Grand Pacific: A Conversation with Andy Powers

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Master luthier Andy Powers recognized that while the Taylor tonal palette is distinct, it’s not for everybody. Inspired by the acoustic sounds from the Laurel Canyon scene of the ’60s and ’70s that Andy heard while growing up in Southern California, the Grand Pacific boasts a sound that’s warmer, rounder, and more substantial on the bottom.
The round-shoulder dreadnought - with its big, booming voice - has long been a standard onstage and in studios. The Grand Pacific modernizes this traditional dreadnought sound, infusing it with Taylor’s proprietary V-Class bracing. Introduced in 2018, V-Class bracing results in more volume, intonation, and sustain. And paired with the Grand Pacific body, it works to tame the sonic pitfalls commonly associated with dreadnoughts, namely the tendency for low-end buildup. The result is a sound that’s more versatile and usable than that of traditionally designed dreadnoughts.
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[@ravendano]

Andy Powers is a monster guitarist 👏🏼 That’s the type of person that you want building/designing your guitar

[@Taylor314ce]

The opening was everything everyone loves about Taylor guitars and should be the opening song for every Taylor ad. You guys are so rad!

[@spooniac66]

I could listen to Andy Powers talk about guitars all day long.

[@Taylor314ce]

I feel like guitar players listen and play so much that they don't even realize when something magical happened....which makes it that much cooler. Andy does laugh though....so maybe he caught it. That 1st few seconds was so great!

[@MrJOTAMOTA]

The opening was magical

[@Taylor314ce]

I know right?

[@martinmartin8871]

Sounds good but i would like to also hear huge right hand. Not just soft. Back up from the mics and have at it.

[@cjlukas2645]

Why does Andy Powers look like a cooler Toby from the The Office?

[@Taylor314ce]

0 seconds-1minute: 07seconds...what was that? ☺

[@nicolasrivera5310]

The V Class idea?? the V bracing has been around before he had "the idea". Im feed up by Taylors "Innovations" and not giving the credit to the real inventors of that pattern.

[@judsonriviere490]

Nope Taylor invented it, it's the best bracing ever, it will cause world peace, fixes all of the many issues guitars have, and sounds like a unicorn singing lullabies

[@nicolasrivera5310]

@@judsonriviere490 Nope dude, search, open your eyes.

[@judsonriviere490]

@@nicolasrivera5310 Ah, I was being sarcastic. There's a lot I genuinely love about Taylor but the marketing hype is not one of those things.