The Builder's Edition 524ce Kona Burst Grand Auditorium from Taylor is both visually and sonically stunning with elegant features that will appeal to enthusiasts, collectors, and wood lovers alike. The premium features on this model redefine the ultimate acoustic electric guitar. The Grand Auditorium body shape is Taylor's most versatile body shape, making it in an excellent choice for light to moderate strumming and fingerstyle players as well.
The Builders Edition 524ce boasts a mahogany top with urban ash for the back and sides, which creates a powerful, warm midrange with a touch of compression.
Premium builder's edition appointments include high gloss finish in a beautiful kona burst, beveled armrest and cutaway, chamfered body and neck edge treatment, Gotoh 21:1 antique chrome tuning machines, curved wing bridge, and compass Italian acrylic peghead and fretboard inlays. The Builder's Edition 524ce comes equipped with stage and recording ready ES2 active electronics and ships in a deluxe hard shell case.
- Configuration: Right Handed
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Cutaway: Venetian
- Top: Solid Mahogany
- Back and Sides: Solid Urban Ash
- Neck: Tropical Mahogany
- Bridge/Fretboard: West African Ebony
- Fretboard inlays: Compass, Italian Acrylic
- Nut Width: 1 3/4"
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Number of Frets: 20
- Top Finish: Gloss with Kona Edgeburst
- Back and Sides Finish: Gloss with Kona Edgeburst
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Electronics: Expression System 2
- Tuning machines: Gotoh 510 Antique Chrome
- Nut and Saddle: Tusq Black Nut, White Micarta Saddle
- Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell, Brown
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