Description
Description
The Taylor 512ce Grand Concert Urban Ironbark/Torrefied Sitka cutaway models feature the powerful, muscular response of this dense, hard Urban Ironbark to offer piano-like fidelity and remarkable balance across the tonal spectrum. Boasting a modern feel and articulate response, plus the comfort of a slightly smaller body and string scale length—as well as a contoured cutaway allowing easy access to the upper frets—Taylor’s ES2 electronics provide additional tonal control and responsiveness.
500 Series Urban Ironbark/Torrefied Sitka
Taylor’s 500 series Urban Ironbark models showcase the powerful, muscular response of this dense, hard tonewood. Paired with a Sitka spruce top, these 500 series acoustic guitars offer piano-like fidelity and remarkable balance across the tonal spectrum, making it an exciting option for guitar players seeking new sounds.
Grand Concert Cutaway
With its shorter, 24 7/8-inch scale length the Taylor Grand Concert body shape favors the fingerstyle player, as well as single-note lead and solo guitar arrangements, issuing notes with precise clarity and offering easy action even on the highest frets. The model’s smaller body makes for a comfortable feel, without skimping on rich, robust tonal resonance, or valuable volume.
Q: Does a cutaway diminish a guitar’s tonal output?
A: Not in a discernible way. We recommend you decide based on whether you want that extra upper-fretboard range; or, if you simply have an aesthetic preference—either for a more traditional, symmetrical look of a non-cutaway, or in favor of the sleek, more modern contouring that the cutaway offers.
V-Class Bracing
The Taylor Grand Concert features Taylor’s innovative new V-Class bracing, which lets the soundboard of the guitar vibrate naturally, increasing sustain and overall cohesiveness, and generating additional volume without sacrificing sustain. This design puts the body more in tune with the strings, improving articulation and harmonic alignment, resulting in a sound that is optimally warm and seasoned, nicely blended, and full of luscious low end without being muddy.
ES2 Electronics
The Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) delivers the latest technology in Taylor acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the ES2 system is Taylor’s patented behind-the-saddle pickup, featuring three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The new positioning enables the piezo pickup’s crystals to respond more naturally to the guitar’s energy as it is transferred through the saddle, with three pickup sensors installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in relation to the saddle. Together with Taylor’s custom-designed preamp, this ES2 system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness.
500 Series Urban Ironbark/Torrefied Sitka
Taylor’s 500 series Urban Ironbark models showcase the powerful, muscular response of this dense, hard tonewood. Paired with a Sitka spruce top, these 500 series acoustic guitars offer piano-like fidelity and remarkable balance across the tonal spectrum, making it an exciting option for guitar players seeking new sounds.
Grand Concert Cutaway
With its shorter, 24 7/8-inch scale length the Taylor Grand Concert body shape favors the fingerstyle player, as well as single-note lead and solo guitar arrangements, issuing notes with precise clarity and offering easy action even on the highest frets. The model’s smaller body makes for a comfortable feel, without skimping on rich, robust tonal resonance, or valuable volume.
Q: Does a cutaway diminish a guitar’s tonal output?
A: Not in a discernible way. We recommend you decide based on whether you want that extra upper-fretboard range; or, if you simply have an aesthetic preference—either for a more traditional, symmetrical look of a non-cutaway, or in favor of the sleek, more modern contouring that the cutaway offers.
V-Class Bracing
The Taylor Grand Concert features Taylor’s innovative new V-Class bracing, which lets the soundboard of the guitar vibrate naturally, increasing sustain and overall cohesiveness, and generating additional volume without sacrificing sustain. This design puts the body more in tune with the strings, improving articulation and harmonic alignment, resulting in a sound that is optimally warm and seasoned, nicely blended, and full of luscious low end without being muddy.
ES2 Electronics
The Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) delivers the latest technology in Taylor acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the ES2 system is Taylor’s patented behind-the-saddle pickup, featuring three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The new positioning enables the piezo pickup’s crystals to respond more naturally to the guitar’s energy as it is transferred through the saddle, with three pickup sensors installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in relation to the saddle. Together with Taylor’s custom-designed preamp, this ES2 system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Taylor 500 Series |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Product Color: | Lightly Shaded Edgeburst |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Acoustic Cutaway Type: | Venetian Cutaway |
| Body Material: | Urban Ironbark |
| Top Material: | Torrefied Sitka Spruce |
| Bracing Material: | Spruce |
| Bracing Pattern: | V-Class |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Neo-Tropical Mahogany |
| Fingerboard Material: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Nut Material: | TUSQ |
| Nut Width: | 1.75" |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 15" |
| Scale Length: | 24.875" |
| Number of Frets: | 20 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Taylor Neck, Bolt-On |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Aerials |
| Inlay Shape: | Custom Symbol |
Electronics
| Acoustic Electronics: | ES2 |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel |
| Tuning Machines: | Taylor Nickel |
| Saddle: | Micarta |
| Pickguard: | Tortoise |
| Bridge Pins: | Ebony |