Taylor 254ce Plus

The Taylor 254ce Plus is a 12-string Grand Auditorium-style electroacoustic guitar. The front of the guitar is made of solid spruce, the back and sides of laminated rosewood. The heat treatment of the spruce top (torefaction process) gives the wood greater stability and a pleasantly golden appearance. The acoustic qualities of the guitar are elevated to a higher level by the new asymmetrical C-Class ribbing.

The mahogany neck is glued to an ebony fingerboard fitted with twenty frets. A subtle rounded lower body cutaway (Venetian Cutaway) facilitates touch-up at the higher positions of the fingerboard. Tuning stability is guaranteed by the NuBone string attachment across the zero fret in the ebony headstock and Taylor nickel mechanisms. The stylish look of the instrument is accentuated by traditional elements in the form of a black pickguard, black body binding and ebony veneer on the headstock decorated with the Taylor logo.

The sound pickup is handled by the Taylor Expression System 2. This is a completely unique pickup method that takes the possibilities of realistic sound reproduction to unprecedented proportions. Three specially designed independent piezoelectric pickups located behind the fingerboard are used for pickups. Unlike conventional pickups, they do not sense the up and down movement of the board, but the natural back and forth vibration of the grasshopper seat. This makes the sound much more natural, colourful, pleasing and responsive to the dynamics of the playing. The new preamp also makes the signal 25% stronger. Of course, feedback is eliminated and the volume, bass and treble can be adjusted.

The guitar comes in a durable soft case (Aerocase).

The American company Taylor is famous for producing acoustic guitars that are very well crafted and offer a superior sound. The 200 series instruments are manufactured in the Tecate, Mexico factory, but this does not detract from the quality. Tecate is only a few dozen kilometres away from EL Cajon in California, so production is properly controlled.