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Key Features
- Grand Orchestra body delivers power and touch sensitivity
- Solid rosewood and Sitka spruce for warmth and sparkle
- V-Class bracing to boost volume, sustain and intonation
- ES2 electronics that capture a natural tone on stage
Taylor 818e, Sunburst Overview
The Taylor 818e Grand Orchestra is a big-bodied acoustic built for power and nuance. Its all-solid Indian rosewood back and sides with a Sitka spruce top serve up warm lows, crisp trebles and lush, blooming overtones, while V-Class bracing adds extra volume, longer sustain and improved intonation. Despite the jumbo footprint, it’s impressively touch sensitive, responding to a light pick or soft fingerstyle with ease. Finished with an Antique Blonde top, paua shell single-ring rosette and Mission inlays, it looks every bit as classy as it sounds.
On stage or in the studio, ES2 electronics keep things feeling natural and dynamic, so what you hear acoustically translates cleanly when plugged in. A tropical mahogany neck with West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard delivers smooth playability across the board, and the 25-1/2" scale keeps strumming punchy and leads singing. It ships in a deluxe hardshell case with a Western Floral pattern, making it a road-ready, heirloom-quality instrument straight out of the box.
Product Ref: 39582
Full Description
View Full DescriptionGrand orchestra power with finesse
The Taylor 818e takes the biggest body shape in the line and turns it into a responsive, musical tool. The Grand Orchestra design moves a lot of air for huge projection and piano-like low end, yet it’s surprisingly touch sensitive. Dig in and it roars; ease off and it breathes with subtle dynamics. That blend of headroom and nuance makes it just as happy underpinning a band as it is carrying a solo set, with notes that bloom and hang in the air.
V-class bracing that sings
Taylor’s V-Class bracing acts like a refined sonic engine, tightening up intonation while unlocking more volume and sustain. Chords feel more in tune up the neck, harmonics pop out easier, and single notes hold their line without collapsing. It’s the kind of improvement you hear immediately: strums sound wider, leads feel longer, and the guitar’s voice sits in a mix with less effort. More power, more clarity, and a sweeter decay – all working for your playing.
Rosewood and spruce tonewood magic
Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a Sitka spruce top is a classic recipe for a reason. You get rich, warm lows, clear, chiming trebles and those lush overtones that make the guitar feel three-dimensional. There’s a gentle scoop through the mids that leaves space for vocals or other instruments, so it records cleanly and supports a singer without crowding. Add the Antique Blonde top treatment, paua rosette and Mission inlays, and it looks as refined as it sounds.
Stage-ready electronics and easy play
The ES2 pickup system captures the guitar’s natural voice with a lively, open plug-in tone that doesn’t need heavy EQ to sit right. A tropical mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard keeps the feel sleek and stable, and the 25-1/2" scale gives strums snap while letting melodies sing. Nickel tuners hold pitch, ebony bridge pins add an elegant touch, and the deluxe hardshell case with Western Floral pattern means it’s protected and ready to travel from day one.
Specifications
- Product Name: Taylor 818e Grand Orchestra Electro-Acoustic Guitar
- Product Code: 818E (2015)
Body
- Body Shape: Grand Orchestra
- Top Wood: Sitka spruce (Antique Blonde treatment)
- Back & Sides: Indian rosewood
- Back Configuration: 2-piece, no wedge
- Bracing: V-Class bracing
- Body Binding: Pale non-figured maple
- Rosette: Paua shell single ring
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Back/Side Finish: Gloss 6.0
- Pickguard: Rosewood
- Armrest: No
Neck & Fretboard
- Neck Wood: Tropical mahogany
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Scale Length: 25-1/2"
- Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam ebony
- Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam ebony
- Fretboard Inlay: Mission (mother-of-pearl/abalone)
- Peghead Type: Standard
- Peghead Inlay: Mission (celluloid/shell, grained ivoroid/mother of pearl)
- Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam ebony
- Peghead Finish: Gloss
- Nut & Saddle: Black Tusq nut, Micarta saddle
- Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Medium (.013–.056)
Hardware & Electronics
- Electronics: Expression System 2
- Tuners: Taylor nickel
- Bridge: West African Crelicam ebony
- Bridge Pins: West African ebony with green abalone dots
- Included Case: Deluxe hardshell case with Western Floral pattern
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