Taylor 522e 12-Fret 2019 Shaded Edge Burst w/OHSC

Description

Taylor’s compact Grand Concert 12-fret guitars deliver a uniquely inspiring playing experience. The shorter 12-fret neck and 24-7/8-inch scale length create a slinky handfeel that makes fretting and bending strings easier, and the different bridge placement articulates the top in a way that produces a remarkably powerful voice for a small body. This year’s model features the addition of V-Class bracing, which pairs beautifully with this all-mahogany body for clarity, power, and sustain, along with the focus and warmth inherent to this popular tonewood. The V-Class design also puts the top more in tune with the strings, which improves the intonation across the entire fretboard, eliminating sour notes and creating a more balanced tonal output between fretted and open strings. The hardwood mahogany top also helps smooth out a player’s attack for a more consistent tonal response across the frequency spectrum. Noteworthy aesthetic touches include a shaded edgeburst body and neck, faux tortoise shell binding, a rosette of faux tortoise shell framed by grained ivoroid, and a grained ivoroid Century fretboard inlay. With Taylor’s onboard ES2 pickup and preamp, all your expressive playing nuances will translate into your amplified sound. This Grand Concert guitar ships in a deluxe hardshell case.

FEATURES:

• Faux tortoise-bound soundhole
• All-mahogany construction
• Shaded Edge Burst finish

SPECIFICATIONS:

Body

• Body type: 12-Fret Grand Concert
• Cutaway: No
• Top wood: Solid Mahogany
• Back and sides: Solid Mahogany
• Bracing pattern: 12-fret
• Body finish: Gloss
• Orientation: Right handed

Neck

• Neck shape: Taylor Standard Profile
• Nut width: 1.75″ (44.45 mm)
• Fingerboard: West African Ebony
• Neck wood: Solid Mahogany
• Scale length: 24.87″
• Number of frets: 18
• Neck finish: Satin

Electronics

• Pickup/preamp: Yes
• Brand: Taylor
• Configuration: Behind-the-saddle transducer with Adjustable Sensors
• Preamp EQ: 2-band
• Feedback filter: Phase
• Tuner: No

Other

• Headstock overlay: West African ebony
• Tuning machines: Taylor Slot Head Tuners with Ebony buttons
• Bridge: West African ebony
• Saddle and nut: Micarta “Wave”/TUSQ
• Number of strings: 6
• Special features:
• Case: Deluxe hardshell case
• Accessories:
• Country of origin: United States