800 Series

Rosewood and spruce yield a stunning blend of musical versatility, articulation and rich presence across the tonal spectrum.

With all-star tonewoods, refined appointments, top-tier craftsmanship and a distinctively bold, contemporary voice, Taylor’s 800 Series blends a seamless playing experience with unmatched clarity and balance. As with our 900 Series, the time-honored combination of solid Indian rosewood with Sitka spruce produces versatile tone that’s rich with harmonic texture and ringing overtones, with V-Class bracing inside most models to dial up greater volume and sustain. With sharp aesthetic details, a sleek Taylor neck, player-focused features and a wide selection of body styles that range from our compact GT to the burly Grand Orchestra, the American-made 800 Series sits at the intersection of craft and wide-ranging musical inspiration.

Back/Sides Indian Rosewood
Top Sitka Spruce
Finish Gloss 4.5 (818e: Gloss 6.0 with Antique Blond Top)
Rosette Single-Ring Abalone with Bound Soundhole (818e: Single-Ring Paua with Bound Soundhole)
Fretboard Inlay Mother-of-Pearl Element or Mother-of-Pearl/Ivoroid Mission (818e)
Body Edge Treatment Pale Non-Figured Maple Binding
Premium Features
Rosewood Radius Armrest (812ce, 812ce 12-Fret, 814ce), Rosewood Top Trim (818e: Koa/Ivoroid Top Trim), Smoked Nickel (812ce, 814ce) or Nickel (818e) Tuners (12-Fret Models: Nickel Slot-head Tuners with Ebony Buttons; Nylon Models: Classical Nickel with Pearloid Buttons), Rosewood Pickguard (Steel-String Models)

Available Models

GT 811e

800 Series

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.

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812ce

800 Series

Taylor’s rosewood/spruce Grand Concert is all about articulation and intimacy, and with its newly added radius-style rosewood armrest, the playing experience is more refined than ever.

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812ce 12-Fret

800 Series

The Grand Concert’s intimate body size and 24-⅞-inch scale length make for a comfortable playing experience that fingerstyle players are bound to love.

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812ce-N

800 Series

We’ve made the evocative tone of a nylon-string guitar more accessible to steel-string players by crafting our nylon models with signature Taylor playability.

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814ce

800 Series

Newly consolidated with the 814ce DLX, our flagship Grand Auditorium retains all of its sonic power with new features devoted to a smoother playing experience and updated aesthetics.

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Builder’s Edition 816ce

800 Series

Leading the way for our newly redesigned Grand Symphony body shape, the Builder’s Edition 816ce highlights the transformative Taylor design philosophy with lovingly crafted contours, an expansive acoustic tone, and player-focused enhancements.

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