Product Overview
The first 12-string to join our 50th Anniversary Collection, the 858e LTD offers a rich, powerful "wall-of-sound" voice along with a supremely inviting handfeel--a nod to the playable 12-strings that helped put Taylor on the map back in the mid-'70s. With Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a Sitka spruce top, this big-bodied, limited-edition Grand Orchestra aligns with the ethos that defined those early models. Modern design elements like our V-Class voicing architecture enhance the volume, sustain, pitch accuracy and touch sensitivity. Our double-mounted string anchoring system uses a shared anchor point for each pair of strings to maintain a steady string break angle over the saddle and ensure optimal tonal balance. Refined visual appointments include mother-of-pearl Progressive Diamond fretboard inlays, a mother-of-pearl peghead logo, a three-ring green abalone rosette and a faux tortoise pickguard. Celebratory 50th anniversary design elements include Taylor gold mini tuners, ebony bridge pins with gold acrylic dots and a special commemorative label inside. It ships with ES2 electronics in a deluxe Western Floral hardshell case.
Highlights
- Number of Strings 12 String
- Orientation Right Handed
- Body Shape Grand Orchestra
- Bracing System V-Class Bracing
- Cutaway None
- Color Natural
- Electronics Expression System® 2
- Case/Bag Taylor Deluxe Hardshell-Western Floral
Body
- Top Wood Sitka Spruce
- Back/Side Wood Indian Rosewood
- Rosette Green Abalone 3 Ring
- Back Configuration 2-piece No Wedge
- Body Binding White
- Armrest None
- Top Finish Gloss
- Back/Side Finish Gloss
Neck
- Neck Wood Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Fretboard Wood West African Crelicam Ebony
- Neck Profile Standard Carve
- Fretboard Inlay Mother-of-Pearl Progressive Diamond
- Fretboard Binding White
- Neck Finish Satin
Peghead
- Nut Width 1-7/8"
- Peghead Veneer Wood West African Crelicam Ebony
- Scale Length 25-1/2"
- Peghead Inlay None
- Peghead Type Paddle
- Peghead Binding White
- Peghead Finish Gloss
Other
- Bridge West African Crelicam Ebony
- Nut & Saddle Black Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle
- Bridge Pins Crelicam Ebony with Gold Acrylic Dot
- Strings D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.010 - .047)
- Pickguard Tortoise
- Tuners Taylor Gold with Gold Buttons
- Strap Pin Gold
- End Pin Black
