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Polyweb Light Gauge Coated Acoustic Guitar Strings Gauges: .012 .016 .024 .032 .042 .053 Need more information on the Elixir range? Call us on 01254 265212
Product Description
What Elixir say.....
Elixir® Strings is the #1 acoustic guitar string in the US*. Elixir Strings retain their tone longer than any other string, uncoated or coated, according to players.
Elixir Strings with POLYWEB® Coating have the warm tone and smooth response of "played-in" strings and reduce finger squeak.
The difference between our coatings lies in the tone and feel. Strings with NANOWEB® Coating sound and feel like conventional, uncoated strings--they are bright and lively, and the coating is so thin that you can barely tell it's there.
Strings with POLYWEB® Coating have a balanced tone and smooth response--they sound like strings that have been perfectly “played in." They are comfortably smooth and help reduce finger squeak.
Features
Only coated string brand to protect the entire string with an ultra-thin coating, keeping gunk out of the gaps between the windings
Extended Tone Life – players report their tone lasts longer than any other string, uncoated or coated
Consistent performance and tone – ready to play whenever you are
Smooth feel that is easy on your fingers and enhances playability
Reduced finger squeak – good for both performance and recording
Anti-Rust Plated Plain Steel Strings resist tone-deadening corrosion, ensuring a longer life for entire set
With less hassle and expense of frequent strings changes, spend more time making music
Nanoweb Light Gauge Coated Acoustic Guitar Strings Gauge: .012 .016 .024 .032 .042 .053 Need more information on the Elixir range? Call us on 01254 265212
Product Description
What Elixir say....
Elixir® Strings is the #1 acoustic guitar string in the US*. Elixir Strings retain their tone longer than any other string, uncoated or coated, according to players.
Elixir Strings Acoustic Phosphor Bronze with NANOWEB Coating deliver distinctive phosphor bronze warmth and sparkle together with extended tone life that players have come to expect from Elixir Strings. The #1 selling US acoustic guitar string, Elixir Strings, provide consistent performance, smooth feel and reduce finger squeak. With less hassle and expense of frequent string changes, you enjoy more time making music.
The difference between our coatings lies in the tone and feel. Strings with NANOWEB® Coating sound and feel like conventional, uncoated strings--they are bright and lively, and the coating is so thin that you can barely tell it's there.
Strings with POLYWEB® Coating have a balanced tone and smooth response--they sound like strings that have been perfectly “played in." They are comfortably smooth and help reduce finger squeak.
Features
Only coated string brand to protect the entire string with an ultra-thin coating, keeping gunk out of the gaps between the windings
Extended Tone Life – players report their tone lasts longer than any other string, uncoated or coated
Consistent performance and tone – ready to play whenever you are
Smooth feel that is easy on your fingers and enhances playability
Reduced finger squeak – good for both performance and recording
Anti-Rust Plated Plain Steel Strings resist tone-deadening corrosion, ensuring a longer life for entire set
With less hassle and expense of frequent strings changes, spend more time making music
Shape: Big Baby Top Wood: Sitka Spruce Back/Side Wood: Layered Walnut Fretboard Wood: Ebony Neck Width: 1-11/16" Taylor Gig Bag Included
What Reidys say...
The Taylor Big Baby has a simple look but sounds immense! The guitar has a 7/8th body with a relatively shallow body that along with its slim neck makes it extremely comfortable. It is the ideal songwriting guitar to have you all the time and comes with a high quality Taylor Gig bag. The guitar has a solid spruce top which combined with Taylor's great bracing gives you a loud, articulate sound ideal for anything from the most delicate finger style tune to belting out the chords of your favourite song.
The Big Baby is purely acoustic but if you want to use it as a gigging instrument we can recommend great pickups to electrify your instrument.
Like all Taylor guitars the Big Baby comes with a peerless setup and plays amazingly well all over the neck. Taylor believe so much in the quality of their guitars that they offer a 12 year warranty if you register your guitar!
by Richard Moss, Reidys Acoustic Specialist
What Taylor say...
"The Baby Taylor's big sibling, a 15/16-scale Dreadnought with a solid Sitka spruce top and Walnut-laminate back and sides, boasts a surprisingly full voice, comes with a lightweight gig bag for easy portability, and makes a trusty companion wherever you go - even if it's just to the couch"
The biggest of our small bodies, the Big Baby is just shy of a full-size guitar.
Slightly bigger than a Baby Taylor but just shy of a full-size guitar, the Big Baby Taylor is ideal for easy-playing, great-sounding guitar fun. The overall size keeps you in the “portable” category, yet with an extra dose of volume and fullness. Like the Baby, the Big Baby has an arched back that provides strength and contributes to its big tonal output.
