Description

Note: Due to differences in wood grain, the item you receive may not exactly match the item in the photos.

Taylor Academy 12e Grand Concert Sitka Spruce/Sapele ES-B
Fit for both for beginner players and experienced guitarists, Taylors Academy series distills each version down to its essential ingredients, combining playing comfort, inspiring sound, and a minimalist aestheticall of which amount to an accessible price. Featuring a comfortable armrest, Academy series models pair layered sapele back and sides, with a solid Sitka spruce top to generate projection, clarity and volume.

Grand Concert
With its shorter, 24 7/8-inch scale length the Taylor Grand Concert body shape favors the fingerstyle player, as well as single-note lead and solo guitar arrangements, issuing notes with precise clarity and offering easy action even on the highest frets. The models smaller body makes for a comfortable feel, without skimping on rich, robust tonal resonance, or valuable volume.

V-Class
The Taylor Grand Concert features Taylors innovative new V-Class bracing, which lets the soundboard of the guitar vibrate naturally, increasing sustain and overall cohesiveness, and generating additional volume without sacrificing sustain. This design puts the body more in tune with the strings, improving articulation and harmonic alignment, resulting in a sound that is optimally warm and seasoned, nicely blended, and full of luscious low end without being muddy.

ES-B Electronics
These models also include a built-in ES-B pickup that offers clear, natural amplified tone, as well as a digital tuner with an easy-to-read LED display.

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
Body Length: 19 1/2″
Body Width: 15″
Body Depth: 4 3/8″

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 Width: 1-11/16″
Fretboard Inlay: 4mm Dot Italian Acrylic
Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: None
Heel Cap Binding: Black
Type of Neck Joint: Taylor Neck
Neck/Heel: Hard Rock Maple
Fretboard Wood: West African Ebony
Neck Finish: Varnish
Heel Length: 3-1/2″

Peghead Finish: None
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Type: Standard
Peghead Purfling: None
Headstock Overlay: Copafera
Peghead Inlay: None
Peghead Logo: Printed on Headstock Overlay

Bridge Pins: Black
Buttons: Chrome
Fingerboard Ext: None
Edge Trim: None