Taylor Builders Edition 652CE Wild Honey Burst 12 String Grand Concert Acoustic Electric

Item: TOBE652CEWHB157

Joining the growing family of master-crafted Builder's Edition guitars, the Taylor 652ce is a 12-string for a new generation of acoustic guitarist. Built with figured Big Leaf maple for the back and sides with a torrefied Sitka spruce top, this model's shimmering, octave-rich tone benefits from maple's clarity and focus, offering an expressive, easily-recorded sound that will inspire players to expand their sonic palette. V-Class bracing delivers a unique boost in the 12-string configuration, adding texture and tonal bloom as notes resonate with increased sustain and power, while the guitar takes on additional punch resulting from the reversed string orientation. Placing the fundamental string at the top of each pair adds warmth and body, and our new double-mounted string anchoring system provides cleaner intonation with each string crossing the saddle at the same point. Taylor's special roasting process draws a more aged-in, sweetened response from the torrefied spruce top, and the 12-fret setup brings the bridge closer to the center of the lower bout for stronger midrange presence and a slinkier, more relaxed feel for your fretting hand. The 652ce is appointed to deliver a playing experience that matches its robust tone, with chamfered body and fretboard edges, a smooth “Curve Wing” bridge, and beveled armrest and cutaway providing a truly fluid, intimate connection between player and instrument. Like many of its Builder's Edition counterparts, this 12-string is finished in an edgburst-hued Silent Satin sheen that reduces incidental noise for clean recordings, along with “Scepter” inlays in shell and mother of pearl for an artful, eye-catching visual character. It ships with ES2 electronics in a deluxe Taylor hardshell case.

Serial # 1207292157

Features:

• Tropical Mahogany "Silent Satin" Wild Honey Burst Finished Top
• V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
• Single Ring Faux Pearl and Fiber Soundhole Rosette
• Andy Powers Signature Label
• Ivoriod Stripe Top Trim
• Neo Tropical Binding and Arm Rest
• Urban Ash Back and Sides
• Wild Honey Burst "Silent Satin" Finished Back and Sides
• 15" Lower Bout Width with 4 3/8" Body Depth with 19 1/2" Body Length
• Beveled Contour Venetian Cutaway
• Hard Rock Maple Satin Finished Standard Carve Neck
• West African Ebony Headstock Overlay
• Mother of Pearl "Scepter" Headstock Inlay and Taylor Logo
• Gotoh 510 Antique Gold Tuners with a 21:1 Gear Ratio
• 24 7/8" Scale Length
• 1 7/8" Width Black Tusq Nut
• West African Crelicam Ebony 15" Radius 18 Fret Fingerboard
• Mother of Pearl "Scepter" Fretboard Inlay
• West African Crelicam Ebony Curve Wing Bridge
• Compensated Micarta Saddle and Ebony Bridge Pins
• Taylor Expression System 2 (ES-2) Electronics
• Elixir (11152) 80/20 Bronze Light Gauge (.010 - .047) String Set

Includes:

• Taylor Deluxe Grand Concert Dark Brown Hard Shell Case
• Taylor Guitars' Limited Lifetime Warranty