Taylor Ben Harper Gold Label 512e Mahogany/Spruce Signature Acoustic Electric Guitar

Premium Craftsmanship Meets Award-Winning Artist Inspiration – The Taylor Ben Harper Gold Label 512e Mahogany/Spruce Signature Acoustic Electric Guitar

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.

SPECIFICATIONS

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: British Cocoa Bronco Taylor Deluxe Hardshell 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
• Fingerboard Wood: Honduran Rosewood
• Neck Profile: Standard Carve
• Fingerboard Inlay: Cream Crest
• Fingerboard Binding: Honduran Rosewood with Black Underlay
• Neck Finish: Satin

Peghead

• Nut Width: 1-3/4″
• Peghead Veneer: Honduran Rosewood with 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

Manufacturer:Taylor Guitars
Model:E525043018408930700
SKU:I884336-N-0-WHXC
UPC: 887766146032

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