A Premium Taylor with an Imaginative Design
The Taylor 816ce Builder’s Edition acoustic-electric guitar pairs a distinctive body design with an immaculate sound for the ultimate playing experience. Built around Taylor’s innovative V-Class bracing, this Grand Symphony-sized guitar produces a rich and airy orchestral tone with incredible detail, resonance, and projection, supported by an Indian rosewood back and sides and a crisp Lutz spruce top. The 816ce Builder’s Edition’s eye-catching look derives from its chamfered body and fretboard edges, satin finish, and scooped, treble-side soundport cutaway, which gives access to the upper frets without diminishing tone. Cutting-edge Taylor Expression System 2 electronics provide a clear and accurate amplified sound along with feedback control for an ideal gigging instrument. Guitarists at Sweetwater were more than impressed when they picked up the 816ce Builder’s Edition — a premium acoustic made to be treasured.
 
Tech Specs
String Type:Steel
Number of Strings:6
Body Shape:Grand Symphony with Scooped Cutaway
Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
Color:Natural
Finish:Silent Satin
Top Wood:Lutz Spruce
Back & Sides Wood:Indian Rosewood
Body Bracing:V-Class
Binding:Rock Maple
Neck Wood:Tropical Mahogany
Fingerboard Material:West African Ebony
Fingerboard Inlay:Windansea
Number of Frets:20
Scale Length:24.8"
Tuning Machines:Gotoh
Bridge Material:Ebony
Nut/Saddle Material:Tusq/Micarta
Nut Width:1.75"
Electronics:ES-2
Strings:Elixir Phosphor Bronze Lights
Case Included:Western Floral Hardshell Case