Taylor Guitars and Sonoma Wire Works joined forces to create the Taylor EQ app, an input EQ designed to enhance the sound of a Taylor guitar when played through GuitarJack on an Apple iPhone or other iOS device. With the new app, you can select from a range of EQ presets that complement Taylor’s signature guitar body shapes, including the Grand Auditorium, Grand Symphony, Grand Concert, Dreadnought, T5, or the GS Mini.

Each EQ preset was custom designed by Taylor Guitars’ engineers to optimize the tone of each body shape for use with GuitarJack. The Taylor EQ app lets you customize your own presets, play along with songs from your iTunes library, practice while on the go, and more. According to Sonoma Wire Works, Taylor EQ is the first free app to include the GuitarJack control panel, which allows you to configure the GuitarJack settings.

Taylor EQ features at a glance:

• Six selectable Taylor Guitar EQ presets that complement Taylor’s signature guitar body shapes, including the Grand Auditorium, Grand Symphony, Grand Concert, Dreadnought, T5, or the GS Mini


• Advanced mode: use the 6-band parametric EQ with frequency, gain, and "pinch-for-Q" gesture control to create a custom tone for your Taylor guitar or any other guitar; then save the settings for later use or toggle between basic and advanced to hear the difference


• Play along with your iPod songs on your iPhone or iPod Touch while in the Taylor EQ app


• A factory configured compressor-limiter sweetens the sound and keeps the output from clipping; alternatively, this effect may be turned off so you can hear the unprocessed output


• Balance the level when playing along with iPod songs; turn it up to push the compressor harder


• GuitarJack Control Panel: GuitarJack connects instruments, stereo line inputs and mics to the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and iPod Touch (2nd and 3rd generation) via 1/4-inch instrument and 1/8-inch stereo mic / line inputs

GuitarJack features a 1/4-inch instrument with configurable pad; Lo-Z and Hi-Z modes; a 1/8-inch stereo mic / line input that includes pad, normal, and boost modes; and a 1/8-inch stereo output with increased drive for headphones. Each input has 60 dB of continuous gain / level control. Furthermore, you can configure GuitarJack’s levels in the Taylor EQ app to get the best possible sound. Sonoma Wire Works notes that evels set using Taylor EQ’s GuitarJack Control Panel settings can remain set when you switch to compatible audio apps, even if they do not include the GuitarJack Control Panel.

Taylor EQ requires that you have an iPhone 3G or 3GS or 4, iPod Touch (2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation), or iPad, along with iOS 3.0 or later. The GuitarJack iOS Accessory is recommended.

The Sonoma Wire Works Taylor EQ app for iOS is available as a free download from the iTunes App Store. For more details, visit Sonoma Wire Works at sonomawireworks.com.