Taylor Ben Harper Gold Label 512e Special Edition

The Taylor Ben Harper Gold Label 512e is a Special Edition collaboration between Taylor and GRAMMY®-winning roots music icon Ben Harper, bringing together Taylor’s modern Gold Label design with a refined set of tonal and visual details personally inspired by Harper’s musical voice. Built on the comfortable Grand Concert platform, this model pairs a mahogany body with a torrefied Sitka spruce top, delivering a warm, articulate response with exceptional touch sensitivity—ideal for expressive fingerstyle playing as well as dynamic roots and blues-inspired rhythms.

Thoughtful custom appointments help give this instrument its distinctive character. A Honduran rosewood fretboard and matching headstock overlay add a rich visual contrast, while a custom shaded edgeburst top and cream pickguard provide a subtle vintage-inspired aesthetic. Polished bronze Taylor mini tuners and bone bridge pins round out the premium details, while the Action Control Neck and fanned V-Class bracing enhance tonal balance, projection, and long-term adjustability. A custom Ben Harper interior label completes the design, marking this guitar as a unique collaboration between artist and builder.

Specs: Mahogany back and sides with torrefied Sitka spruce top; mahogany Action Control neck with Honduran rosewood fingerboard; 24-7/8" scale length; 1-3/4" TUSQ nut; Micarta saddle; fanned V-Class bracing; polished bronze Taylor mini tuners; bone bridge pins; gloss body with custom shaded edgeburst top and satin neck finish. Taylor Deluxe hardshell case with “British Cocoa” vinyl exterior.

Electronics: Taylor Claria™ pickup system.