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Taylor American Dream AD27e Flametop

The least Taylor-sounding guitar you’ve heard to date – that’s how Taylor presented the AD27e Flametop to this writer before sending a review unit, and connecting us with designer Andy Powers for a thorough explanation of his latest creation. Needless to say we were intrigued.

So what exactly is this new outlier? The AD27e Flametop joins the American Dream team, which Powers describes as “the cup of black coffee of guitars. ‘Just get the job done.’” The worker-bee line was introduced at the height of Covid’s first wave, in the summer of 2020 via

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