Taylor 810E Legacy

Description

Taylor 810E Legacy

The Legacy Collection culminates a year-long celebration of Taylor Guitars' 50th anniversary. The three 800 Series models hark back to the early Dreadnought and Jumbo designs created by Bob Taylor, but at the same time they are not simple reissues of fifty-year-old guitars: where appropriate, the instruments have been enhanced with contemporary features. The first 100 instruments have an inner label personally signed by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug.

The front of the 810e Legacy Dreadnought is made of Sitka spruce, while the back and sides are made of Indian rosewood. The shape of the body and headstock is slightly more current than the very first models. The mahogany neck is glued to an ebony fingerboard with twenty frets. The patented neck design (previously known as the NT neck) allows for detailed adjustment and therefore great playability over the years. The X-bracing corresponds to the Jumbo and Dreadnought designs before the arrival of Andy Powers (2011). Fretboard orientation is facilitated by mother-of-pearl diamond-shaped position markers.

The strings are held by nickel tuners and an ebony fingerboard in a modern Taylor shape. The beautiful workmanship is accented by white perimeter binding, green abalone rosette, ebony bridge pins with mother-of-pearl dots (Abalone) and imitation tortoise shell pickguard.

The guitar's sound system is provided by LR Baggs Element VTC electronics with an under-saddle pickup and Volume and Tone controls discreetly located in the instrument's soundhole.

Specifications

Top: Sitka Spruce

Back/Sides: Indian Rosewood

Rosette: Green Abalone 3-ring

Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge

Body Binding: White

Top Finish: Gloss

Back/Side Finish: Gloss

Body Shape: Dreadnought

Bracing System: X-Bracing with Relief Rout

Neck: Neo-Tropical Mahogany

Finish: Gloss

Profile: Standard Carve

Fretboard: West African Crelicam Ebony

Scale: 25-1/2"

Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Large Diamonds (Not Engraved)

Binding: White

Nut: 1-3/4"

Headstock Type: Standard

Headstock Veneer: Indian Rosewood

Headstock Binding: White

Headstock Finish: Gloss

Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony

Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle

Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots

Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Medium (.013 - .056)

Pickguard: Tortoise

Tuners: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons

Strap Pin: Nickel

End Pin: Nickel

Colour: Natural

Case/Bag: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown