With its generous contours, powerful sound and remarkable touch sensitivity, Taylor’s new 858e LTD adds another memorable benchmark in Taylor’s enduring heritage of rich-voiced, ultra-playable 12-strings.
This Grand Orchestra 12-string acoustic-electric features back and sides of solid Indian rosewood paired with a Sitka spruce top, powered by our tone-boosting V-Class bracing architecture, yielding a rich octave shimmer with warm lows, crisp trebles and a slightly scooped midrange. The jumbo-style body shape delivers room-filling volume without losing clarity or balance, retaining a dynamic response to a soft touch that pairs beautifully with the blooming overtone profile of the rosewood/spruce construction. This limited-edition model boasts a comfort-enhancing radius style armrest along with the slender Taylor neck, giving players an ultra-relaxed feel despite the large body.
Visual appointments include maple binding and top purfling with rosewood edge trim, a single-ring abalone rosette and matching Element fretboard inlays, a 4.5-mil gloss-finish body to preserve resonance, smoked nickel tuners, and a rosewood pickguard. The 858e LTD ships with ES2 electronics and a deluxe Western Floral hardshell case.
This is a spectular new Limited Edition model from the masterful artisans at Taylor - and something they haven't done in quite some time. A 12-string Grand Orchestra represents a new option for acoustic players, and this one is like nothing else out there.
SPECIFICATIONS
Stock Code: H80412301100007A000
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: Western Floral Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
Top Wood: Sitka Spruce Back / Side Wood Indian Rosewood
Rosette: Green Abalone Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
Back Configuration: 2-Piece, No Wedge
Body: Binding Pale Non-figured Hard Rock Maple
Armrest: Radius Indian Rosewood
Top Finish: Gloss Back / Side Finish Gloss
Neck Wood: Neo-tropical Mahogany Nut Width 1-7/8"
Neck Profile: Standard Carve
Scale Length: 25-1/2"
Backstrap: None
Peghead Type: Paddle
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Fretboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
Peghead Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin Peghead Finish Gloss
Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony Nut & Saddle Black TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony with Green AbaloneDots
Pick Guard: Indian Rosewood
Tuners: Taylor Smoked Nickel with Smoked Nickel Buttons
Strap Pin Black
End Pin: Black
