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Taylor Guitars - 652CE B.E. WHB

Description

Joining the growing family of master-crafted Builder's Edition guitars, this 652ce is a 12-string for a new generation of acoustic guitarist. Built with figured Big Leaf maple for the back and sides with a torrefied Sitka spruce top, this model's shimmering, octave-rich tone benefits from maple's clarity and focus, offering an expressive, easily-recorded sound that will inspire players to expand their sonic palette. V-Class bracing delivers a unique boost in the 12-string configuration, adding texture and tonal bloom as notes resonate with increased sustain and power, while the guitar takes on additional punch resulting from the reversed string orientation. Placing the fundamental string at the top of each pair adds warmth and body, and a new double-mounted string anchoring system provides cleaner intonation with each string crossing the saddle at the same point. Taylor's special roasting process draws a more aged-in, sweetened response from the torrefied spruce top, and the 12-fret setup brings the bridge closer to the center of the lower bout for stronger midrange presence and a slinkier, more relaxed feel for your fretting hand.

This 652ce is appointed to deliver a playing experience that matches its robust tone, with chamfered body and fretboard edges, a smooth Curve Wing bridge, and beveled armrest and cutaway providing a truly fluid, intimate connection between player and instrument. Like many of its Builder's Edition counterparts, this 12-string is finished in an edgburst-hued Silent Satin sheen that reduces incidental noise for clean recordings, along with Scepter inlays in shell and mother-of-pearl for an artful, eye-catching visual character. It ships with ES2 electronics in a deluxe Western Floral hardshell case.

Specifications
Body Shape: Grand Concert
Bracing: V-Class
Scale Length: 24-7/8"
Body: Torrified Sitka Spruce top, Figured Big Leaf Maple back/sides
Body Finish: Silent Satin
Stain/Sunburst: Wild Honey Burst Top/Back/Sides/Neck
Neck: Tropical Mahogany
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Width: 1-3/4"
Frets: 20
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony with Scepter, Mother of Pearl inlay
Nut/Saddle: Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
Tuners: Gotoh
Electronics: Expression System® 2
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown case