Taylor 812CE-12-FRET Grand Concert – Cutaway, Electronics, Natural

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With their intimate feel and relaxed fretting, our 12-fret guitars offer players a unique musical personality with incredible playing comfort. The 812ce 12-Fret features a Grand Concert body with Indian rosewood back and sides, a Sitka spruce top, and V-Class bracing inside, producing top-end sparkle and warmth in the bass range with plenty of volume and sustain. The compact body helps keep notes articulate and clear, making this a great choice for fingerstyle players. A radius-style armrest takes the edge off the lower bout for a more seamless feel, and ES2 electronics deliver organic live sound. 

• CASE/GIG BAG: Hardshell Case Included.

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Grand Concert
A smaller-bodied guitar ideally suited for fingerstyle.

Indian Rosewood
The tonewood superstar. Popular, traditional, and versatile, Bob Taylor puts Indian rosewood among the greatest tonewoods ever.

Sitka Spruce
The soundboard choice for most guitars, Sitka spruce produces a broad dynamic range and accommodates a versatile range of playing styles.

Expression System® 2
The Expression System® 2 captures more of a guitar’s dynamic properties using a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design.

Venetian Cutaway
The Venetian cutaway is known for its soft, round lines. The sloping peak of the cutaway will vary depending on the shape of the body.

V-Class Bracing
Our patented V-Class bracing is a revolutionary new pattern — a new sonic engine — that marks a major shift away from traditional steel-string bracing patterns. 

Features

• 12-Fret Grand Concert body offers relaxed feel
• Indian rosewood/spruce for depth, clarity, balance
• V-Class bracing adds more power and longer sustain
• Rosewood armrest elevates playing comfort
• Includes hardshell case and built-in ES2 pickup

Specs

Highlights

• Orientation: Right Handed
• Bracing System: V-Class Bracing
• Cutaway: Venetian Cutaway
• Electronics: Expression System® 2

Body

• Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
• Back Configuration: 2-piece, No Wedge
• Body Binding: Rock Maple
• Armrest: Yes
• Top Finish: Gloss 4.5
• Back/Side Finish: Gloss 4.5

Neck

• Neck Wood: Tropical Mahogany
• Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Fretboard Inlay: Element
• Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Neck Finish: Satin

Peghead

• Scale Length: 24-7/8″
• Peghead Type: Slot Head
• Peghead Binding: None
• Peghead Finish: Gloss

Other

• Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Nut & Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle
• Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
• Strings: D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012–.053)
• Pickguard: Rosewood
• Tuners: Taylor Slot Head