The first Builder’s Edition guitar from the 900 Series blends the style and sound of a rosewood/spruce Grand Concert with inviting, player-friendly features. Built to the exacting specifications of comfort and tone developed by Andy Powers, this 912ce features back and sides of solid East Indian rosewood paired with a Lutz spruce top. The Grand Concert’s compact frame makes it an ideal choice for players who value finesse and a delicate touch, offering wide dynamic range to allow you to explore your musical ideas all the way across the tonal spectrum. V-Class bracing is a natural partner with Indian rosewood, helping that wood’s naturally textured overtones to bloom and resonate with greater sustain while adding overall volume and musicality. This Builder’s Edition is crafted for an optimal, seamless playing experience that allows you to sound and feel your best, thanks to a beveled armrest, contoured body and fretboard edges, and a beveled cutaway that makes it easier than ever to access the higher notes on the neck. Aesthetic appointments include stunning abalone and mother-of-pearl inlays in a new Bellefleur design. The guitar ships with ES2 electronics in a deluxe hardshell case.

Grand Concert Shape

A smaller-bodied guitar ideally suited for fingerstyle.

Lutz Spruce Top Woods

This natural hybrid of Sitka and White spruce also shares characteristics with Adirondack spruce, responding with power, richness and volume.

Indian Rosewood Body Woods

The tonewood superstar. Popular, traditional, and versatile, Bob Taylor puts Indian rosewood among the greatest tonewoods ever.

Expression System® 2

The Expression System® 2 captures more of a guitar’s dynamic properties using a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design.

Beveled Cutaway

A smooth, double-contoured cutaway provides easy access to even the highest frets without changing hand positions.

V-Class Bracing

A revolutionary design that balances the flexibility and stability of the top, V-Class bracing produces unmatched sustain, volume, and intonation.

Specifications:

• Scale Length: 24-7/8"
• Nut & Saddle: Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
• Bracing: V-Class
• Truss Rod Cover: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Pickguard: None
• Number of Frets: 20
• Tuners: Gotoh
• Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
• Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
• Body Length: 19 1/2"
• Body Width: 15"
• Body Depth: 4 3/8"
• Binding/Edge Treatment: None
• Top Finish: Silent Satin
• Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
• Backstrap Finish: Satin
• Rosette Size: Single Ring
• Bridge Inlay: None
• Back/Side Finish: Silent Satin
• Armrest Binding: Beveled, Neo-Tropical
• Backstrap Wood: Match Binding
• Rosette Mat.: Paua
• Stain/Sunburst: Kona Edgeburst Back/Sides, Natural Top
• Wedge: None
• Armrest: yes
• Neck Width: 1-3/4"
• Fretboard Inlay: Belle Fleur, 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: Tropical Mahogany
• Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Heel Length: 3-1/4"
• Peghead Finish: Satin
• Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Peghead Type: Standard
• Peghead Purfling: Koa
• Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Peghead Inlay: Belle Fleur, Mother of Pearl
• Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl
• Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Buttons: Gold
• Fingerboard Ext: None
• Edge Trim: Paua