Taylor 50th Anniversary 312ce Limited Edition Grand Concert, Torrefied Spruce/Sapele, Shaded Edgeburst

Entering their 50th Anniversary celebration collection, this Taylor Guitars 50th Anniversary 312ce LTD Grand Concert accesses new musical avenues for Taylor Guitars while keeping mindful of their past and future. Classic, fine Taylor design and construction appear on this Grand Concert to commemorate decades of high-quality craftsmanship and musicality.

This anniversary model starts out with a Taylor Grand Concert body formed from a solid sapele back and sides and a Sitka spruce top. These two tonewoods when combined offer a rich sonic palette of solid woody lows, crystalline highs and a dense midrange. Taylor took extra care in this design process by heat-treating the Sitka spruce through a process known as torrefaction to impart a slight age to the tonewood, resulting in a played-in and well-loved sound and feel right out of the case. The Taylor V-Class bracing pattern this guitar bears works wonders to enhance volume and sonic character acoustically while remaining mannered, balanced and authentic to the classic Taylor sound.

A satin-finished mahogany neck enters the fray on this baritone model, joined by a Crelicam ebony fingerboard. This slimly-profiled mahogany ensures an ease playing experience across the palm during travels from lower to higher registers, a reach only enhanced by this Grand Concert’s refined body cutaway. Visual details that tie the instrument together include Gemstone fret inlays, black body and fingerboard binding and a shaded edgeburst body and neck finish. For playability, this Taylor comes equipped with Taylor gold tuners for quick string changes and tonal stability and ebony bridge pins for effectively grounding strings and bringing string playability to a satisfying sum. Onboard Taylor Expression System 2 electronics seamlessly translate the acoustic voice of this anniversary model to electric settings for performance while a Taylor Deluxe Hardshell case ensures safety while traveling.

To pick up this 50th Anniversary Taylor is to take part in a legacy decades in the making. For Taylor fans and fans of fine acoustic guitars universally, this Grand Concert delivers on many fronts to help join in on a historic moment in the Taylor timeline.