Bracing
Inside every Taylor guitar is an important source of its unique sound: bracing. Bracing exists to strengthen the top and back of the guitar, while also allowing enough flexibility and vibration to generate tone. Bracing patterns help “voice” a guitar.
Taylor guitars are known for their balanced tonal response, and our bracing plays a role in that. The way that each brace is shaped and positioned on the soundboard contributes detailed nuances that are so critical that even slight alterations of its design, profile or thickness can result in discernable differences in tone.
You're likely to hear about “scalloped” bracing, which has become fairly standard on steel-string acoustics. Scalloping is a shaping technique that helps lighten the bracing to prevent it from being excessively bulky, which can restrict top movement.
X Bracing
All of Taylor's bracing for steel-string models is a form of X-bracing. The “X” provides a continuous flow of strength from the upper bout to the lower bout, which provides rigidity in spite of the soundhole's location in the middle of the soundboard. We currently offer several versions of X bracing:
Standard X (used on laminate models)
This is Taylor's original X pattern, featuring scalloped braces. Standard X bracing is used on the Baby, Big Baby, GS Mini, 100 and 200 Series.
Standard II (used on the 300-700 Series)
This version shifts the X forward (closer to the soundhole) and incorporates Taylor's patented relief rout (see description below). These refinements enable more of the top to vibrate, enhancing the tone.
Advanced Performance (used on the 800 Series)
As part of Taylor's 2014 voicing refinements for the 800 Series, the bracing profiles and placement were customized for each body shape to optimize their inherent strengths. The bracing scheme also incorporates side braces, which add rigidity and help maximize top and back movement. The overall effect on all the shapes is greater warmth, midrange and sustain.
CV (used on the 900 Series and up)
This version incorporates the relief rout and additional refinements, including subtle contouring differences in the scalloping. In general, guitars with CV bracing sound fuller and fatter without giving up articulation. They are also slightly louder.
The Taylor Relief Rout
Our patented relief rout is a tone-enhancing voicing technique in which a groove is carved along the inside edges of the top. This groove is similar in function to the re-curve on a violin - it “loosens up” the edges of the top, generating extra flexibility without sacrificing structural integrity. We first began using this groove in 2002. The result is increased bass and volume with a balanced tone.
Nylon-String Fan Bracing
Fan bracing is a completely different bracing style that is used on our nylon-string models. It was inspired by patterns used by classical guitar builders. Because nylon strings generate less tension, a nylon-string guitar typically has a thinner top and much lighter bracing. Our unique ladder-style pattern produces a signature Taylor nylon-string voice: an “open” sound that's clear and bright, strong on the treble side, and long on sustain.
12-String Bracing
Twelve-strings generally employ heavier braces than 6-strings in order to handle the increased tension of twice the number of strings, and to prevent the top from being overdriven. Taylor 12-strings have thicker tops, thicker pin plates, and heavier, non-scalloped bracing, to support the top and adequately amplify the tone of the guitar. The one exception to this rule is our Leo Kottke Signature Model 12-string (LKSM), which has scalloped bracing designed to work with fat, heavy-gauge, low-tuned strings, to give the guitar its characteristic, “throaty-piano” tone.
Layered Walnut
Used On: The 100 Series, GS Mini, Baby, Big Baby
We use layered woods for the back and sides of some of our guitars for their blend of sound quality, durability, and affordability. Layered wood construction also enables us to preserve tonewood resources. Although layered wood guitars won’t yield quite the same level of tonal complexity as an all-solid guitar, all are paired with a solid wood top to produce a rich, responsive voice that will continue to improve with time and extended play. Layered walnut provides a strong backbone for our 100 Series, adding subtle touches of high-end sparkle together with midrange presence. An outer layer of walnut is overlaid onto a poplar core (with a layer of Walnut on the other side). The layering process also allows us to bend an arch into the back for extra strength and produces a durable that travels well.
