312ce-N
Our compact Grand Concert body shape is a natural fit with nylon strings, generating an articulate, snappy sound that will inspire classical players and steel-string enthusiasts alike. The 312ce-N boasts solid sapele back and sides with a Sitka spruce top, offering a punchy midrange and clear highs ideal for fingerstyle play. The 1-7/8"" nut width helps keep the strings adequately spaced for fingerpicking without putting strain on your fretting hand, and the Grand Concert's dimensions make for a pleasingly accommodating feel. Our ES-N electronics faithfully amplify the 312ce-N in live situations, and its clean appointment package offers a traditional, performance-focused aesthetic. It ships with a hardshell case.
Grand Concert
One of the smaller body shapes in the Taylor family, with a slightly shorter scale length – the Grand Concert is easy to both wrap yourself around and press down on the frets, due to a lighter string tension – making it perfect for fingerstyle playing, young people just starting out and those with smaller hands / seeking a lighter touch. As at home in the studio as it is being with you on the road, the clarity of tone a Grand Concert guitar provides makes it perfect to layer with instruments in the mix where more dominating tones may struggle to slot into place. An extremely efficient design, the smaller body frame is inherently stronger, requiring less energy to encourage the soundboard to react - so you’ll find it surprisingly easy to set the strings in motion and really sing.
Sapele
Sapele produces a warm and mellow tonal quality, similar to that of mahogany, for a full and balanced tone with a good helping of volume. Its woody response and punchy midrange make it a popular choice for players seeking a fundamental-rich sound with minimal overtones.
Sitka Spruce
Sitka Spruce is the most commonly used wood for guitar tops. Sitka generates a broad dynamic range and accommodates numerous playing styles from aggressive strumming to fingerpicking. As a guitar soundboard, Sitka spruce is the tonewood standard of the modern era. It’s used on 85-90 percent of the guitars that Taylor makes. Its combination of strength and elasticity translates into a broad dynamic range, yielding crisp articulation and allowing for everything from aggressive strumming and flatpicking to fingerpicking.
ES-N
The ES-N® is a single-source, under-saddle transducer featuring a preamp and tone controls that were customized to complement the nylon-string voice. Our standard Expression System control knobs enable plenty of tone-shaping and preserve the natural design aesthetic. Installed on nylon-string models.
Body
- Binding Edge Treatment : Black
- Back Config : 2-piece No Wedge
- Rosette Size : Three Ring
- Back/Side Finish : Satin
- Stain/Sunburst : Medium Brown Stain
- Top Finish : Gloss
- Rosette Material : Plastic
Neck
- Neck Width : 1-7/8"
- Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment : Black
- Type of Neck Joint : Scarf
- Fretboard Wood : Ebony
- Heel Length : 3-1/2"
- Fretboard Inlay : Gemstone, Italian Acrylic
- Heel Cap Binding : Black
- Neck/Heel : Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Finish : Satin
Peghead
- Peghead Finish : Satin
- Peghead Type : Slot Head
- Headstock Overlay : Ebony
- Peghead Logo : Italian Acrylic
Other
- Buttons : Pearloid
- Edge Trim : Gemstone, Italian Acrylic, Faux Pearl
- Scale Length : 25-1/2"
- Tuners : Classical Nickel
- Strings : Carbon Hard Tension
- Body Width : 15"
- Nut & Saddle : Tusq
- Truss Rod Cover : Black Plastic
- Number of Frets : Strings
- Case : Taylor First Edition Hardshell Brown
- Body Length : 19 1/2"
- Body Depth : 4 3/8"
