Taylor C12ce B6006 Catch Custom #6 Grand Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Lutz Spruce/Big Leaf Maple

For something radiant, decadent, and all those other top-shelf qualities to burn through in a description, turn to this Taylor Guitars C12ce B6006 Catch Custom Grand Concert. A limited release from El Cajon's finest in acoustics, this amplified majesty struts in as part of the brand's annual NAMM Show Custom Catch event. A small pool of Taylor dealers and a smaller pool of eye-popping guitars made the event one to remember and this gleaming Grand Concert is the proof.

With Taylor Guitars, there are standards and motifs that appear across generations for a consistent vision of quality acoustic guitars. Limited releases like this Taylor Custom Catch Event guitar turns those standards on their heads for a model to really write home about. This Catch Custom Taylor starts first with a Taylor Grand Concert body brought together from a Lutz spruce top and Big Leaf maple back and sides. Decked in Taylor's Shaded Edgeburst gloss finishes and cut with an elegant Florentine cutaway, this Catch Custom model radiates style and class.

What's more, this Taylor's Edgeburst finishes take another step beyond with Trans White and Lilac Wine colors for its top, and four-piece, Simon's Wedge back, respectively, for a truly regal appearance. Aesthetics carry on as a priority with figured Hawaiian koa body binding wrapping this guitar's sharp profile while a paua single-ring bound rosette accompanies. Taylor's X-Bracing lines this Lutz spruce top for a bright and resonant tone to match its shining looks.

A Hard Rock maple neck extends out from the Grand Concert body with Taylor's Standard Carve profile. Gloss wraps this neck for smooth moves from lower to higher frets – assisted by the Florentine cutaway. This playability on the palm is met at the fingertips with a Taylor Guitars West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard adorned with dazzling custom Spiked Oval inlays.

From here, things are tied together with a number of hardware appointments and top-offs. For one, a West African Crelicam bridge lands at the base of the scale length with a white micarta saddle and green abalone-inlaid bone bridge pins. At the opposite end, a white TUSQ nut lands with Gotoh 510 Antique Gold tuning machines and Hawaiian koa peghead veneer. These elements for playability are made all the more important with onboard Taylor Claria electronics that translate the sweet tones of this Catch Custom model to the stage or studio. During travel, this Taylor Catch Custom is protected by a Taylor Brown Deluxe hardshell case.

Royal, regal, radiant – we can keep going, but we don't think we need to.