Taylor Builder’s Edition 652ce 12-String Grand Concert Torrefied Spruce/Big Leaf Maple Natural ES2

Description

Taylor Builder’s Edition 652ce 12-String Grand Concert
Featuring even morel harmonic richness than its six-string counterpart as a result of the octave pairs, offer the comfort of a slightly smaller body and string scale lengthas well as easy access to the upper frets allowed by the contoured cutawaywhile the sonically transparent maple back and sides, paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top, provide additional depth, projection, and sustain. Plus, Taylors ES2 electronics provide ample tonal control and responsiveness.

600 Series Builders Edition
Frequently used for electric guitar tops, the sonic transparency of the maple used in Taylors 600 series guitars makes them reflective of both the guitar design and the players touch. Pairing V-Class bracing with a torrefied Sitka spruce topwhich provides additional depth, projection, and sustain600 series guitars respond to a broad spectrum of tonal colors, from warm to bright, depending on the players nuanced attack.

Grand Concert Cutaway
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.

A unique addition to any musical arsenal, Taylor nylon-string models feature a 1 7/8-inch neck width, giving players who are used to playing steel-string acoustics an ideal balance between fret-hand comfort and adequate string spacing for fingerstyle players.

Q: Does a cutaway diminish a guitars tonal output?
A: Not in a discernible way. We recommend you decide based on whether you want that extra upper-fretboard range; or, if you simply have an aesthetic preferenceeither for a more traditional, symmetrical look of a non-cutaway, or in favor of the sleek, more modern contouring that the cutaway offers.

V-Class Bracing
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.

ES2 Electronics
The Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) delivers the latest technology in Taylor acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the ES2 system is Taylors patented behind-the-saddle pickup, featuring three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The new positioning enables the piezo pickups crystals to respond more naturally to the guitars energy as it is transferred through the saddle, with three pickup sensors installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in relation to the saddle. Together with Taylors custom-designed preamp, this ES2 system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness.