Taylor Doyle Dykes Signature Model Acoustic-electric Guitar - Translucent Orange

For decades, fingerstyle virtuoso Doyle Dykes has inspired audiences with his masterful touch and musical imagination. This refreshed Doyle Dykes Signature Model, part of our Legacy Collection, revives the distinctive design originally crafted to Doyle's personal playing specifications. The guitar features a thinner-bodied Grand Auditorium with a Florentine cutaway, pairing figured maple back and sides with a Sitka spruce top for a blend of clarity and projection. Its slim-carve hard rock maple neck and 24-7/8-inch scale length deliver a fast, comfortable feel that makes intricate fingerstyle passages effortless.

Visually, the model captures Doyle's vibrant personality and honors his longtime mentor and friend, Chet Atkins. A transparent orange gloss finish highlights the body and neck, accented by grained ivoroid binding (body, fretboard, headstock, and soundhole), green abalone top trim and rosette with black/cream purfling, and offset mother-of-pearl "Chet"-style thumbnail inlays. A rose motif headstock inlay in mother-of-pearl and green abalone, along with ebony bridge pins with abalone dots, completes the striking aesthetic. Updated for today's player, this edition includes Taylor's new Claria System electronics, featuring onboard Volume, Mid-Contour and Tone controls for easy, natural amplified sound in any setting.

Specifications:
Top Wood: Sitka 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
Finish: Gloss
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
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