Details

The 512ce is one of Taylor's first models to feature back and sides of solid Urban Ironbark, a dense, hard tonewood that yields a rich, sophisticated response with a deep low end and high-fidelity voice reminiscent of Indian rosewood, along with some of mahogany's midrange punch and focus. The Grand Concert 512ce pairs Urban Ironbark with a torrefied Sitka spruce top, lending a played-in character that makes for a warm, piano-like sound with remarkable balance across the tonal spectrum. With V-Class bracing inside, this compact acoustic-electric serves up room-filling projection and blooming sustain, offering a muscular quality that remains sensitive to a soft touch. Appointments include new Aerial inlays in Italian acrylic, a single-ring abalone rosette trimmed with maple and black purfling, and a tastefully subtle edgeburst. It ships with ES2 electronics in a deluxe hardshell guitar case.

FEATURES

• Grand Concert Body Shape: A smaller-bodied guitar ideally suited for fingerstyle.
• Urban Ironbark Back & Sides: This tonewood from our urban wood initiative yields power, fidelity and depth for a supremely balanced, muscular sound.
• Sitka Spruce Top: The soundboard choice for most guitars, Sitka spruce produces a broad dynamic range and accommodates a versatile range of playing styles.
• Expression System 2 Electronics: The Expression System 2 captures more of a guitar’s dynamic properties using a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design.
• Venetian Cutaway: The Venetian cutaway is known for its soft, round lines. The sloping peak of the cutaway will vary depending on the shape of the body.
• V-Class Bracing: Taylor's patented V-Class bracing is a revolutionary new pattern — a new sonic engine — that marks a major shift away from traditional steel-string bracing patterns. 

SPECIFICATIONS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Scale Length: 24-7/8"
• Bracing: V-Class Bracing
• Pickguard: Tortoise
• Tuners: Taylor Nickel
• Strings: Phosphor Bronze Light
• Body Width: 15"
• Nut & Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle
• Truss Rod Cover: Black Plastic
• Number of Frets: 20
• Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
• Body Length: 19 1/2"
• Body Depth: 4 3/8"

BODY

• Binding Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Back Config: 2-Piece Simons Wedge
• Rosette Size: Single Ring
• Back/Side Finish: Gloss
• Backstrap Wood: None
• Stain/Sunburst: Blackwood Stain Back & Sides / Tobacco Top
• Armrest: None
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Backstrap Finish: None
• Bridge Inlay: None
• Armrest Binding: None
• Rosette Material: Abalone
• Wedge: None

NECK

• Neck Width: 1-3/4"
• Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Type of Neck Joint: Scarf
• Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Heel Length: 3-1/4"
• Fretboard Inlay: Aerial, Italian Acrylic, Faux Pearl
• Heel Cap Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Finish: Satin

PEGHEAD

• Peghead Finish: Satin
• Peghead Type: Standard
• Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Peghead Logo: Grained Ivoroid
• Peghead Binding: None
• Peghead Purfling: None
• Peghead Inlay: Century

OTHER

• Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Ext: None
• Buttons: Nickel
• Edge Trim: None