Taylor Next Generation 854ce

A great Grand Auditorium 12-string now features Taylor’s Action Control neck and Claria pickup system.

The very first guitar Bob Taylor built while still in high school was a 12-string, and once Taylor Guitars was up and running in the mid-1970s, 12-strings helped build the company’s success. Famous for their easy playability, Taylor 12-strings are favored by guitarists of all styles. Featuring a mid-size Grand Auditorium body with rosewood-and-spruce construction, the 854ce has been in the Taylor catalog for several years, but just recently received the latest “Next Generation” updates, which include the fully adjustable Action Control neck and  the new Claria pickup system. In this video, Peghead Nation’s Teja Gerken demonstrates the guitar.

Taylor Next Generation 854ce

• 12-string guitar
• Grand auditorium body with cutaway
• Sitka spruce top 
• V-Class bracing
• Indian rosewood back and sides
• Neo-tropical mahogany, long-tenon Action Control neck
• West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard and bridge
• 25.5-inch scale
• 1⅞-inch nut width
• Nickel Taylor tuning machines
• Taylor Claria pickup system
• Made in USA
• $4,099 street 

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