Sitka spruce and Indian rosewood provide a well-rounded tone
This Taylor 412e-R acoustic-electric guitar is a prime example of the quality tonewoods Bob Taylor and his team select for their instruments. It features a Sitka spruce top, a tonewood long known for its robust projection and high-end sparkle and sustain. The Indian rosewood back and sides respond well to a variety of playing styles. Strum it softly, and you get a beautifully rich, subtle response; attack the strings with more vigor, and the thicker, more-rounded tonal range emerges. And the mahogany neck, with its ebony fingerboard and Italian acrylic Renaissance inlays, feels and responds beautifully in your hands. The tonewood combination of the 412e-R is a good choice for aggressive flatpickers and strummers who are looking for a well-rounded, all-purpose acoustic guitar.
V-Class bracing: a sonic revelation
Bracing is the internal framework of an acoustic guitar that helps shape its sound. Although X-bracing has been standard in acoustic guitars for over a century, it creates an innate conflict between two key elements of a guitar’s sound: volume and sustain. The guitar’s top (its soundboard) contributes to both. The flexibility of the top generates volume (projection), while its stiffness generates sustain. And with X-braced guitar tops, here’s where the trade-off comes in: when something is made stiffer, its flexibility is reduced (and vice versa). V-Class bracing changes all that.
With Taylor’s V-Class bracing, an acoustic guitar top can be both stiff and flexible — for more volume and sustain. V-Class bracing provides stiffness parallel to the strings for more rigidity and hence sustain. Flexibility on either side generates the air movement necessary for robust projection. It’s the best of both worlds. This groundbreaking innovation also improves intonation — not only producing notes that are louder and with longer sustain, but are also more in tune with each other. V-Class bracing boosts volume evenly across the tonal spectrum, increases sustain, and improves the natural intonation of the instrument by creating a more synergistic response from the soundboard. This fosters a more harmonious relationship between the notes you play, helping chords to ring out in cohesive splendor. Pick up a Taylor with V-Class bracing and experience it for yourself.
Tech Specs
- String Type:Steel
- Number of Strings:6
- Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
- Body Shape:Grand Concert
- Back & Sides Wood:Indian Rosewood
- Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
- Top Finish:Gloss
- Color:Tobacco Sunburst
- Body Bracing:V-Class bracing with relief route
- Binding:White
- Neck Wood:Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Shape:Standard Carve
- Radius:15"
- Fingerboard Material:Crelicam Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay:Renaissance
- Number of Frets:20
- Scale Length:24.875"
- Nut Width:1.75"
- Nut/Saddle Material:Tusq/Micarta
- Bridge Material:Crelicam Ebony
- Tuning Machines:Taylor Nickel
- Electronics:ES2
- Strings:D'Addario XS Phosphor Bronze, .012-.053
- Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case
