Taylor 312ce 50th Anniversary Limited-Edition Grand Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar Shaded Edge Burst

The Taylor 312 50th Anniversary Grand Concert limited-edition acoustic-electric guitar celebrates five decades of Taylor’s craftsmanship. With premium tonewoods and appointments, this Grand Concert guitar produces a warm yet balanced acoustic voice perfect for fingerstyle playing and light strumming. The torrefied Sitka spruce top adds richness while the sapele back and sides provide focused tone. Paired with Taylor’sV-Class bracing, an innovative design that improves intonation and boosts volume and sustain, this guitar sings with harmonic depth.

Premium Tonewoods Shape Signature Taylor Sound

Taylor hand-selected premium tonewoods for the 312 50th Anniversary guitar, starting with a torrefied Sitka spruce top. The torrefaction process enhances the spruce’s resonance, creating fuller lows, richer highs and longer sustain. Sapele back and sides provide a focused tone with controlled overtones, allowing the spruce top to shine through. Together, these tonewoods produce the balanced, articulate Taylor sound with warm, shimmering highs and tight lows.

Playability and Comfort of a Taylor Neck

The 312 50th Anniversary guitar features a slim mahogany neck with an easy-playing profile. The cutaway gives you full access to the upper frets. The genuine West African ebony fingerboard has a smooth, hard surface under your fingers. With 20 frets and a 24-7/8″ scale length, soloing and intricate chording are comfortable and fluid. Whether you play by a campfire or on stage under the lights, this neck design keeps you playing effortlessly all night long.

Plug in and Shape Your Tone

The Expression System 2 pickup and preamp system lets you amplify your 312 50th Anniversary guitar with stunning realism. Three uniquely positioned pickup sensors capture the guitar’s full tonal range. Paired with Taylor’s custom “professional audio”-grade preamp, the ES2 faithfully conveys your guitar’s natural acoustic voice through any amp or PA. Onboard controls for volume, bass and treble allow you to tweak the EQ to suit the venue. Hear your guitar’s torrefied spruce top and sapele back and sides in all their harmonic glory at any volume level.

Premium Appointments Honor 50 Years of Craft

To celebrate Taylor’s 50th anniversary, this limited-edition 312ce includes premium appointments like gold tuners, ebony bridge pins with abalone dots and a commemorative 50th anniversary label. A shaded edgeburst, black binding and firestripe pickguard provide an elegantly aged aesthetic. It all comes together in a guitar that plays as good as it looks while honoring decades of Taylor’s acoustic mastery.