∞ Taylor announces 12-Fret acoustic guitar

Anyone that has listened to me talk about guitars or heard any of my recordings knows that when it comes to acoustic guitars, my favorites come from Taylor.

This week, Taylor released a new 12-Fret acoustic guitar, which was inspired by Taylor’s 35th anniversary in late 2009. The guitar is named for the point where the neck meets the guitar body — on the twelfth fret.

According to Taylor, the guitar has some unique tonal characteristics because the body meets the neck at the twelfth instead of the fourteenth fret. The result is a sweet spot of sound that Taylor describes as deep and warm on the low end, with crisp, articulate trebles and an impressive overall volume.

The guitar features Indian rosewood on the back and sides with a Sitka spruce top. It also has one of my favorite features of an acoustic guitar, a cutaway, allowing you to reach the higher frets.

The 12-fret model costs $3,898 and will be available in late spring.



  • Andrea

    Sweet spot of sound? mmmkay, they're probably right, but I don't wanna even think about making a barré down there…
    Anyway, Jim, I'm a big fan of Taylor too, but why a post like this here? :)

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/jdalrymple Jim Dalrymple

      Because I can :)

      And because a lot of Mac users are musicians. High quality computers and guitars!

      • Andrea

        Ok :D

    • Eric

      If Jim wasn't talking about guitars, we'd know something is wrong! B)

      • maineguy

        I like the guitar posts! Most of the time my guitars are being played, they’re connected to a Mac anyway…

  • http://usedacousticguitar.us used acoustic guitar

    I assume this is using a short scale length on the neck. I could be completely wrong in that though. I would like to see the opposite of what they did. I want an acoustic guitar with a neck that meets the body at the 16th fret.

  • http://www.gibsonj200.com Gibson J200

    Nice looking guitar, and I agree the cutaway is a good feature especially if your small and have short arms like me!

    Wonder if anybody has made a post on youtube yet so I can really get an idea of how it sounds.

    • Jim Dalrymple

      Taylor’s Web site might have something too.