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The Custom Catch #15 Grand Theater acoustic-electric guitar finds Taylor’s luthiers blending the Grand Theater’s punchy sound and inviting short-scale setup with Hawaiian koa and stripy sinker redwood for incredible performance. Three features are key to Custom Catch #15’s playability: a shortened scale that measures 24.125 inches in length, C-Class bracing, and compact body dimensions. On their own, any one of these features would grant soft, smooth playability that’s nimble and responsive. When combined, they allow for effortless play and expressive tone beyond anything most players have ever experienced. The Custom Catch #15 from Sweetwater is tastefully bound with koa and sports a highly detailed rosette that’s destined to reel in an audience. The finishing touch comes via the acclaimed ES2 electronics system, which is upgraded with TaylorSense features for seamless monitoring of humidity, temperature, and battery life. Secure a guitar that’s bound to be treasured forever, only while supplies of this Custom Catch last!





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Rare resonant tonewoods





The Custom Catch #15’s sinker redwood top is sliced from old-growth redwood logs recovered from Northern California rivers, where they’ve often sat for more than a century. Sinker redwood takes on unique hues from mineral-rich water and natural sediment over the years, which adds tastefully aging and “stripy” character to already stunning woodgrain. Sonically, redwood has a bold and quick response with bright brilliance and warm overtones similar to cedar (around the Taylor office, it’s often referred to as “cedar on steroids”). Custom Catch #15’s koa back and sides showcase exemplary AA-grade qualities, namely detailed figuring with sonic traits comparable to mahogany with a bit more bite. Like any koa guitar, Custom Catch #15 opens up with additional low-end warmth the more it’s played over time.





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Loud, compact Grand Theater body





The Grand Theater was built explicitly to have a small-bodied instrument that could hold its own against full-size acoustic guitars onstage or in the studio. In essence, a premium take on the increasingly popular “mini-jumbo” acoustic guitar, the Grand Theater’s curves and proportions are sourced from Taylor’s Grand Orchestra jumbo-style body. The Grand Theater’s large lower bout taps into loud jumbo volume, projection, and low end but slots these features into one impressively portable package. Inside each Grand Theater, custom C-Class bracing coaxes out tons of critical low-end warmth and a snappy soundboard response not typically found on guitars of this size. C-Class bracing is cantilevered and asymmetrical, with an optimized response inspired mainly by Taylor’s acclaimed V-Class bracing.





Even more extras: Taylor ES2 electronics and the TaylorSense system





From the first pluck to the final touch of sustain, the Custom Catch #15 oozes supplemental acoustic tone. As a result, Taylor equipped it with its proprietary Expression System 2 (ES2) for maximum instrumental authenticity. At the core of the ES2 is a precisely calibrated pickup, resting behind the saddle for responsive, accurate capture and an enhanced dynamic range. On the body, three soft-touch control knobs ensure simple management over volume, treble, and bass output for essential fine-tuning, and a built-in phase switch on the preamp supplies an easy fix to live frequency feedback. It's all topped off with the company's renowned TaylorSense system, providing the status of your instrument's humidity, battery life, temperature, and impact for immediate maintenance and performance feedback.





TaylorSense lets you monitor guitar health from your smart devices!


Serial 1204084104


Serial 1204084104


Taylor Custom Catch #15 Grand Theater Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


Part of the exquisite Custom Catch tradition, passionately crafted annually in small quantities


Grand Theater body with C-Class bracing provides powerful tone in compact form


Unique sinker redwood top with stripy grain delivers nuanced power with overtone warmth similar to cedar’s


AA-grade Hawaiian koa back and sides selected for figure and performance, bound with koa


Supple 24.125-inch scale ebony fingerboard


Exquisite high-contrast rosette pattern and body binding/purfling


Premium hardware, including bone bridge pins and smoked nickel tuners


ES2 electronics facilitate high-quality amplification, plus TaylorSense monitoring upgrades