222ce-K DLX
This deluxe Grand Concert acoustic-electric boasts a gorgeous visual profile thanks to back, sides and top of beautiful Hawaiian koa. A solid top yields a punchy midrange response with clear trebles and a woody, focused character that will grow even warmer over time. The compact body shape and narrower 1-11/16-inch nut width make for a remarkably accommodating, relaxed feel, perfect for everything from flatpicking and strumming to fingerstyle arrangements. Aesthetic refinements include a full-body gloss finish and gold hardware. This model includes ES2 electronics for clear, balanced plugged-in tone and a hardshell case for storage and transportation.
Grand Concert
One of the smaller body shapes in the Taylor family, with a slightly shorter scale length – the Grand Concert is easy to both wrap yourself around and press down on the frets, due to a lighter string tension – making it perfect for fingerstyle playing, young people just starting out and those with smaller hands / seeking a lighter touch. As at home in the studio as it is being with you on the road, the clarity of tone a Grand Concert guitar provides makes it perfect to layer with instruments in the mix where more dominating tones may struggle to slot into place. An extremely efficient design, the smaller body frame is inherently stronger, requiring less energy to encourage the soundboard to react - so you’ll find it surprisingly easy to set the strings in motion and really sing.
Hawaiian Koa
Hawaiian koa is a fairly dense tropical hardwood with a strong midrange focus similar to mahogany but with an extra slice of top-end brightness and chime. The more you play a koa guitar, the more of the bass range will blossom and grow - with strong midrange overtones adding a sense of warmth and sweetness to its voice and an overall harmonic sophistication and complexity.
Hawaiian Koa
A hardwood top such as koa produces a natural compression, so there tends to be more of a controlled, sustaining “roll-in” effect to a note. An all-koa guitar will produce a strong fundamental focus, with a splash of top-end shimmer. As a tropical hardwood, a koa top will initially project a bright and focused tone, especially together with koa back and sides, but as it's played, it matures into an increasingly warm, rich, sweet sound with healthy overtone ""bloom,"" especially in the midrange. A common mistake is when a ""bright"" player buys a koa-top guitar in part for its visual beauty, finds it to be too bright, and doesn't play it enough to allow the wood to develop its resonant tone. Goes Well With: Fingerstylists who play more with the pads of their fingers and tend to have a meatier touch. Bright players need to be careful because of koa's existing brightness.
ES-2 Pickup
If you need to amplify your sound, you'll love the revolutionary onboard ES2 pickup system. The 3 individual sensors located behind the saddle combine with the pro-grade preamp to deliver an unmatched dynamics, perfect for live or studio.
Body
- Binding Edge Treatment : Black
- Back Config : Layered, 2-Piece
- Rosette Size : Single Ring
- Back/Side Finish : Gloss
- Stain/Sunburst : Shaded Edgeburst
- Top Finish : Gloss
- Rosette Material : Faux Pearl
Neck
- Neck Width : 1-11/16"
- Type of Neck Joint : Taylor Neck
- Fretboard Wood : West African Crelicam Ebony
- Heel Cap Binding : White
- Neck/Heel : Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Finish : Matte
Peghead
- Peghead Finish : Matte
- Peghead Type : Paddle, Standard
- Headstock Overlay : West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Logo : Taylor Colorcore
Other
- Bridge Pins : Black
- Buttons : Gold
- Scale Length : 24-7/8"
- Bracing : X Bracing
- Pickguard : Black
- Tuners : Taylor Gold
- Strings : Phosphor Bronze Light
- Body Width : 15"
- Nut & Saddle : Nubone Nut, Micarta Saddle
- Truss Rod Cover : Black Plastic
- Number of Frets : Renaissance
- Case : Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
- Body Length : 19 1/2"
- Body Depth : 4 3/8"