Taylor 354ce 12-String Electro Acoustic, Natural

Full Description

Grand auditorium versatility

The Taylor 354ce is a 12-string electro acoustic guitar that features the popular Grand Auditorium body shape, offering a perfect balance between comfort and versatility. Its mid-sized dimensions provide a full and resonant voice, making it well-suited for a wide range of playing styles, from delicate fingerpicking to dynamic strumming. The Grand Auditorium design allows for an articulate response, ensuring each note is clearly defined while retaining a warm and balanced tonal profile. This shape also offers excellent projection and sustain, making it ideal for both solo performances and ensemble settings. The 12-string configuration enhances the richness of the sound, delivering a shimmering octave effect that adds depth and texture to your music.

Superior tonewood combination

Crafted with a solid Sitka spruce top and satin-finished sapele back and sides, the Taylor 354ce offers a well-rounded tonal character that balances brightness and warmth. Sitka spruce is renowned for its dynamic range and crisp articulation, ensuring clear note definition and a responsive feel under the fingers. The sapele back and sides add a touch of warmth with a focused midrange, producing a tone that is both rich and articulate. This tonewood pairing creates a versatile sound profile that suits a variety of genres and playing techniques. The combination of spruce and sapele also enhances the guitar’s sustain and resonance, allowing chords to ring out with clarity and depth.

V-class bracing innovation

The 354ce is equipped with Taylor’s innovative V-Class bracing, which enhances both sustain and volume by optimising the vibration of the top. This design improves tonal consistency across the entire fretboard, ensuring chords sound fuller and more balanced while maintaining excellent intonation. V-Class bracing allows the top to vibrate more freely, resulting in greater projection and a broader dynamic range. The enhanced response makes it easier to achieve expressive nuances, capturing delicate fingerpicked melodies and more dynamic chord progressions with precise articulation. This bracing system also contributes to the overall structural stability of the guitar, ensuring long-lasting performance and reliability.

Stage-ready electronics

Fitted with Taylor’s ES2 electronics, the 354ce delivers a natural amplified tone with remarkable clarity and balance. The behind-the-saddle pickup design accurately captures the guitar’s dynamic range and natural resonance, ensuring a faithful representation of its acoustic qualities when plugged in. The ES2 system provides responsive controls for volume, treble, and bass, allowing you to shape your tone with precision. The ES2 electronics ensure consistent and reliable sound quality, taking your stage and studio performances to new heights. With its simple and effective design, you can easily dial in your preferred tone without compromising the natural character of the guitar.

Specifications

• Product Name: Taylor 354ce 12-String Electro Acoustic, Natural
• Product Code: 354ce 12-String

Body

• Top Wood: Solid Sitka spruce
• Back & Sides Wood: Satin-finished sapele
• Bracing: V-Class
• Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
• Binding: Black
• Pickguard: Firestripe
• Rosette: 3-ring
• Finish: Gloss top, satin back and sides

Neck & fretboard

• Neck Wood: Tropical mahogany
• Fretboard Wood: Crelicam ebony
• Scale Length: 25-1/2"
• Nut Width: 1-7/8"
• Inlays: Gemstone
• Number of Frets: 20
• Finish: Satin

Hardware & electronics

• Electronics: Taylor ES2
• Tuners: Taylor nickel mini
• Bridge: Crelicam ebony
• Nut & Saddle: Tusq nut, Micarta saddle
• Strings: D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (12-string set)
• Case: Deluxe hardshell case, brown