Best Grand Auditorium Guitars With Ivory Tusq Saddle in 2023
Here are the top Grand Auditorium style guitars with Ivory Tusq saddle. This material is made to look, feel and sound like Ivory. It's made of organic polymers and doesn't contain oil or animal products. This is probably the highest quality nut you can get, so you can expect good tune stability and more clear tones when playing open strings. Most people seem to agree that it looks nicer than any plastic and even some bone nuts.
Out of the more than 2000 guitars in our database, these are the best scoring ones. You can use our filters to the left to narrow down these results, or click on "Compare" to get a deep comparison between them. Our automated scoring system takes into account the ratings from ours users who own the guitar, and dozens of parameters to determine the build quality, playability, pickups quality, value for money, and more.
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1. Taylor 724ce

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- Neck profile shape: D (6 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Fast (6 votes)
- Pickups noise: Noiseless (5 votes)
- Pickups power: Clean (4 votes)
- From Taylor's 2022 700 series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.5"'' scale
- 15" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Hawaiian Koa top
- Solid Hawaiian Koa back
- Solid Hawaiian Koa sides
- Tropical Mahogany neck
- West African Crelicam Ebony fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Expression System 2 Electronics (Preamp/Active)
- West African Crelicam Ebony bridge
- Acoustic Taylor Standard Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Taylor Polished Bronze tuners
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Taylor 724ce
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Ivory Tusq Nut
- Electronics
- Ivory Tusq Saddle
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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2. Martin GPC-16E

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- Neck profile shape: C (3 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Fast (3 votes)
- From Martin's 2017 16-17 series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.4"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Solid East Indian Rosewood back
- Solid East Indian Rosewood sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- Ebony fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman Matrix VT Enhance NT2 (Preamp/Active)
- Ebony bridge
- Acoustic Modified Low Oval Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Nickel Open Gear tuners
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Martin GPC-16E
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Ivory Tusq Saddle
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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3. Taylor 814ce-N

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- Neck profile shape: D (6 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Fast (6 votes)
- From Taylor's 2012 800 series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.5"'' scale
- 15" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Sitka Spruce top
- Solid Indian Rosewood back
- Solid Indian Rosewood sides
- Tropical Mahogany neck
- Ebony fretboard
- Bridge pickup: ES-N Electronics (Preamp/Active)
- Ebony bridge
- Acoustic Taylor Standard Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Classical Nickel tuners
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Taylor 814ce-N
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Ivory Tusq Nut
- Electronics
- Ivory Tusq Saddle
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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4. Taylor 214ce-N

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- Neck profile shape: D (6 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Fast (6 votes)
- From Taylor's 2012 200 series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 25.5"'' scale
- 15" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Sitka Spruce top
- Solid Indian Rosewood back
- Solid Indian Rosewood sides
- Tropical Mahogany neck
- West African Crelicam Ebony fretboard
- Bridge pickup: ES-N Electronics (Preamp/Active)
- West African Crelicam Ebony bridge
- Acoustic Taylor Standard Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Classical Nickel tuners
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Taylor 214ce-N
- Expensive Wood
- Ivory Tusq Nut
- Electronics
- Ivory Tusq Saddle
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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5. Martin GPC-11E

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- Neck access to high frets: Easy (2 votes)
- Fret edges: Smooth (2 votes)
- Tuning stability: Won't get out of tune (2 votes)
- Weight: Lightweight (2 votes)
- Neck profile shape: C (3 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (2 votes)
- From Martin's 2019 Road series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 25.4"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Solid Sapele back
- Solid Sapele sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- FSC Certified Richlite fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman MX-T (Preamp/Active)
- FSC Certified Richlite bridge
- Acoustic Performing Artist Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin GPC-11E
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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6. Martin GPC-13E

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- Neck profile shape: C (3 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (2 votes)
- From Martin's 2020 Road series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 25.4"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Ziricote Fine Veneer back
- Ziricote Fine Veneer sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- FSC Certified Richlite fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman MX-T (Preamp/Active)
- FSC Certified Richlite bridge
- Acoustic Performing Artist Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin GPC-13E
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Solid Top Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- Laminated Side Wood
- Laminated Back Wood
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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7. Martin GPC-X2E

Player Feedback
- Neck profile shape: C (3 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (2 votes)
- Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
- Pickups power: Clean (1 vote)
- From Martin's 2020 X series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 25.4"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- HPL back
- HPL sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- Select Hardwood fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman (Preamp/Active)
- Select Hardwood bridge
- Acoustic Performing Artist Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin GPC-X2E
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Solid Top Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- Laminated Side Wood
- Laminated Back Wood
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock