Taylor 324ce Builders Edition Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic Overview
The Taylor 324ce has a Grand Auditorium body shape which is a great all-rounder - it has the width of a dreadnought in the lower bout but narrows at the waist like a concert-style guitar, so it will be able to sustain more forceful, open sounding strumming but also easily damps down for more gentle fingerpicking techniques.
The mahogany top provides a remarkably sweet sound and responds very delicately to a lighter touch. The back and sides are made from reclaimed Urban Ash from California. It is especially suited to use with acoustic guitars and emphasises clarity.
Taylor sound ports act to open out the guitar’s sound in another location on the instrument and augment both the player and the listener’s experience.
Taylor has used various voicings based on the classic ‘X’ pattern embraced throughout the industry. The new, innovative V shape channels the energy through the guitar in a way that holds the centre of the top more rigidly than the sides and provides an improvement in volume up the neck, better intonation, and an audible change in the way notes blend further up the higher end of the fretboard.
The ES2 pickup is different from the standard under saddle piezo system, which is under constant tension from the strings. This tension has a negative effect on tone, according to Taylor, and so they place their pickup on the side of the saddle, tensioned by 3 hex bolts which can be adjusted to calibrate the pickup response.
The Taylor 324ce is completed with Gotoh tuners, Italian acrylic compass inlays, a silent satin finish and a dark edge burst treatment for a clean sound, and comes with a Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown case.
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- Highlights
- Scale Length: 25-1/2"
- Nut & Saddle: Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
- Bracing: V-Class
- Truss Rod Cover: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Pickguard: None
- Number of Frets: 20
- Tuners: Gotoh
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
- Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
- Body Length: 20"
- Body Width: 16"
- Body Depth: 4 5/8"
- Body
- Binding/Edge Treatment: None
- Top Finish: Silent Satin
- Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
- Backstrap Finish: None
- Rosette Size: Single Ring
- Bridge Inlay: None
- Back/Side Finish: Silent Satin
- Armrest Binding: Beveled, Neo-Tropical
- Backstrap Wood: None
- Rosette Mat: Faux Pearl
- Stain/Sunburst: Tobacco Kona Burst
- Wedge: None
- Armrest: yes
- Neck
- Neck Width: 1-3/4"
- Fretboard Inlay: Compass, Italian Acrylic
- Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Heel Cap Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Type of Neck Joint: Scarf
- Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
- Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Heel Length: 3-1/4"
- Peghead
- Peghead Finish: Satin
- Peghead Binding: None
- Peghead Type: Standard
- Peghead Purfling: None
- Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Inlay: Compass, Italian Acrylic
- Peghead Logo: Italian Acrylic
- Other
- Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Buttons: Gold
- Fingerboard Ext: None
- Edge Trim: None
