Taylor 416ce LTD-R Natural - USA 2009
$2,595.00 AUD
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Taylor’s 400 Series has long been the sweet spot for players wanting a genuinely professional acoustic at a sensible price, and this 416ce is one of Taylor’s Fall Limited Edition releases, pairing the larger Grand Symphony body with East Indian rosewood back and sides. The Grand Symphony shape grew out of the Grand Auditorium, with the waist moved up toward the neck and a wider, rounder lower bout. The result is more volume and a deeper, piano-like bass, with sustain in the low end and the clarity of the mids and highs kept intact.
This 2009 example features a Sitka spruce top and solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, finished in a UV-cured gloss natural with white fibre binding and a wood fibre rosette. It has a Venetian cutaway, a tortoiseshell pickguard, a Tropical American mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard and large pearl dot inlays, and an Indian rosewood headstock overlay. Further appointments include an ebony bridge, Tusq nut and saddle, chrome-plated Taylor tuners and scalloped X-bracing. Taylor’s Expression System electronics, developed with audio pioneer Rupert Neve, are built in, with the controls mounted on the upper bout.
Rosewood adds warmth, detail and a rich harmonic depth to the spruce top, and the 25.5" scale with a 1-3/4" nut and 20 frets gives a comfortable, familiar Taylor feel. It is equally at home fingerpicked or strummed hard, and plugged in through the Expression System it delivers a natural, balanced amplified sound.
The guitar is supplied in its original Taylor hardshell case. Please refer to the photos for a full view of its condition, and feel free to get in touch if you would like any further images or details.
Specifications:
Weight: 2.24kg / 4.95lb
Action at 1st Fret: 0.5mm
Action at 12th Fret: 2.0mm
Neck Depth at 1st Fret: 21.4mm
Nut Width: 44.81mm
Width at 12th Fret: 54.64mm
Year: 2009
Country: USA (El Cajon, California)
Make: Taylor
Model: 416ce LTD-R
Serial Number: 20091022056
Finish: Natural, Gloss
Body Shape: Grand Symphony, Venetian Cutaway
Top: Sitka Spruce
Back and Sides: Solid East Indian Rosewood
Bracing: Scalloped X-Brace
Rosette: Wood Fibre
Binding: White Fibre
Neck: Tropical American Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony, Large Pearl Dot Inlays
Frets: 20
Headstock Overlay: Indian Rosewood
Scale Length: 25.5"
Nut and Saddle: Tusq
Bridge: Ebony
Tuners: Chrome-Plated Taylor
Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Electronics: Taylor Expression System
Body Width: 16-1/4"
Body Depth: 4-5/8"
Body Length: 20"
Waist Width: 10"
Overall Length: 41"
Case: Original Taylor Hardshell Case
