Taylor 618e - Brown Sugar Stain

A Grand Orchestra with Maple Back and Sides

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The massive tone of maple meets a spruce top with the Taylor 618e Grand Orchestra acoustic-electric guitar. Taylor's Grand Orchestra body shape, Taylor's largest, boasts Taylor's boldest, richest voice yet, one that blends low-end power with surprising balance. The torrefied Sitka spruce top, Big Leaf maple back, and maple sides create a clean tone that really projects. And Taylor's ES2 electronics give you authentic acoustic tone any time you need to plug in. The Taylor 618e Grand Orchestra has a robust output, dynamic range and sensitive response for all types of players.

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• Choice tonewoods - sitka spruce meets maple
• Grand Symphony body style gives you balanced sound and incredible projection
• Taylor Expression System 2 electronics deliver superior sound onstage

The 618e Grand Orchestra, is a prime example of the high-quality tonewoods Taylor selects for their guitars. It features a torrefied Sitka spruce as its top, which gives you wonderful projection with the perfect amount of sparkle, and the Taylor 618e's Big Leaf maple back and sides give it an extra bright and snappy tone. This guitar also features Adirondack spruce for the update 600 Series Advanced Performance bracing that gives you better tone, response, and sustain. Take it from the Sweetwater crew - the Taylor 618e will give you years of great performance.

Taylor's Grand Symphony body style, featured on the 618e, is a more modern take on the sleek Grand Auditorium shape, but with the waist moved up toward the neck. This gives the 618e 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.

If you play plugged in, then you're going to love the Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) electronics built into your 618e acoustic-electric guitar. 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 Taylor 618e'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 let you tweak your highs and lows to get the sound you need, and a discreet phase switch offers vital onboard feedback suppression.

• Grand Orchestra body shape has a bold, rich voice
• Torrefied Sitka spruce top with Big Leaf maple back and maple sides offer big tone and powerful projection
• 600 series advanced performance bracing offers better vibration transfer and tone
• Onboard Taylor Expression System 2 electronics give you natural sound even when plugged in live
• Loud performance and uniformly responsive lows and highs
• Hand-rubbed brown sugar finish on the back and sides
• Includes hardshell case