Taylor Ben Harper Gold Label 512e Special Edition Acoustic Guitar – Shaded Edge Burst

Blending a comfortable frame, rich solid-wood tone and striking aesthetics, the Ben Harper Gold Label 512e Special Edition is a fitting tribute to its namesake, a longtime Taylor player and award-winning singer-songwriter. Proving again that the Gold Label Collection offers fertile ground for collaboration, this Grand Concert acoustic-electric boasts back and sides of solid mahogany topped with torrefied spruce for an enticingly warm, woody midrange voice that combines a strong fundamental focus with pleasing articulation and impressive power across the frequency range. Inside, our fanned V-Class bracing dials up greater volume, sustain and low-end presence, while the roasting process for the spruce soundboard adds a touch of aged-in sweetness and depth. Along with the compact body shape, players will appreciate the easy microadjustability of the Action Control Neck as well as the adaptability of the Claria System electronics and their intuitive soundhole-mounted controls. Visual cues add up to a bold neo-vintage character, including a Honduran rosewood fretboard and peghead veneer, cream-colored binding and a matching rosette with black trim, a cream-colored pickguard, Crest inlays, polished bronze tuning machines, and bone bridge pins. Rounding out the package is a golden-brown shaded edgeburst top developed with Ben Harper himself, capped with a gloss finish for the top, back and sides.

• Serial Number: 1202236066
• Weight: 4.2 lbs

Specs

• Highlights
  • Number of Strings
    6 String
  • Orientation
    Right Handed
  • Body Shape
    Grand Concert (Deep Body)
  • Bracing System
    Fanned V-Class with Tonal Rout
  • Electronics
    The Claria Acoustic Pickup System
  • Case/Bag
    British Cocoa Bronco Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
• Body
  • Top Wood
    Sitka Spruce
  • Back/Side Wood
    Neo-Tropical Mahogany
  • Rosette
    Cream/Black
  • Back Configuration
    2-piece No Wedge
  • Body Binding
    Cream
  • Armrest
    No
  • Top Finish
    Gloss
  • Back/Side Finish
    Gloss
• Neck
  • Neck Wood
    Neo-Tropical Mahogany
  • Fretboard Wood
    Honduran Rosewood
  • Neck Profile
    Standard Carve
  • Fretboard Inlay
    Cream Crest
  • Fretboard Binding
    Honduran Rosewood, Black Underlay
  • Neck Finish
    Satin
• Peghead
  • Nut Width
    1-3/4″
  • Peghead Veneer Wood
    Honduran Rosewood, Black Underlay
  • Scale Length
    24-7/8″
  • Peghead Inlay
    Cream Crest
  • Peghead Type
    Paddle
  • Peghead Binding
    None
  • Peghead Finish
    Gloss
• Other
  • Bridge
    Honduran Rosewood
  • Nut & Saddle
    White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
  • Bridge Pins
    Bone
  • Strings
    D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 – .053)
  • Pickguard
    Cream/Black
  • Tuners
    Taylor Polished Bronze with Polished Bronze Buttons
  • Strap Pin
    Black
  • End Pin
    Black