Taylor 12 String 355ce Acoustic Electric Guitar

Most 12 string acoustic guitars made over the last 100 years have predominantly featured large body sizes from the stella models of the twenties favored by lead belly through the martin dreadnought 12 strings popularized during the sixties folk boom to guild s jumbo models played by rockers during the seventies and beyond.

Taylor 12 string 355ce acoustic electric guitar.

Most had to be tuned down just to make them playable. Get organic tone with the sitka spruce top solid sapele back and sides and mahogany neck each of which add to the 355 s natural sound. Of course the 355ce sports a smooth venetian cutaway as notated by the c in the instrume. Sapele s clear balanced tonal properties are well suited for a 12 string.

Taylor 355 jumbo 12 string acoustic electric guitar. An ultra playable neck delivers an effortless fretting experience. Taylor 362ce image credit. The original 12 string of the company s 300 series the taylor 355 12 string jumbo acoustic guitar offers up some good resonant solid wood sound.

Building upon the original 12 string in taylor s 300 series the taylor 355ce 12 string acoustic electric guitar tacks on a few extra accoutrements for some added flexibility in both playing and aesthetics. Your move yes. Basically it came down to actually liking the playability of all the taylor guitars but just loving the sound of the 355ce bold loud rich jangling. The cutaway acoustic electric 356ce delivers plenty of midrange and top end shimmer balanced by the low end power of the grand symphony body shape.

While my six string acoustic is an indian rosewood yamaha i found that i liked the sapelle with the 12 string jumbo body. Available at jim laabs music. A heritage of easy playing 12 strings. Grand auditorium 12 string acoustic electric guitar in natural finish with the taylor expression system it comes with elixir strings.

In the early days of taylor guitars bob taylor s acoustic 12 strings proved to be game changers. Until then playing a 12 string was a physical chore between their chunky necks extra string tension and high action.