This 12-string Taylor Delivers Superb Acoustic Sound!
Taylor's full-bodied 456 12-string acoustic guitar gives you a wonderful blend of classic tonewoods, playing comfort, and natural acoustic projection. With a 456, you get a gorgeous solid Sitka spruce top complemented by an ovangkol back and sides. If you're not familiar with ovangkol, just think about lush and harmonically rich sound of traditional rosewood, and you've got the idea. Thanks to its non-cutaway Grand Symphony body style, the 456 provides you with both an excellent tonal balance and powerful projection. If you're looking for an 12-string acoustic guitar that's perfect for recording a live performance, then you'll be happy you picked up a Taylor 456.
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- Choice tonewoods - Sitka spruce and ovangkol offers rich, full-bodied tone
- Grand Symphony body style gives you balanced sound and incredible projection
- Exceptional tone, volume, and balance thanks to custom-tailored wood thickness
The 456, is a prime example of the high-quality tonewoods Taylor selects for their guitars. It features time-proven Sitka spruce as its top, which gives you wonderful projection with the perfect amount of sparkle. The 456's ovangkol back and sides also give it an intensely vibrant quality that's similar to rosewood, but with a unique character all of its own.
Grand Symphony body style gives you balanced sound and incredible projectionTaylor's Grand Symphony body style, featured on the 456, is a more modern take on the sleek Grand Auditorium shape, but with the waist moved up toward the neck. This gives the 456 a slightly larger lower bout, giving you an excellent blend of power and projection, without losing the high-end definition of the Grand Auditorium body style.
Exceptional tone, volume, and balance thanks to custom-tailored wood thicknessOne of the things we like best about Taylor at Sweetwater is that their various body styles are designed for specific purposes, allowing you to choose a guitar that's the perfect match for your style. With the 456, Taylor takes that to another level by carefully matching the thickness of the spruce top and rosewood back and sides to the body style. They determined what the optimum wood thickness for the 456's Grand Symphony body would be, to give you maximum tone and light weight while also being equally strong. Taylor is also using real animal protein glue (fish, in fact) instead of synthetic glue. Luthiers have been using protein glues for centuries for their incredible strength, and also for their tone. Protein glue optimizes transfer of vibrations and also holds amazingly well, which means you're sure to get a lifetime of fantastic tone from the Taylor 456 12-string acoustic guitar.
Taylor 456 12-string Acoustic Guitar Features:- A 12-string acoustic guitar with a bold and vibrant sound that's great for a wide range of playing styles
- Grand Symphony body style gives you a balanced tone with extra punch and exceptional projection
- Sitka spruce top provides a light and expressive sound with balanced overtones
- Ovangkol back and sides add resonance and color, similar to that of rosewood
- Hardshell case included
