The Legacy Doyle Dykes Signature Model is a thin-body Grand Auditorium with a Florentine cutaway, revived from the design Taylor first built to Doyle Dykes's playing specifications. Figured big leaf maple back and sides and a Sitka spruce top are chosen for clarity and projection, braced with Taylor's Standard II pattern.
The neck sets it apart from the rest of the Legacy models. It's hard rock maple in a slim carve on a 24-7/8" scale, shorter than the 25-1/2" on the other Legacy guitars, which brings the frets a little closer together and makes stretches easier for fingerstyle work. Claria electronics with volume, mid-contour and tone bring the amplified side up to date.
The finish is Tennessee Orange, a transparent gloss over the body and neck. Grained ivoroid binds the body, fretboard, headstock and soundhole, green abalone runs around the top and rosette, and the peghead carries a rose inlay in mother-of-pearl and green abalone. The offset thumbnail fretboard inlays honour Chet Atkins, Doyle's longtime mentor.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Shape: Grand Auditorium (Thin Body)
Cutaway: Florentine Cutaway
Bracing System: Standard II, with Relief Route
Number of Strings: 6 String
Top Wood: Spruce
Back/Side Wood: Big Leaf Maple
Rosette: Green Abalone Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge
Body Binding: Grained Ivoroid
Armrest: None
Top Finish: Gloss
Back/Side Finish: Gloss
NECK
Neck Wood: Hard Rock Maple
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Profile: Slim Carve
Fretboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl DDSM Dots
Fretboard: West African Crelicam Ebony
Fretboard Binding: Grained Ivoroid
Neck Finish: Gloss
Nut Width: 1-3/4"
Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Scale Length: 24-7/8"
Peghead Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl / Green Abalone DDSM Rose
Peghead Type: Paddle
Peghead Binding: Grained Ivoroid
Peghead Finish: Gloss
ELECTRONICS
Electronics: The Claria Acoustic Pickup System
HARDWARE
Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
Pickguard: None
Tuners: Taylor Gold with Gold Buttons
Strap Pin: Gold
End Pin: Black



