The Taylor K24ce Builder's Edition takes the flagship all Koa model and treats to a selection of upgrades, including a double contoured cutaway, a smooth armrest bevel, a stunning Kona Burst colour, and Taylor's Silent Satin body finish.
Featuring Taylor's Grand Auditorium body design, the Builder's Edition K24ce will appeal to fingerstyle and pick players alike. The signature Grand Auditorium shape, as designed by Bob Taylor in 1994, has a tone, that in conjunction with the materials used on this model, delivers a bright, focused sound with warm overtones and a lovely sweetness of depth. Overtime, the tone will blossom, especially in the all important mid-range.
The V-Class bracing is a concept developed by master guitar designer Andy Powers of Taylor Guitars from the ground up. This game changing advancement builds the internal framework of the K24ce Builder's Edition, and as a result dictates the way the guitars top vibrates, vastly improving the sound by remaining both stiff enough to offer great sustain but flexible enough to produce excellent volume. In addition, V-bracing allows the top to keep in tune with the vibrating strings, thus allowing notes and chords played anywhere on the neck to be more consistent and in tune with each other. Breaking away from the tradition of X bracing the V bracing is a new platform to solve an old age issue with acoustic guitars.
The body of the Builder's Edition K24ce is constructed with solid Hawaiian Koa back and sides and a solid Hawaiian Koa top finished with Taylor's unique silent satin finish. The body has a unique, bevelled smooth armrest that takes the pressure off the players strumming arm - aiding playing comfort. The Venetian cutaway features a special upgraded double contour - a compound design with a smoothened edge along the corner of the body between the end of the cutaway and the neck heel, providing a more comfortable feel for the fretting hand.
A supremely playable Mahogany neck is topped with an Ebony fingerboard that hosts 20 frets and a real thing of beauty, the Island Vine inlay.
This guitar features Taylor's Expression System 2 electronics system. At the heart of the system is Taylor's behind the saddle pickup, which features three uniquely placed pickup sensors that in conjunction Taylor's custom designed professional audio grade preamp conveys the voice of the acoustic guitar. This version runs about 25 percent hotter (louder output) than the original version but still features the simple 3 control setup - volume, bass and treble.
A Taylor deluxe brown hardshell case is included with the K24ce, rounding off an electro acoustic full of standout cosmetic charm and tonal pleasures that'll improve with age.
- Solid Hawaiian Koa back and sides
- Solid Hawaiian Koa top - Shaded EdgeBurst finish
- Silent Satin finish
- V-class Bracing
- Smooth body armrest
- Double contoured cutaway
- Tropical Mahogany neck - satin finish
- Ebony fingerboard
- 25.5" scale
- Island Vine neck inlay
- 20 frets
- Gold hardware
- Taylor brown shell hardcase