Taylor 522e Grand Concert 12-Fret ES2 Acoustic-Electric Guitar Medium Brown Stain

Meaty midrange character with a smaller body and improved performance plugged in.




This 12-fret Grand Concert blends mahogany’s
meaty midrange character with the focused sound of a smaller body, and
incorporates a 12-fret design for a slightly warmer, more “broken-in”
tone. The short-scale (24-7/8-inch) neck also makes fretting easier.
Distinctive appointments include a black pickguard, ivoroid binding and
rosette, an ivoroid Century fretboard inlay, and Taylor Expression
System 2 acoustic electronics. Includes case.

Grand Concert (GC)
Body Length: 19 1/2" / Body Width: 15" / Body Depth: 4 3/8"
A smaller bodied guitar ideally suited for fingerstyle.

The
small-body Grand Concert debuted in 1984 to meet the needs of a new
wave of adventurous acoustic fingerstyle players. In contrast to the
traditionally darker, boomier voices of bigger body styles like
dreadnoughts and jumbos, the GC’s compact size and tapered waist kept
the overtones in check. It was also more comfortable to play while
sitting down, and the guitar’s slightly wider neck gave players more
room for complex fingerings. The GC’s smaller sonic footprint also fit
cleanly in a mix with other instruments when tracking in the studio and
with a band on stage, making it a useful tool for professional session
and side players. The current generation of GC models continues to
accommodate fingerstylists with finger-friendly traits like a shorter 24
7/8-inch scale length, which makes fretting easier and adds a slightly
slinkier feel on the strings due to the lighter string tension. If you
feel more comfortable with a small body or favor controlled overtones, a
Grand Concert is a great option.

Tropical Mahogany
Origin: Central and South America
Mahogany
is a good wood to anchor a discussion of tones, as a lot of other wood
tones can be described in relation to it. Its essential sonic profile is
well represented in the midrange frequencies. Acoustic guitars in
general tend to live in the midrange portion of the sound spectrum, but
mahogany in particular displays a lot of midrange character. That thick,
present midrange sound is sometimes described in guitar circles as
meaty, organic or even “chewy” — wherever a player digs in on the
fretboard, they’re tapping into the core of the harmonic content of what
a guitar produces. Those great midrange frequencies produce overtones
that stack up and produce bloom, giving the sound extra girth. When one
hears the resulting harmonics, the “chewy” tone serves up a big mouthful
of midrange. As a popular tonewood for many decades, mahogany has been
used on scads of old school acoustic recordings, and that sonic heritage
carries across various strains of roots music, from blues to folk to
slack key.

Expression System 2
The Taylor
Expression System 2 (ES2) is a revolutionary pickup design that delivers
the latest in Taylor’s ongoing innovation in acoustic guitar
amplification. The heart of the Expression System 2 is Taylor’s
proprietary behind-the-saddle pickup (patent pending), which features
three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors.
The location of the sensors enables a more dynamic range of acoustic
sound to be captured than ever before. Together with Taylor’s
custom-designed “professional audio”-grade preamp, this system produces
exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness. On stage through a PA,
plugged into your favorite acoustic amplifier, or direct into recording
software, the Expression System 2 faithfully conveys the voice of your
Taylor guitar.

Behind the ES2 Design: Rethinking the Piezo Pickup
For
decades, piezo-electric transducers have been positioned under the
saddle of a guitar based on the long-held belief that the string and top
vibration cause the saddle to “bounce” up and down. But Taylor’s
electronics team, led by developer David Hosler, discovered that the
vertical movement is actually heavily restricted, and that the saddle
gets “locked down” due to the string tension’s downward pressure. That’s
why a traditional under-saddle pickup with piezo-electric crystals
often responds with a sound often characterized as thin, brittle, brash
or synthetic, especially with more aggressive playing.

The
saddle’s natural range of movement as the guitar is being played is
actually back and forth like a pendulum. That revelation led Taylor’s
design team to relocate the crystals from under the saddle to behind it.
The new positioning enables the crystals to respond more naturally to
the guitar’s energy as it is transferred through the saddle. Three
pickup sensors are installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with
three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in
relation to the saddle.

Like the original Expression System, the
ES2 features the same volume and tone control knobs. The preamp is
similar but with a slightly different gain structure. As a result it
will be about 25 percent hotter, which is more in line with other
pickups. This makes it plug-and-play friendly both for artists and live
sound mixers.




Features

Tropical mahogany body and top
Tropical mahogany neck and heel
Ebony fingerboard and distinctive appointments
Taylor Expression 2 electronics
Includes case




Enjoy improved Taylor tone with ES2 electronics. Order today.







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