vegans?