Details
The 816ce Builder’s Edition has Taylor’s Grand Symphony body shape and is the first guitar of this size to have their innovative V-Class bracing. The top of this guitar is Lutz spruce, a naturally occurring hybrid of Sitka and White spruce. Lutz spruce tops have the stiffness of Sitka and the lower density of White spruce, a combination that pairs well with the Indian rosewood back and sides. The 816c has a well-balanced bass to treble response and works well for both fingerstyle and flatpicking techniques.
Like the other guitars in the Builder’s Edition series, the 816c has binding with chamfered edges and the Silent Satin finish, which reduces the squeaking and sliding sounds of a player’s natural arm movements on the body. The most striking feature of this guitar is the soundport cutaway, which resembles a partial Florentine cutaway. This design keeps the guitar’s full back intact while still allowing easy access to the high-register frets. The additional soundhole allows for wider sound dispersion than a guitar with just a standard soundhole. The scale length on the 816ce is 24 ⅞”, which a little shorter than usual on a large guitar like this, and the lighter tension makes playing this guitar a little easier on your fretting hand. We opted to order this guitar without the ES-2 pickup system. Includes a deluxe Taylor hardshell case.
Specs
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Back sides
Indian Rosewood
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Binding
Rock Maple
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Bracing
V-Class
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Bridge
West African Crelicam Ebony
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Cutaway
Yes
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Fingerboard
West African Crelicam Ebony
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Finish
Silent Satin
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Frets to body
14
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Inlay
Windansea
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Neck material
Tropical Mahogany
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Nut width
1 3/4"
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Rosette
Single Ring Abalone
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Scale length
24 7/8"
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Top material
Lutz Spruce
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Total frets
20
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Tuners
Gotoh 510 Gold
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Case bag color
Brown
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Case type
Original Hardshell
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Serial number
1205032092
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SKU
TAYBE816C-1205032092
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UPC
111086