Full Specification
Shape: Big Baby
Number of Strings: 6
Back/Side Wood: Layered Walnut
Scale length: 25-1/2"
Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
Body Length: 19 1/2"
Electronics: None
Body Width: 15"
Cutaway: None
Body Depth: 4"
Nut & Saddle: Nubone
Neck Width: 1-11/16"
Neck/Heel: Walnut
Bracing: X-Bracing
Fretboard Wood: Ebony
Fretboard Inlay: 6mm Dots
Headstock Overlay: Lexan
Binding: None
Bridge Inlay: None
Bridge Pins: Black
Tuners: Die-Cast Chrome
Truss Rod Cover: None
Back/Side Finish: Varnish
Top Finish:Varnish
Neck Finish: Varnish
Pickguard: Tortoise
Case: Gig Bag
Number of Frets: 20
Armrest Binding: None
Back Config: Laminate
Backstrap Wood: None
Backstrap Finish: None
Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
Buttons: Chrome
Edge Trim: None
Fingerboard Ext: None
Fretboard Binding: None
Heel Cap Binding: None
Heel length: None
Peghead Finish: None
Peghead Inlay: None
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Logo: Printed on Headstock Overlay
Peghead Type: Standard
Rosette Mat.: Plastic
Rosette Size: Single Ring
Stain/Sunburst: None
Type of Neck: Joint Scarf
Wedge: None
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Coronavirus Update
Our chosen couriers are currently operating as normal and all orders should be delivered on time. DPD are also now operating a "contact-free" service as a standard process and customers will not be asked to sign handheld units.
Mainland UK Delivery Services
Next Working Day - £7.95 - £9.95 (DPD, Next Working Day)
Standard - Free for orders over £199, £6.95 otherwise (DPD, 1-3 Working Days)
Order before 2pm, Monday to Friday, for same-day dispatch of in-stock orders. Very heavy items such as pianos may take longer to deliver. In-stock orders placed over the weekend will be dispatched on Monday. Estimated delivery times for out of stock items are to be used as a guide only, these items may take longer than estimated to arrive. While we try our best to ensure rapid delivery of your order, delays may occur which are outside our control, and delivery of large or bulky items, or to remote or non-mainland addresses may take longer than estimated.
Courier Tracking
Most UK deliveries are shipped by our trusted courier, DPD. You'll receive an email with a delivery day, tracking and a one hour estimated delivery window on the morning of delivery. While we can't specify the time of the delivery, if it's not convenient, you can arrange directly with DPD for an alternative delivery date or request the parcel be left with a neighbour.
For heavier items, we usually ship UK deliveries by TNT. You will receive an email with tracking details when we ship your order.
Delivery Charges
Delivery to mainland UK addresses is free on all orders over £149. Delivery charges are based on the size and weight of your order and, in some cases, your location. A standard next working day carriage charge for UK mainland addresses is shown on the shopping basket page, but you can change delivery service later in the checkout.
Delivery Couriers
We use a few different delivery couriers, depending on the items being sent, your location, and the delivery service you've chosen:
UK inc. Northern Ireland: Most items will be shipped by DPD. Note: all items in your order must be in stock for all of your order to be dispatched on the same day.
UK inc. Northern Ireland: Most smaller items will be shipped by Royal Mail Recorded Delivery.
UK inc. Northern Ireland: Most very large or heavy items such as pianos are delivered by TNT, or by our in-house delivery service. Orders shipped by TNT are usually on a next working day service, whereas items using our in-house delivery service may take longer. Note: Delivery to non-ground-floor addresses without a suitable lift will cost extra.
Europe: Most orders will be shipped by DPD International. Delivery times and charges depend on your location - these charges will be displayed in the order basket.
Most orders will need to be signed for and we advise you make sure to check your parcel/s for any damage before signing. If no-one is available at your address, a card will be left so you can arrange a re-delivery directly with the courier. Redirection of an order after it's been dispatched may incur an extra charge from the courier.
Delivery Areas & European Shipping
Delivery charges displayed apply to most UK mainland addresses. Deliveries to Northern Ireland, UK non-mainland, and European addresses will cost more, and carriage charges will be shown at the checkout before you place your order. Free delivery offers may not apply to some remote/Scottish Highlands addresses.
Returns
Coronavirus Update
There are currently delays for all returns processing due to extra safety procedures. Thanks for your patience during this difficult time.
Replacement process for items damaged in transit or faulty items
It doesn't happen often, but occasionally an item can get damaged on the way to you. Don't worry! If your order is received either damaged or faulty, just let us know, preferably using the returns request form within 30 days of receiving the item, and we'll arrange for it its return and for a replacement or refund.
Returning an undamaged item
You can return most items bought online or by phone within 14 days for a refund (provided that it is unused and returned to us in New Condition – including packaging). You will need to return the item at your own expense. When we receive the goods back undamaged and with the correct packaging we will refund the cost of the goods.
Software or products that include software that needs to be registered are not eligible for this 14 day return period if opened and installed, and due to hygiene reasons we can't accept certain used in-ear headphones, microphones or harmonicas.
Faulty items under guarantee
The repair procedure for items which are under guarantee varies from manufacturer to manufacturer - please refer to the documentation which accompanied your purchase or complete the returns request form and we will advise you of the appropriate process.
