Whether you choose our Modified X or Asymmetrical X Bracing pattern—in Sitka or Adirondack spruce (optional upgrade)—be assured that Keith Greenwood, Erik Larson and Tim Luranc carefully hand-select and hand-shape the braces to suit your individual guitar. It is with this type of fine-tuning, which is the product of a combined generation of guitar building, that we make your R. Taylor guitar unique.