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Taylor Builder's Edition 816ce Acoustic-Electric

Taylor · #1205312107
BrandTaylor
TypeAcoustic Guitars
Serial No.1205312107
PhotographyActual Photos
Part No.A80300471100457S000
Archive ID49780
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The Story

Builder's Edition 816ce Acoustic-Electric

This is the new Builder's Edition 816ce Grand Symphony from Taylor! The 816ce highlights Taylor's design philosophies with a wonderfully contoured body, expansive acoustic tone and player-focused enhancements. The ultimate playing experience begins with Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a Lutz spruce top, offering all the low-end warmth and sparkle you’d expect from the classic rosewood/spruce combination with additional bloom and resonance added by V-Class bracing. But this Builder’s Edition model truly shines in the details, starting with its most significant innovation: the soundport cutaway. Crafted to resemble a partial Florentine cutaway, the design keeps the guitar’s full back intact while still allowing easy access to the high-register frets. The additional soundhole adds a truly new dimension of acoustic sound, creating a wide-angle sound that would fit as well in a classical orchestra as it would a rock band or a fingerstyle solo act. The guitar has figured maple binding, chamfered edges and a rosewood edge trim along with a single-ring rosette crafted of green abalone. The guitar ships with ES2 electronics in a deluxe Western Floral hardshell case.

Includes: Hardshell Case and Paperwork

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The Specifications

As it left The Music Zoo Tech Bench.
  • Acoustic-Electric Guitar
  • Silent Satin Finish
  • Chambered Grand Symphony Body
  • Indian Rosewood Back and Sides
  • Lutz Spruce Top
  • Tropical Mahogany Neck
  • Ebony Fretboard
  • Windansea Shell and Mother of Pearl Inlays, Green Abalone Rosette
  • V-Class Bracing
  • 24-7/8” Scale Length
  • 15" Fretboard Radius
  • 1.75" Nut Width
  • 20 Frets
  • Taylor Expression System 2 Electronics
  • Curve Wing Ebony Bridge
  • 4 lbs 11 oz.
  • .830" Neck Profile at 1st Fret
  • .860" Neck Profile at 9th Fret

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