This Builder's Reserve offering celebrates Taylor's "vintage" era with a tribute to the classic Jumbo 12-string. Our design team began by revisiting our original Jumbo shape, which features a full 17-inch body width across the lower bout. Additional retro touches include early 800 Series appointments like our small diamond mother-of-pearl fretboard inlays, an abalone triple-ring rosette, and of course, the unmistakable bridge, which features camel bone bridge pins with abalone dots. Gold Gotoh 510 tuners tastefully complete the throwback aesthetic.

From our wood reserves we selected some of our finest sets of figured Hawaiian Koa for the back and sides, outlined with crisp white binding. A Sitka spruce top bolsters Koa's shimmering tonal response with the help of Adirondack spruce bracing. With modern design features like our NT neck and Expression System electronics, this guitar artfully embodies the companys progression from its homespun early days to the latest performance-enhancing innovations.

In keeping with this years theme of Builder's Reserve acoustic amplifier pairings, we've chosen sets of beautiful Koa for a matching Expression System amp cabinet. Traditional cabinet details like dovetailed corner joints showcase solid craftsmanship and elegant simplicity.

When first built, our Jumbo 12-string delivered a fresh take on a classic design. This Builder's Reserve beauty does the same, and makes looking back more fun than ever. As with other guitar / amp offerings, these will be sold together, and only 30 pairs will be made.