Taylor’s Academy Series makes the playing experience more accessible in every way, packing signature Taylor playing features into an affordable package. With the Academy 12e, our compact Grand Concert body makes the perfect companion for fingerpicking or anyone with a lighter touch who craves the physical comfort of a small-body guitar. The guitar’s design specs are optimized for playing ease. Taylor’s patented, slim-profile neck features an array of hand-friendly touches: a shorter 24-7/8-inch scale length, 1-11/16-inch nut width, low action, and light gauge strings, all of which contribute to a slinky handfeel. The lightweight guitar body, featuring layered sapele back and sides with a solid Sitka spruce top, boasts an ergonomic armrest that enhances the playing comfort for one’s picking arm. The guitar was also voiced to be extra responsive to make the playing experience as relaxed as possible. The guitar comes with an onboard ES-B pickup that includes a built-in digital chromatic tuner, and comes with a sturdy lightweight gig bag.

Features:

• Shape – Grand Concert


• Top Wood – Sitka Spruce


• Body Wood – Layered Sapele


• Electronics – ES-B


• Cutaways – Non-cutaway

Highlights:

• Scale Length – 24-7/8″


• Nut & Saddle – Nubone Nut/Micarta Saddle


• Bracing – Academy Series


• Truss Rod Cover – Black Plastic


• Pickguard – None


• Number of Frets – 20


• Tuners – Chrome (100/200)


• Case – Gig Bag


• Brand of Strings – Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light


• Body Length – 19 1/2″


• Body Width – 15″


• Body Depth – 4 3/8″

Body:

• Binding/Edge Treatment – Black


• Top Finish – Varnish


• Back Config – Layered


• Backstrap Finish – None


• Rosette Size – Three Ring


• Bridge Inlay – None


• Back/Side Finish – Varnish


• Armrest Binding – None


• Backstrap Wood – None


• Rosette Mat. – Baltic Birch


• Stain/Sunburst – None


• Wedge – None


• Armrest – yes

Neck:

• Neck Width – 1-11/16″


• Fretboard Inlay – 4mm Dot Italian Acrylic


• Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment – None


• Heel Cap Binding – Black


• Type of Neck Joint – Scarf


• Neck/Heel – Mahogany


• Fretboard Wood – West African Ebony


• Neck Finish – Varnish


• Heel Length – 3-1/2″

Peghead:

• Peghead Finish – None


• Peghead Binding – None


• Peghead Type – Standard


• Peghead Purfling – None


• Headstock Overlay – Copafera


• Peghead Inlay – None


• Peghead Logo – Printed on Headstock Overlay

Other:

• Bridge Pins – Black


• Buttons – Chrome


• Fingerboard Ext – None


• Edge Trim – None