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Taylor’s Classic Koa Grand Auditorium





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The Taylor K24ce acoustic-electric guitar delivers all the sonic benefits of koa ? a very special tonewood and a Taylor specialty. Run some single notes or strum a chord; savor the strong attack, crisp articulation, and voluptuous bloom. This impeccable Grand Auditorium guitar features a graceful Venetian cutaway with a top, back, and sides of highly figured Hawaiian koa. This K24ce features Taylor’s revolutionary V-Class bracing, which boosts volume evenly across the tonal spectrum, increases sustain, and improves the natural intonation of the instrument by creating a more synergistic response from the soundboard. This fosters a more harmonious relationship between the notes you play, helping chords to ring out in cohesive splendor. The K24ce’s tropical mahogany neck is capped by a bound ebony fingerboard with a gorgeous maple Spring Vine inlay, smartly accented by elegant stylistic touches that include maple binding and top trim, gold tuning machines, and a sumptuous Shaded Edgeburst finish.





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V-Class bracing: a sonic revelation





Bracing is the internal framework of an acoustic guitar that helps shape its sound. Although X-bracing has been standard in acoustic guitars for over a century, it creates an innate conflict between two key elements of a guitar’s sound: volume and sustain. The guitar’s top (its soundboard) contributes to both. The flexibility of the top generates volume (projection), while its stiffness generates sustain. And with X-braced guitar tops, here’s where the trade-off comes in: when something is made stiffer, its flexibility is reduced (and vice versa).





V-Class bracing changes all that. With Taylor’s V-Class bracing, an acoustic guitar top can be both stiff and flexible ? for more volume and sustain. V-Class bracing provides stiffness parallel to the strings for more rigidity and hence sustain. Flexibility on either side generates the air movement necessary for robust projection. It’s the best of both worlds. This groundbreaking innovation also improves intonation ? not only producing notes that are louder and have longer sustain, but are also more in tune with each other. Guitarists at Sweetwater are amazed. But don’t take our word for it ? pick up the superb Taylor K24ce and experience it for yourself!





Serial 1211222062


Serial 1211222062


Grand Auditorium body style delivers presence and comfort





The K24ce responds gracefully to a wide range of playing styles, thanks to its medium-sized Grand Auditorium body. Taylor’s beloved Grand Auditorium body style employs the width and depth of a dreadnought. However, its waist is narrower, which gives Grand Auditorium guitars a sleeker look and more treble zing. The Grand Auditorium body style also helps to focus and sharpen the definition of each note ? a quality desirable in any musical genre. You’ll also find your Grand Auditorium guitar to be incredibly comfortable, whether you’re playing seated or standing.





The sonic magic of koa





For the K24ce’s top, sides, and back, Taylor uses a very special tropical hardwood sourced from Hawaiian plantations above 5,000 feet. Koa’s sonic alchemy combines the focused midrange of mahogany with the snappy high end of maple. Due to the wood’s density, koa guitars tend to start out sounding a bit bright; it’s similar to maple in this regard. Sweetwater tip: the more you play your koa guitar, the more the tone opens up, expanding the midrange and rewarding you with sweeter, richer, more resonant sonority. Oftentimes, guitarists unfamiliar with the tonewood purchase a koa guitar for its stunning visuals, don’t play it enough to allow the wood to warm up, and mistakenly conclude that it’s too bright. Fine koa guitars like the Taylor K24ce deserve to be played every day! With that said, koa’s inherent brightness is ideal for fingerpickers with a meatier touch and for studio layering where you need an acoustic guitar that cuts through the track.





Serial 1211222062


Serial 1211222062


Cutting-edge Taylor Expression System 2 electronics





If you play plugged in, then you’re going to love the Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) electronics onboard your K24ce. The key to this fantastic system is the 3-section proprietary pickup located behind the saddle. Because of where it’s positioned and how it’s integrated into the K24ce’s saddle, the ES2 pickup provides you with remarkably clear and accurate sound. In addition to a master Volume control, a pair of tone controls lets you tweak your highs and lows to get the sound you need, and a discrete polarity switch offers vital onboard feedback suppression.





Taylor K24ce Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


Hawaiian koa top, back, and sides


Bracing: V-Class with Relief Rout


Venetian cutaway


Non-figured pale maple binding


Bigleaf maple rosette


Tropical mahogany neck with satin finish


West African ebony fingerboard and binding


Spring Vine fingerboard inlay


Headstock: West African ebony overlay and binding, maple purfling, spring vine inlay


Black graphite nut, Micarta saddle


Truss rod cover: West African ebony


Scale length: 25.5"


West African ebony bridge pins


Gotoh gold tuning machines


Handcrafted in California