Taylor GT 811e Acoustic-Electric Guitar – Natural Taylor

Taylor GT 811e Acoustic-Electric Guitar – Natural

One of the first GT guitars to be released in the context of an existing series, the GT 811e blends the dazzling sparkle and warmth of Indian rosewood with the unmatched playability of the GT’s comfortably compact frame. With its shorter body and scale length, the GT’s proportions are smaller than the Grand Concert but larger than the GS Mini, finding a sweet spot where comfort meets rich, solid-wood tone. The superstar tonewood pairing of Indian rosewood back and sides with a Sitka spruce top delivers all the clarity and balance you’d expect from a full-size rosewood guitar, while its smaller footprint and shorter scale (24-⅛”) provide a slinkier feel that makes complex chords or arpeggio formations easier to hold. Under the hood, the GT 811e reflects Taylor’s envelope-pushing design approach—we’ve adapted the tone-enhancing benefits of V-Class bracing into a new pattern that provides similar increases in volume and sustain for the GT’s smaller frame. Called C-Class bracing, this interior architecture boosts the response in the bass range, yielding warmth and presence that a guitar of this size typically can’t produce. This model is appointed to match its counterparts in the 800 Series, featuring maple binding with black purfling accents, a single-ring abalone rosette, a thin 4.5-mil gloss finish on the entire body, and mother-of-pearl fretboard and peghead inlays in our Element pattern. The GT 811e ships with built-in ES2 electronics for organic plugged-in tone and comes with our exclusive AeroCase, whose ultra-lightweight construction and padded walls provides ample protection.

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Highlights

• Acoustic-electric guitar in a comfortable size with eye-catching tonewoods
• The Grand Theater body shape is at once comfortable and responsive
• C-Class bracing allows for a powerful bass response while also increasing sustain
• The solid rosewood back and sides provide a warm, musical foundation
• The Sitka spruce top improves note definition
• The scale length of 24-1/8-inch softens the string feel for agile performance
• The ES2 electronics provide an accurate plugged-in tone, and the Mahogany neck with standard carve fits comfortably in your hand

Specifications

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Body Shape:Grand Theater
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Color:Natural
• Finish:Gloss
• Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood:Rosewood
• Body Bracing:C-Class
• Binding:Maple
• Neck Wood:Neo-tropical Mahogany
• Neck Shape:Standard Carve
• Fingerboard Material:Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Mother-of-Pearl Element
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:24.125″
• Tuning Machines:Taylor Smoked Nickel Minis
• Bridge Material:Ebony
• Nut Width:1.719″
• Electronics:ES-2
• Strings:Phosphor Bronze Light, .012-.053
• Manufacturer Part Number:A80403601100007A000

The instrument pictured is the exact instrument you’ll receive. All fretted instruments receive a free complimentary professional setup.

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