This 5-string edition of the Jacob Collier Signature Model is inspired by a custom 5-string Taylor acoustic guitar that the acclaimed singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer has been playing for several years. Designed with Jacob, the JCSM-5 features Taylor’s compact Grand Concert body style and is crafted with solid, Select-grade Hawaiian koa top, back and sides that display rich variegation. The ebony chosen for the fretboard, bridge and headstock overlay features natural marbling, showcasing a blend of espresso and caramel hues. The visual character of the woods gives each guitar its own unique personality, which means each owner will enjoy a truly one-of-a-kind instrument to inspire their musical pursuits.
Like Jacob’s personal Taylor guitar, the JCSM-5 is tuned to DAEAD to offer players the same unique voicing he loves (the lower strings are tuned by fourths while the higher strings are tuned by fifths). For beginners, this makes the guitar more accessible with simpler chord voicings. For more advanced players, it
offers a whole new tonal palette to explore, which promises to spark fresh musical discoveries.
Jacob's interest in playing a 5-string acoustic guitar tuned to DAEAD (with the D and A strings an octave apart) came from his unconventional exposure to the guitar as a young musician—a combination of playing bass and being exposed to a 4-string tenor guitar tuned in fifths.
Though he was a self-described guitar novice at the time, his sophisticated understanding of music and harmonic relationships allowed him to hear the voicing possibilities of a 5-string guitar with those unique tuning intervals. "I started to imagine a sort of language of guitar playing where it was half in fourths and half in fifths because I think both are really helpful and important," he said in a podcast conversation with Paul Davids.
Body Shape
Grand Concert
Orientation
Right-Handed Only
Bracing System
V-Class Bracing
String Gauges
.053”-.042”-.030”-.017”-.012”
Electronics
LR Baggs - Element VTC
Case
Brown Aerocase
Nut Width
1-11/16"
Scale Length
24-7/8"
Top Wood
Hawaiian Koa
Back/Side Wood
Hawaiian Koa
Rosette
Black/Maple/Black Single Ring
Top Finish
Matte
Back/Side Finish
Matte
Neck Wood
Neo-tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood
West African Crelicam Ebony
Fretboard Inlay
Mother-of-Pearl 4mm Dots
Peghead Type
Paddle
Peghead Veneer Wood
Colorful West African Crelicam Wood
Peghead Inlay
Matte
Nut & Saddle
Black TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
Bridge
West African Crelicam Ebony
Bridge Pins
West African Crelicam Ebony
Tuners
Gotoh 510 Antique Chrome with Antique Chrome Buttons
Strap Pin
Black
End Pin
Black
