Taylor
Guitar Player|April 2022
American Dream AD27e Flametop
By Jimmy Leslie
Taylor

“The least Taylor-Sounding guitar you’ve heard to date,” is how Taylor presented the AD27e Flametop to GP before sending a review unit and connecting us with designer Andy Powers for a thorough explanation of his latest creation. Needless to say we were intrigued.

So what exactly is this new outlier? The AD27e Flametop joins the American Dream team, which Powers describes as “the cup of black coffee of guitars. ‘Just get the job done.’” The worker-bee line was introduced at the height of Covid’s first wave, in the summer of 2020 via the original AD27e, which featured a Grand Pacific body made of solid sapele back and sides with a mahogany top.

SPECIFICATIONS

AD27e Flametop

CONTACT taylorguitars.com

PRICE $2,199 street

NUT Black Tusq, 1.75” wide

NECK Tropical mahogany

FRETBOARD Eucalyptus, 25.5” scale

FRETS 20 medium

TUNERS Taylor nickel

BODY Solid maple sides, back and top. 20” long, 16” wide 4 5/8” deep. V-Class bracing

BRIDGE Eucalyptus with Micarta saddle

EXTRAS Taylor AeroCase included

ELECTRONICS Taylor ES2 with volume, bass, and treble controls FACTORY STRINGS D’Addario Nickel Bronze Light .012-.53 (non-coated)

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