Taylor Guitars

BT1 Baby Taylor Sitka/Sapele Acoustic Guitar

SKU: # 60688   |   Model: # BT1 BABY   |    Product Reviews9 Reviews  Write a Review

BT1 Baby Taylor Sitka/Sapele Acoustic Guitar
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The Baby Taylor is the ultimate travel companion, delivering volume and tone that surprise for its diminutive dimensions. At three-quarters the size of a full-sized guitar, the Baby Taylor lives for the road. It also loves little hands, which makes it an irresistible choice for kids taking lessons, and artists from Lindsey Buckingham to Bono to Taylor Swift have used one for songwriting, recording and performing.

Taylor's ultra-portable travel mate belies its size with a sweet, full voice and great tone. With its unique dimensions and tonal personality, players have used it in other creative ways, from high-stringing it to setting it up to play lap slide to adding a capo to evoke mandolin-like sounds. The Baby includes a Taylor gig bag for easy portability.

Specifications
Body Shape: 3/4 Size Dreadnought
Bracing: X Bracing
Scale Length: 22-3/4"
Body: Sitka Spruce top, Layered Sapele back/sides
Body Finish: Varnish
Neck: Tropical Mahogany
Neck Finish: Varnish
Neck Width: 1-11/16"
Frets: 19
Fingerboard: Ebony
Nut/Saddle: Tusq
Tuners: Die-Cast Chrome
Case: Taylor Gig Bag

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AWESOME 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Vancouver, British Columbia
I bought this yesterday and man. Aside from it not having a pickup, this little thing can still project! The sound quality is what I expected from such a small guitar and the size of it fits and contours to my body size even better. Am I believer of Taylor's now? Yes, this little gem is my biggest and best investment!
Posted by Margaret on Feb 23, 2020
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Amazing little guitar 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Vancouver, British Columbia
I bought this yesterday from the Vancouver location. It's a nice solid guitar that produces an excellent sound for such a small body. It's very light, which surprised me because I was expecting a bit more weight. It's very easy to play and has a very nice sound. I also own a Fender CD60S and this guitar is quite a bit better than the Fender I own. This guitar comes with a gig bag, which is really nice.
Posted by Claudia on Jul 28, 2019
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Outstanding 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Hamilton, Ontario
I actually bought this guitar when I was down in Nashville just because of how portable it was. (fits in most overhead luggage bins on planes) It is now one of my favourite guitars that I own. It has a big , rich and bright sound unlike any of my other full size acoustics I would recommend this guitar to anyone, it's perfect for a beginner who doesn't want to break the bank, for the intermediate who is looking for that better tone and sound or the pro that loves the portability of it as well as the sound and quality ???
Posted by Emily on Nov 28, 2017
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Baby Taylor 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Sydney, Nova Scotia
It's a great little guitar for everyone I love the sound and great for traveling
Posted by Liam on Apr 5, 2017
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Great Guitar 11 of 11 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Pickering, Ontario
The quality and sound of this guitar is outstanding. I've struggled to learn to play my fullsize guitar, and achieved nothing more than frustration. I bought this guitar and could play it imediantly. I really recommend this for anyone with smaller hands.
Posted by anonymous on Feb 12, 2015
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Great guitar! 8 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Brampton, Ontario
The baby Taylor is small but produces one of the biggest sounds. It has amazing tone and sound from such a small body. It's great for people with small hands or someone who hates the big size of a full sized guitar, although larger people may not be comfortable with it. I've played on a full sized guitar for a while and it is definitely more comfortable to play on this guitar. It is also easy to carry around to the park or gig. Also, the price is perfect because some guitars cost $800+ and don't even come close to this guitar.
Posted by Alfred on Jul 14, 2014
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Best ever 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   North Vancouver, British Columbia
Absolutely the best guitar you can get. Don't bother with $2000 dollar ones, this one gets the job done.
Posted by anonymous on Jun 18, 2014
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great guitar 2 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Vancouver, British Columbia
the best guitar ever.
Posted by Jia on Apr 7, 2013
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This guitar is amazing 8 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Vancouver, British Columbia
I bought this guitar eariler today from the Long and Mcquade in Vancouver and all I can say is wooooow. I was messing around with my dads old guitar for the last 6 months and finally decided to go out and get my own. This guitar is actually amazing. It feels so good to play, soo much easier then the guitar I was playing before and the sound is so much brighter (aka good background for vocals) . I would definitely recommend this guitar to anyone looking for a smaller guitar (possibly smaller fingers) and looking for good sound at a decent price.
Posted by anonymous on Aug 2, 2012
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