Taylor 652CE Builders Edition Reverse Strung 12 String V-Class Bracing - SN 1205080013

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.

Specifications:

Scale Length 24-7/8 inch Bracing V-Class Pickguard None Tuners Gotoh Brand of Strings Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light Body Width 15 inch Body Depth 4 3/8 inch Body Length 19 1/2 inch Number of Frets 18 Truss Rod Cover West African Crelicam Ebony Nut & Saddle Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle 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 Width 1-7/8 inch Fretboard Inlay Scepter, Mother of Pearl Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment West African Crelicam Ebony Heel Cap Binding West African Crelicam Ebony Type of Neck Joint Scarf Neck/Heel Hard Rock Maple Fretboard Wood West African Crelicam Ebony Neck Finish Satin Heel Length 3-1/4 inch Peghead Finish Satin Peghead Binding None Peghead Type Standard Peghead Purfling None Headstock Overlay West African Crelicam Ebony Peghead Inlay Scepter, Mother of Pearl Peghead Logo Taylor Mother of Pearl Bridge Pins West African Crelicam Ebony Buttons Gold Fingerboard Ext None Edge Trim Maple SN – 1205080013