Taylor Academy Series Academy 12e Grand Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural
Brand: Taylor
Color: Natural
Categories: Musical Instruments, Guitars, Acoustic-Electric Guitars

Academy Series Academy 12e Grand Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural. Over the past four-plus decades there’s a resounding theme from Taylor Guitars: passion for improving the guitar-playing experience. As a company that’s passionate about exposing more players to the pleasures of making music, Taylor isn’t content to see people throw in the towel before they have a chance to get their groove on. The Academy Series, which includes the Academy 12e Grand Concert, represents Taylor’s effort to support the development of the entry-level guitar player. Taylor believes that in many respects a player who is just beginning deserves the best-playing guitar. Most newcomers to the instrument — and parents buying for their kids — are understandably reluctant to pony up for a more expensive, “nice” brand of guitar without knowing whether the interest will last. So the approach tends to be: start with an inexpensive, “good-enough” guitar, and if things progress, upgrade to something better. But all too often this ends in hand-wringing frustration, where would-be music-makers walk away from the instrument blaming themselves for not having enough musical talent or physical dexterity, when, in fact, the real culprit all along was the guitar. The Playing Experience Academy Series guitars, like this Academy 12e Grand Concert, are designed to offer enough immediate gratification to encourage a new player to keep playing. To do so, the playing experience was Taylor’s priority: ? Easy to hold and play: The body is comfortable and lightweight, and easy to strum and fret ? Rewarding sound: Yields a good sound easily in the hands of a newer player ? Not too precious: Durable, minimal, so it's not intimidating for a novice to play and care for ? Broad appeal: Covers a broad range of music preferences Function and Form The Academy Series Grand Concert is intended as a fingerstyle guitar with the added benefit of a more compact body size for extra playing comfort. The wood pai...

Body Body type: Concert/O Taylor Academy Deep Grand Concert Cutaway: No Top wood: Solid Sitka Spruce Back & sides: Layered Sapele Bracing pattern: Academy Series Body finish: Matte 2 Orientation: Right handed Neck Neck shape: Standard Taylor Profile Nut width: 1.687 in. (42.8 mm) Fingerboard: Genuine African Ebony Neck wood: Sapele Scale length: 24.87 in. Number of frets: 20 Neck finish
Over the past four-plus decades there’s a resounding theme from Taylor Guitars: passion for improving the guitar-playing experience
As a company that’s passionate about exposing more players to the pleasures of making music, Taylor isn’t content to see people throw in the towel before they have a chance to get their groove on
The Academy Series, which includes the Academy 12e Grand Concert, represents Taylor’s effort to support the development of the entry-level guitar player
Taylor believes that in many respects a player who is just beginning deserves the best-playing guitar

Pattern: Solid
Material: Wood
Form Factor: Compact
Brand: Taylor
Color: Natural
Battery type: Alkaline
Item Weight: 8.68 pounds
Top Material: Sitka Spruce
Back Material: Sapele
Fretboard Material: Ebony
Number of Strings: 6
ASIN: B01NAWQ1EU
Material Type: Wood
Item model number: Academy 12e
Color Name: Natural
Batteries: 1 Unknown batteries required.
Standing screen display size: 6.5 Inches
Customer Reviews: 4.9 out of 5 stars 23 ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Guitar Bridge System: Ebony
Product Dimensions: 45 x 19 x 7.85 inches
Neck Material Type: mahogany
Body Material: Layered Sapele
Guitar Pickup Configuration: ESB With Tuner
Date First Available: January 25, 2017