Taylor Custom GS Baritone 6 – USA 2011

Here is a Taylor GS Baritone 6-String Acoustic-Electric Guitar, built around Taylor’s Grand Symphony body shape and designed to deliver a powerful low-register voice while maintaining the familiar playability of a standard guitar. This model pairs Indian rosewood back and sides with a Sitka spruce top, creating a tonal foundation that is both deep and articulate, with strong bass response, clear mids, and shimmering top-end detail.

The baritone configuration uses a longer 27-inch scale length and is tuned B–B (B, E, A, D, F#, B), allowing for extended low-end range while retaining normal guitar string tension and interval spacing. Despite the lower tuning, it remains highly playable and intuitive, and can be brought back to standard pitch with a capo at the 5th fret, making it a flexible tool for songwriting and arrangement work.

Built on Taylor’s Grand Symphony (GS) body shape, this guitar delivers one of Taylor’s boldest and most powerful acoustic voices. The larger body dimensions and slightly widened waist contribute to enhanced volume, sustain, and low-end depth, while still maintaining clarity and definition across all playing styles. It responds equally well to strong strumming and more delicate fingerstyle passages, offering a wide dynamic range.

The tonal character of the rosewood and spruce combination is rich and expansive, with a piano-like bass response, full midrange presence, and clear, detailed highs. The added scale length of the baritone design further enhances note separation and harmonic depth, making it especially effective in ensemble settings where it can fill out sonic space or provide a distinct low-register texture.

Condition is excellent, with only light signs of use and all components functioning as intended. A highly versatile baritone instrument that excels in both studio and live environments, offering expanded tonal possibilities without sacrificing playability. Comes with its original Taylor hard shell case.

Specifications: 

Year: 2011
Country: USA
Model: Taylor Grand Symphony Baritone GS acoustic-electric
Finish: Gloss top and back/sides with satin neck
Body: Solid Adirondack spruce top, figured ovangkol back and sides
Neck: Tropical mahogany neck
Fingerboard: Ebony with small diamond inlays
Pickups: Taylor Expression System
Bridge: Ebony with ebony pins and abalone dots
Tuners: Gotoh antique gold tuners
Case: Original Taylor hard shell case