[NAMM] Taylor Jason Mraz Signature Model

This is a guitar he says “nurtured a whole album’s worth of songs” and in performances, “gave me a way to communicate with the audience without a guitar standing in my way. It felt like it was part of me, it was a part of the energy that I wanted to put out there.”

Crafted from a back and sides of Indian rosewood and a top of Western Red cedar, the JMSM includes key design touches provided by Mraz. The fretboard inlay, in Mexican cypress, features the phrase “Be Love” set below a design that features a triangle within a circle, which mirrors a forearm tattoo he got in July 2009.

Mraz’s touch can also be seen in the soundhole rosette, which features one of the artist’s passions: the zodiac. The hand-inlaid rosette of the twelve signs of the zodiac is crafted from a Hawaiian koa ring, a background of bubinga, and Mexican cypress symbols.

The JMSM comes ready for both intimate venues and crowd-packed stadiums with the company’s ES-N pickup, in a hardshell case, with a certificate of authenticity signed by Jason Mraz.

Availability
The JMSM model will be available at authorized domestic and international Taylor dealers in late spring.

For more information, visit their web site at www.taylorguitars.com.