Taylor’s Builder’s Edition 816ce is a powerful Grand Symphony-size guitar built with Indian rosewood back and sides and a Lutz spruce top. Recently redesigned by Taylor’s Andy Powers, the latest Builder’s Edition version of the guitar now includes V-Class bracing and a soundport cutaway. In this video, Taylor artist Nathaniel Murphy performs an original solo fingerstyle composition that’s based on two-handed tapping techniques.
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