
Taylor Builder’s Edition 816ce
Leading the way for our newly redesigned Grand Symphony body shape, the Builder’s Edition 816ce highlights the transformative Taylor design philosophy with lovingly crafted contours, an expansive acoustic tone, and player-focused enhancements. The ultimate playing experience begins with Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a Lutz spruce top, offering all the low-end warmth and sparkle you’d expect from the classic rosewood/spruce combination with additional bloom and resonance added by V-Class bracing. But this Builder’s Edition model truly shines in the details, starting with its most significant innovation: the soundport cutaway. Crafted to resemble a partial Florentine cutaway, the design keeps the guitar’s full back intact while still allowing easy access to the high-register frets. The additional soundhole adds a truly new dimension of acoustic sound, creating a wide-angle sound that would fit as well in a classical orchestra as it would a rock band or a fingerstyle solo act.
Weight: 4.8lbs
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
Year: 2020
Cosmetic Condition: Mint
SETUP & INSPECTED BY OUR LUTHIER
Finish: Silent Satin
Top Wood: Lutz Spruce
Back/Sides Wood: Indian Rosewood
Neck Wood: Tropical Mahogany
Scale Length: 24-7/8"
Fingerboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Pickups: ES-2
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Taylor Builder’s Edition 816ce
Leading the way for our newly redesigned Grand Symphony body shape, the Builder’s Edition 816ce highlights the transformative Taylor design philosophy with lovingly crafted contours, an expansive acoustic tone, and player-focused enhancements. The ultimate playing experience begins with Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a Lutz spruce top, offering all the low-end warmth and sparkle you’d expect from the classic rosewood/spruce combination with additional bloom and resonance added by V-Class bracing. But this Builder’s Edition model truly shines in the details, starting with its most significant innovation: the soundport cutaway. Crafted to resemble a partial Florentine cutaway, the design keeps the guitar’s full back intact while still allowing easy access to the high-register frets. The additional soundhole adds a truly new dimension of acoustic sound, creating a wide-angle sound that would fit as well in a classical orchestra as it would a rock band or a fingerstyle solo act.
Weight: 4.8lbs
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
Year: 2020
Cosmetic Condition: Mint
SETUP & INSPECTED BY OUR LUTHIER
Finish: Silent Satin
Top Wood: Lutz Spruce
Back/Sides Wood: Indian Rosewood
Neck Wood: Tropical Mahogany
Scale Length: 24-7/8"
Fingerboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Pickups: ES-2
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Leading the way for our newly redesigned Grand Symphony body shape, the Builder’s Edition 816ce highlights the transformative Taylor design philosophy with lovingly crafted contours, an expansive acoustic tone, and player-focused enhancements. The ultimate playing experience begins with Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a Lutz spruce top, offering all the low-end warmth and sparkle you’d expect from the classic rosewood/spruce combination with additional bloom and resonance added by V-Class bracing. But this Builder’s Edition model truly shines in the details, starting with its most significant innovation: the soundport cutaway. Crafted to resemble a partial Florentine cutaway, the design keeps the guitar’s full back intact while still allowing easy access to the high-register frets. The additional soundhole adds a truly new dimension of acoustic sound, creating a wide-angle sound that would fit as well in a classical orchestra as it would a rock band or a fingerstyle solo act.
Weight: 4.8lbs
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
Year: 2020
Cosmetic Condition: Mint
SETUP & INSPECTED BY OUR LUTHIER
Finish: Silent Satin
Top Wood: Lutz Spruce
Back/Sides Wood: Indian Rosewood
Neck Wood: Tropical Mahogany
Scale Length: 24-7/8"
Fingerboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Pickups: ES-2























