Taylor 618E Antique Blond
- Grand Orchestra body offers power and sensitivity
- Solid maple highlights reflect your signature style
- V-Class bracing for projection and sustain
- Soft-touch responsiveness for a wide dynamic range
- Features ES2 pickup and includes hardshell case
At the vanguard of our newly revoiced Grand Orchestra body shape, the 618E establishes a new style of bold, powerful acoustic tone within the Taylor line. Solid maple back and sides lend this big-bodied powerhouse a focused, transparent sound that adapts and reflects the style of the player, while a solid Sitka spruce top adds brilliance and clarity. The transformative introduction of V-Class bracing into the Grand Orchestra body offers players a more robust, vivid tonal response, with greater volume and sustain alongside heightened clarity and musicality that make this model even more player-reflective and a versatile choice for musicians across styles. The touch-sensitive response balances out serious headroom and projection so that players can explore a wide dynamic range without losing balance or fading out of a mix. Appointments for this 600 Series model include maple binding with koa purfling, a single-ring paua rosette, mother-of-pearl Mission inlays, and a gloss finish treated with an Antique Blond finish for the top, back and sides. To preserve the traditional look and feel of this jumbo-style guitar, we’ve chosen to build it without a cutaway. The 618E ships with ES2 electronics in a deluxe Western Floral hardshell case.
Specs:
- Top Material: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides Material: Solid Maple
- Series: 600
- Body Shape: Grand Orchestra
- Scale Length: 25-1/2″
- Nut: Black Graphite
- Saddle: Micarta saddle
- Bracing: V-Class
- Truss Rod Cover: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Pickguard: Dark Stained Maple
- Number of Frets: 20
- Tuners: Taylor Nickel
- Body Length: 20 5/8″
- Body Width: 16 3/4″
- Body Depth: 5″
- Binding Edge Treatment: Rock Maple
- Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge
- Rosette Size: Single Ring
- Back/Side Finish: Gloss 6.0
- Stain/Sunburst: Antique Blond
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Rosette Material: Paua
- Neck Width: 1-3/4″
- Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Type of Neck Joint: Scarf
- Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Heel Length: 3-1/2″
- Fretboard Inlay: Mission
- Heel Cap Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Neck/Heel: Hard Rock Maple
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Peghead Finish: Gloss
- Peghead Type: Standard
- Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl
- Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Purfling: Koa
- Peghead Inlay: Mission, Celluloid/Shell, Grained Ivoroid/Mother of Pearl
- Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
- Edge Trim: Black/Koa/Ivoroid/Black
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell-Western Floral
- Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Medium
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