Details
Builder's Edition 652ce WHB
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 our new double-mounted string anchoring system provides cleaner intonation with each string crossing the saddle at the same point. Our 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 Taylor hardshell case.
Highlights
Scale Length: 24-7/8"
Bracing: V-Class
Pickguard: None
Tuners: Gotoh
Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
Body Width: 15"
Nut & Saddle: Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
Truss Rod Cover: West African Crelicam Ebony
Number of Frets: 18
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
Body Length: 19 1/2"
Body Depth: 4 3/8"
Body
Binding/Edge Treatment: None
Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
Rosette Size: Single Ring
Back/Side Finish: Silent Satin
Backstrap Wood: None
Stain/Sunburst: Wild Honey Burst Top/Back/Sides/Neck
Armrest: yes
Top Finish: Silent Satin
Backstrap Finish: None
Bridge Inlay: None
Armrest Binding: Beveled, Neo-Tropical
Rosette Mat.: Big Leaf Maple
Wedge: None
Neck
Neck Width: 1-7/8”
Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony
Type of Neck Joint: Scarf
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Heel Length: 3-1/4"
Fretboard Inlay: Scepter, Mother of Pearl
Heel Cap Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck/Heel: Hard Rock Maple
Neck Finish: Satin
Peghead
Peghead Finish: Satin
Peghead Type: Standard
Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Purfling: None
Peghead Inlay: Scepter, Mother of Pearl
Other
Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony
Fingerboard Ext: None
Buttons: Gold
Edge Trim: Maple
