From Taylor:

“Taylor has a long history of introducing compelling new tonewood flavors to the world, and we’re as excited as we’ve ever been to debut a stunning new entry — red ironbark — as the new featured tonewood of our reimagined 500 Series. (Sourced in Southern California through our urban wood initiative, we’re calling the wood Urban Ironbark.) After exploring and falling in love with its acoustic properties, master builder Andy Powers has paired ironbark back and sides with a torrefied spruce top and deployed a new voicing recipe — shaped by our V-Class bracing — to bring another uniquely enticing tone profile to the Taylor line.”

Shaded Edgeburst, Grand Auditorium body size, Torrefied Sitka Spruce top, Single-ring abalone rosette with maple and black purfling, V-Class bracing, Urban Ironbark back and sides, Faux tortoise binding, Ebony fingerboard with the Italian Acrylic Aerial inlays on a Neo-Tropical Mahogany neck, 25.5” scale length, 1 3/4” width at the nut, With the Expression 2 system and hardshell case.