Taylor's new Grand Auditorium nylon-string guitars are larger than the original Grand Concert nylon-string introduced earlier this year. The same wood combinations as their steel-string GA counterparts are used with sapele back and sides for the model NS34, ovangkol for the NS44, mahogany for the NS54, maple used in the NS64, and Indian rosewood for the NS74. All these models come with a Fishman Matrix saddle pickup. Also new is the NS52ce, a Grand Concert with solid mahogany back and sides, a cedar top, and the Fishman Prefix Pro Blend pickup system.

In the Fall of 2002, the popular Doyle Dykes Signature Model steel-string gets a new sidekick, the Limited Edition DDSM Desert Rose with an orange Chet Atkins tribute stain, a fretboard inlay of a night desert scene, and a mother-of-pearl desert rose inlaid on the peghead veneer.