Overview:

Originally conceived as a custom shop order for a long-time Taylor player, the Hot Rod Guitar (HR-LTD) debuted as a NAMM Special Edition model in 2003 with curly maple back and sides and a Sitka spruce top. Featuring red and yellow inlaid wooden flames reaching down the fretboard toward the Florentine cutaway and encircling the soundhole in a ring of fire, the limited-edition guitar came in two versions: a black Jumbo and a Grand Auditorium with red back and sides and a natural top. This updated custom build presents the same inlay scheme and visual aesthetic as the original black model, but with a cutaway Grand Auditorium body and figured Big Leaf maple. Updates include satinwood yellow flame inlays and the bloodwood for the red purfling. Modern performance-focused enhancements include innovative V-Class interior voicing architecture, ES2 electronics and satin black tuners. It ships in a brown deluxe hardshell case.

Specifications:

Highlights:

• Number of Strings - 6 String
• Orientation - Right Handed
• Body Shape - Grand Auditorium
• Bracing System - V-Class Bracing
• Cutaway - Florentine
• Color - Black
• Electronics - Expression System® 2
• Case/Bag - Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case

Body:

• Top Wood - Sitka Spruce
• Back / Side Wood - Big Leaf Maple
• Rosette - Yellow Flames with Red Purfling Hot Rod Flames
• Back Configuration - 2-Piece, No Wedge
• Body Binding - Black
• Armrest - No
• Top Finish - Gloss
• Back/Side Finish - Gloss

Neck:

• Neck Wood - Hard Rock Maple
• Fretboard Wood - West African Crelicam Ebony
• Neck Profile - Standard Carve
• Fretboard Inlay - Yellow Flames with Red Purfling Hot Rod Flames 
• Fretboard Binding - None
• Neck Finish - Gloss

Peghead:

• Nut Width - 1-3/4" 
• Peghead Veneer Wood - West African Crelicam Ebony 
• Scale Length - 25-1/2"
• Peghead Inlay - None
• Peghead Type - Paddle
• Peghead Binding - None
• Peghead Finish - Gloss

Other:

• Bridge-  West African Crelicam Ebony
• Nut & Saddle - Black TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
• Bridge Pins - West African Crelicam Ebony
• Strings - D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
• Pick Guard - None 
• Tuners - Taylor Satin Black with Satin Black Buttons
• Strap Pin - Black
• End Pin - Black