Taylor Somos 250ce Plus BLK Bajo Quinto Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Torrefied Spruce/Big Leaf Maple

Taking an exciting leap into new, musical horizons, we're met with the refined, beautiful sounds of the Taylor Somos Collection 250ce Plus BLK Bajo Quinto. The Somos Collection, an assembly of guitars designed to capture the unique tonality of Mexican and other regional Latin musical styles local to Taylor Guitars manufacturing centers, enters the Taylor family balancing the sweet tonality and reliable construction of the brand with distinctly Latin musical priorities. With instruments like Taylor's 250ce Plus BLK Bajo Quinto, both newcomers and veterans to these regional musical styles are treated to Taylor's care and eye for quality.

The Taylor 250ce Plus BLK Bajo Quinto is an authentic and faithful take on the bajo quinto, a ten-string guitar used most prominently by players in norteño music. This begins with a 200 series dreadnought-style body brought together by solid torrefied spruce and layered Big Leaf maple. With Big Leaf maple, a high-quality, bright, and chiming version of maple, the 250ce Plus BLK Bajo Quinto delivers a robust and vibrant tonal palette right off the bat. This tone is matched by the top's torrefied spruce. Torrefaction, a process in which tonewoods are heat treated to bake out imperfections and impart a more lived-in tonal character usually reserved for much older guitars, raises the bar for this bajo quinto's topwood.

Onboard, Taylor's classic V-Class bracing pattern makes an appearance through a C-Class bracing variant. Taylor's C-Class bracing, a cantilevered take on V-Class, lines the torrefied top to increase balance, projection, and contribute to the guitar's overall tonal character. In addition, the C-Class bracing of this model assists in accommodating the overall added strain on the top brought about by the guitar's ten-string design. In norteño music and other regional Mexican genres, the bajo quinto-style of guitar features five pairs of strings set up tuned A-D-G-C-F. This Taylor model meets the demand of this style easily for a model that plays with low-end authority and harmonic complexity.

This Taylor brings on a classic slim Taylor mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard. Facilitating quick moves from higher to lower registers, iconic Taylor playability makes easy work of playability. Following in Taylor's tradition of fine playability, a number of aesthetic measures are taken to elevate the entire model. For one, a gloss black finish wraps the entire guitar with a bold white body binding. Accenting the curvature of the dreadnought form, this binding matches with a white single-ring Italian rosette, Italian acrylic dot inlays, and satin black hardware appointments. Onboard EMG ACS electronics translate the tones of this bajo quinto to the stage while an included Taylor Aerocase soft case protects the model during travel.

In Spanish, "somos" means "we are." Taylor's Somos Collection sets out to capture the spirit of their binational manufacturing base and musical community with all the lively tradition that implies.