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Taylor GT 811e, Rosewood/Spruce, ES2

   
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One of the first GT guitars to be released in the context of an existing series, the GT 811e blends the dazzling sparkle and warmth of Indian rosewood with the unmatched playability of the GT’s comfortably compact frame. With its shorter body and scale length, the GT’s proportions are smaller than the Grand Concert but larger than the GS Mini, finding a sweet spot where comfort meets rich, solid-wood tone. The tried-and-true tonewood pairing of Indian rosewood back and sides with a Sitka spruce top delivers all the clarity and balance you’d expect from a full-size rosewood guitar, while its smaller footprint and shorter scale (24-?”) provide a slinkier feel that makes complex chords or arpeggio formations easier to hold. Under the hood, the GT 811e reflects Taylor’s envelope-pushing design approach—they've adapted the tone-enhancing benefits of V-Class bracing into a new pattern that provides similar increases in volume and sustain for the GT’s smaller frame. Called C-Class bracing, this interior architecture boosts the response in the bass range, yielding warmth and presence that a guitar of this size typically can’t produce. This model is appointed to match its counterparts in the 800 Series, featuring maple binding with black purfling accents, a single-ring abalone rosette, a thin 4.5-mil gloss finish on the entire body, and mother-of-pearl fretboard and peghead inlays in Taylor's Element pattern. The GT 811e ships with built-in ES2 electronics for organic plugged-in tone and comes with Taylor's exclusive AeroCase, whose ultra-lightweight construction and padded walls provides ample protection.

This is a BRAND NEW instrument that has been inspected and set up by our in-house Luthiers here at The Upper Bout. If you have any questions please feel free to shoot us a message or give us a call at (217) 607-8132.


SPECS:

  • Brand New GT Body Shape
  • Sitka Spruce Top
  • Indian Rosewood Back and Sides
  • Taylor ES2 Electronics
  • 24-1/8" Scale Length
  • C-Class Bracing
  • Tropical Mahogany Neck
  • 1-23/32" Neck Width
  • West African Crelicam Ebony Fingerboard, Heel Cap, and Bridge
  • Rock Maple Binding
  • Indian Rosewood Headstock Overlay and Mother of Pearl Logo
  • Abalone Rosette
  • Rosewood Pickguard
  • Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
  • Taylor Nickel Mini Tuners
  • Taylor Aerocase Included