A Quality Taylor Nylon-string A/E at a Great Price

Just starting out on guitar? Taylor Academy Series acoustic guitars get you in on the ground floor with a genuine Taylor guitar at an accessible price. Sweetwater knows the lack of a quality instrument is one of the main reasons new guitarists give up. High action, poor intonation, and inferior tone will quickly take its toll and derail your learning experience. Taylor applied their decades of guitar-building expertise in designing an affordable line of instruments that sidesteps these issues to deliver a guitar that plays comfortably and effortlessly, removing the barriers to your development as a player. But these are guitars even seasoned players will love. We dig the high-quality tonewoods, the thin, tone-enhancing varnish finish, and the unique armrest that reduces fatigue during practice and performance. The Taylor Academy Series. Because everyone appreciates a quality guitar at a great price.

The Taylor Academy A12e-N features a Grand Concert body with a Lutz spruce top, layered sapele back and sides, a mahogany neck with a genuine ebony fingerboard, and Taylor ES-B electronics.

Taylor Academy A12e-N Features:

• Academy Series nylon-string acoustic-electric guitar
• Grand Concert body style with fatigue-reducing armrest
• Thin, tone-enhancing varnish finish
• Genuine Lutz spruce top
• Layered sapele back and sides
• Mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, 17 frets
• 1.875" nut width
• 3-ring wood/fiber rosette
• TUSQ nut and saddle
• Slot-head tuners with pearloid buttons
• Taylor ES-B electronics

Tech Specs

• String Type:Nylon
• Number of Strings:6
• Body Shape:Academy Grand Concert
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Color:Natural
• Finish:Varnish
• Top Wood:Solid Lutz Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood:Layered Sapele
• Body Bracing:Academy bracing
• Neck Wood:Sapele
• Radius:20"
• Fingerboard Material:Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Dots
• Number of Frets:17
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Tuning Machines:Classical Nickel
• Bridge Material:Ebony
• Nut/Saddle Material:Nubone/Micarta
• Nut Width:1.875"
• Electronics:ES-B preamp system with built-in tuner
• Strings:Pro Arte Carbon Hard Tension
• Case Included:Gig Bag