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
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Grand Concert Body Shape: A smaller-bodied guitar ideally suited for fingerstyle.
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Urban Ironbark Back & Sides: This tonewood from our urban wood initiative yields power, fidelity and depth for a supremely balanced, muscular sound.
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Sitka Spruce Top: The soundboard choice for most guitars, Sitka spruce produces a broad dynamic range and accommodates a versatile range of playing styles.
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Expression System 2 Electronics: The Expression System 2 captures more of a guitar’s dynamic properties using a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design.
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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.
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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"
- 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 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 Finish: Satin
- Peghead Type: Standard
- Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Logo: Grained Ivoroid
- Peghead Binding: None
- Peghead Purfling: None
- Peghead Inlay: Century
- Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Fingerboard Ext: None
- Buttons: Nickel
- Edge Trim: None