The  mahogany Grand Auditorium 12-strings have a tone all their own: rich and full, lively and jangly, a little less “huge”-sounding than a Jumbo 12, but slightly more balanced across the tonal spectrum. The smaller body shape makes the 12-string playing experience more comfortable and refined than ever.

The clarity and fullness of mahogany and Sitka spruce together make them ideal partners for a 12-string guitar.

Our Grand Auditorium combines the width and depth of a Dreadnought with a narrower waist. Its sleek design yields a strong treble zing across the tonal spectrum and sharpens the definition of individual notes. The Grand Auditorium is a strong fingerpicking guitar that also adapts well to medium strumming.

Designed to faithfully reproduce your guitar's native tone, the Expression System utilizes patented Dynamic Sensors to capture top and string vibration like never before. Created in partnership with renowned audio pioneer, Mr. Rupert Neve, the Taylor ES is seamlessly integrated into the design of the guitar from the ground up. Onboard tone controls provide added flavor, or set flat for an uncolored, exceptionally clean amplified sound.

The finish used to create this guitar's lustrous gloss top, back, and sides was developed at Taylor for maximum durability and resistance to cold-checking. This ultra violet-cured finish is also more environmentally friendly than traditional lacquer finishes. Available in natural finish or with optional Honey Sunburst top (with natural back and sides).

Features:

• Type/Shape 12-String Grand Auditorium
• Back & Sides Tropical American Mahogany
• Top Sitka Spruce
• Soundhole Rosette Hawaiian Koa
• Neck Tropical American Mahogany
• Fretboard Ebony
• Fretboard Inlay Small Pearl Dots
• Headstock Overlay Indian Rosewood
• Binding Indian Rosewood
• Bridge Ebony
• Nut & Saddle Tusq
• Tuning Machines Chrome-plated Taylor Tuners
• Strings Elixir® Light Gauge Strings with NANOWEB® Coating
• Scale Length 25 1/2 Inches
• Truss Rod Adjustable
• Neck Width at Nut 1 7/8 Inches
• Number of Frets 20
• Bracing Scalloped, X-Brace
• Finish Gloss
• Cutaway Venetian
• Electronics Taylor Expression System™
• Body Width 16 Inches
• Body Depth 4 5/8 Inches
• Body Length 20 Inches
• Overall Length 41 Inches
• Case Taylor Deluxe Hardshell
  

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  Master builder Bob Taylor's sense of design integrity and innovative approach to manufacturing assure that any of Taylor Guitars' mid-priced 100 and 200 Series guitars will "play like a Taylor," pack a sizeable tonal punch, and carry a street price of less than £800.