Product Overview
One of our first 12-string guitars built with V-Class bracing in the Grand Orchestra body shape, the 858e LTD is an acoustic-electric featuring back and sides of solid Indian rosewood paired with a Sitka spruce top, yielding a rich octave shimmer with warm lows, crisp trebles and a slightly scooped midrange. With V-Class bracing inside, the jumbo-style body delivers room-filling volume without losing clarity or balance, retaining a dynamic response to a soft touch that pairs beautifully with the complex overtone profile of the rosewood/spruce construction. This limited-edition model boasts a comfort-enhancing radius-style armrest along with the slender Taylor neck for an ultra-relaxed feel despite the larger body. Appointments include maple binding, a single-ring abalone rosette, mother-of-pearl Element fretboard inlays, a gloss-finish body, and a rosewood pickguard. This model ships with a deluxe hardshell case with a Western Floral pattern.
Highlights
- Scale Length 25-1/2"
- Bracing V-Class Bracing
- Pickguard Indian Rosewood
- Tuners Taylor Smoked Nickel, Mini
- Strings D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light
- Body Width 16 3/4"
- Nut & Saddle Tusq
- Truss Rod Cover West African Crelicam Ebony
- Number of Frets 20
- Case Taylor Deluxe Hardshell-Western Floral
- Body Length 20 5/8"
- Body Depth 5"
Body
- Binding Edge Treatment Pale Non-Figured Maple
- Back Config 2-piece No Wedge
- Rosette Size Single Ring
- Back/Side Finish Gloss 4.5
- Backstrap Wood None
- Stain/Sunburst None
- Top Finish Gloss 4.5
- Backstrap Finish None
- Bridge Inlay None
- Armrest Binding Radius, Indian Rosewood
- Rosette Material Shell, Green Abalone
- Wedge None
Neck
- Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment None
- Type of Neck Joint Scarf
- Fretboard Wood Crelicam Ebony, Smoky
- Heel Length 3-7/8"
- Fretboard Inlay Element
- Heel Cap Binding West African Crelicam Ebony
- Neck/Heel Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Finish Satin
Peghead
- Peghead Finish Gloss
- Peghead Type Paddle - Std 12 String
- Peghead Logo Shell/Mother of Pearl
- Peghead Binding West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Purfling None
- Peghead Inlay Element
Other
- Bridge Pins West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
- Fingerboard Ext None
- Buttons Smoked Nickel
- Edge Trim Maple / Black / Maple, Indian Rosewood