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Taylor Guitars 657ce Bajo Quinto Acoustic Electric 10-String Guitar - New

  • $3,999.00
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Taylor Guitars 657ce Bajo Quinto Acoustic Electric 10-String Guitar - New

  • $3,999.00
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We never expected Taylor to make a Bajo Quinto but now that we’ve had a chance to play one, boy, are we glad they did! For those of you who don’t know what it is, the Bajo Quinto is a 10-string bass guitar that is tuned in fourths to A-D-G-C-F, with the A and D doubled in octaves and the G, C and F tuned in unison. The Bajo Quinto is used as the rhythm instrument in a number of Mexican musical styles, particularly Norteño and Tejano music. And while it’s well-suited to Mexican music, it has a unique sound that will find a home in many other styles. All it takes is an adventurous musical spirt.

Taylor’s Banjo Quinto uses Big Leaf Maple for the back and sides and Sitka Spruce for the top, a combination that produces a rich, rumbling tone with a focused bass and ringing trebles. It’s based on the Grand Pacific round-shoulder dreadnought body shape and has V-Class bracing. The bridge features a new offset bridge pin/string ramp configuration that allows each pair of strings to vibrate without interfering with each other.

The Bajo Quinto takes visual inspiration from classic Mexican styles, with a sharp Florentine cutaway offering access to the upper register, a striking white pearloid double pickguard with a matching truss rod cover, mother-of-pearl Mission inlays outlined in grained ivoroid, ebony bridge pins with green abalone dots, and gold mini-tuners. It includes a Fishman Rare Earth soundhole pickup and ships in a deluxe Western Floral hardshell case.
Specs
  • Back sides Big Leaf Maple
  • Binding White
  • Bracing V-Class
  • Bridge Ebony
  • Cutaway Yes
  • Electronics Yes
  • Fingerboard West African Crelicam Ebony
  • Finish Gloss
  • Frets to body 14
  • Inlay Grained Ivoroid / Mother-of-Pearl Mission
  • Neck material Hard Rock Maple
  • Neck shape Standard Carve
  • Nut width 1 7/8"
  • Pickup type Fishman Rare Earth Bajo Quinto
  • Rosette Green Abalone Single Ring
  • Scale length 25 1/2"
  • Top material Sitka Spruce
  • Total frets 20
  • Tuners Taylor Gold with Gold Buttons
  • Case type Deluxe Hardshell
  • Serial number 1205024046
  • SKU TAY657CEBAJOQUIN-1205024046
  • UPC 170406