Taylor Doyle Dykes Deluxe Acoustic Electric Guitar with Hardshell Gig Bag

World-renowned fingerstylist Doyle Dykes has been in the forefront of fingerstyle acoustic playing since the release of his debut album in 1996. Doyle continues his long-running association with Taylor Guitars as they unveil their latest Signature model.

Featuring a Grand Auditorium shape, maple laminate back and sides and a solid Sitka spruce top, the DDX comes in black with a gloss finish. Like the DDSM, the DDX features Doyle’s Chet Atkins-style fretboard inlays on the bass side. Distinctive specifications include a scale length of 25-1/2 inches (the DDSM is 24-7/8), a narrower 1-11/16-inch neck, and Doyle’s signature with the word “Deluxe” emblazoned across the headstock.

When it’s time to plug in and hit the stage, the Taylor Doyle Dykes Deluxe features the Expression System Transducer, or ES-T™, is a single-source, under-saddle transducer with individual elements for each string. The ES-T has an onboard preamp and features a custom-voiced EQ with a simplified volume, bass, and treble control layout. The system is powered by a 9-volt battery, with a battery life LED power indicator. The pickup also has a Phase switch for feedback control, which is located on the preamp board inside the soundhole. The Taylor Doyle Dykes Deluxe is equally at home on stage, in studio, or the front porch. A Deluxe Taylor Gig Bag is included.

    - Type/Shape: 6-String Grand Auditorium
    - Back & Sides: Maple Laminate
    - Top: Sitka Spruce
    - Soundhole Rosette: Pearl Fishbone
    - Neck: Hard Rock Maple
    - Fretboard: Ebony
    - Fretboard Inlay: Pearl Thumbnails
    - Headstock Overlay: Ebony
    - Binding: Cream
    - Bridge: Ebony
    - Nut & Saddle: Tusq
    - Tuning Machines: Chrome-plated Taylor Tuners
    - Strings: Elixir Light Gauge Strings with NANOWEB Coating
    - Hardware: Taylor Chrome-plated
    - Scale Length: 25 1/2 in.
    - Truss Rod: Adjustable
    - Neck Width at Nut: 1 11/16 in.
    - Number of Frets: 20
    - Fretboard Radius: 15 in.
    - Bracing: Standard II (Forward Shifted Pattern)
    - Finish: Gloss, Black
    - Sunburst Options: None
    - Cutaway: Venetian
    - Electronics: Taylor ES-T
    - Body Width: 16 in.
    - Body Depth: 4 5/8 in.
    - Body Length: 20 in.
    - Overall Length: 41 in.
    - Case: Taylor Hardshell Bag