Taylor has a long history of introducing compelling new tonewood flavors to the world, and we’re as excited as we’ve ever been to help them debut a stunning new entry — red ironbark — as the new featured tonewood of the reimagined 500 Series. After exploring and falling in love with its acoustic properties, master builder Andy Powers has paired ironbark back and sides with a torrefied spruce top and deployed a new voicing recipe — shaped by Taylor's V-Class bracing — to bring another uniquelyenticing tone profile to the Taylor line. Chris McKee and Cooper Greenberg discuss the unique aspects of this wood and what it brings to the 514ce and 512ce guitars.
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Larrivee's Finest Guitar? OM-10 Rosewood Deluxe Full Review & Demo In the guitar space we often hear about Fender, Taylor, Martin, Furch, Gibson, or all of the major players in the business, but sometimes we forget how big of a...
The Kawai CX202 Digital Piano New digital piano models don’t often get the excitement they deserve and this is definitely the case with the Kawai CX202. The CX202 was released in the Fall 2025 season and it’s gaining attention for...
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