Taylor Jacob Collier Academy 5-String and GS Mini 5-String

Two tenor–guitar-derived instruments designed in collaboration with the Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist.

A virtuoso on multiple instruments, Jacob Collier’s genre-bending recordings and performances have earned him seven Grammy awards and countless fans around the world. Collier plays both four-string tenor guitars and standard guitars and had an idea for a five-string instrument. He worked with Taylor’s Andy Powers on creating a custom instrument, which led to the first Jacob Collier signature model guitar, a gorgeous all-koa grand concert. Now Taylor has released a pair of affordable Jacob Collier models, the Academy 22e 5-String and the GS Mini 5-String. 

In this video, Peghead Nation’s Teja Gerken demonstrates both guitars, discusses Collier’s DAEAD tuning, and also plays the guitars in other tunings, including the traditional tenor-guitar tuning in fifths. 

Taylor Jacob Collier Academy 22e 5-String Specs

• Five-string guitar
• Academy Grand Concert body
• Solid walnut top 
• Layered walnut back and sides
• X-bracing
• Neo-tropical mahogany neck
• Smoked eucalyptus fingerboard and bridge
• 24 ⅞ inch scale
• Nickel Taylor tuning machines
• Fishman Sonitone GT2 electronics
• Made in Mexico
• $999 street

Taylor Jacob Collier GS Mini 5-String Specs

• Five-string guitar
• GS Mini body
• Solid Sitka spruce top 
• Layered sapele back and sides
• X-bracing
• Neo-tropical mahogany neck
• Ebony fingerboard and bridge
• 23.5 inch scale
• Nickel Taylor tuning machines
• Made in Mexico
• $699 street

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