Taylor Next Generation 854ce 12-String

The Taylor Next Generation 854ce takes the legendary 800 Series formula and expands it into a lush, expressive 12-string Grand Auditorium built for modern players. Combining classic tonewoods with Taylor’s latest design innovations, the 854ce delivers the shimmering octave richness that defines great 12-string guitars while maintaining the balance, clarity, and playability that Taylor is known for. Back and sides of Indian rosewood paired with a Sitka spruce top create a wide tonal spectrum with piano-like lows, sparkling highs, and complex overtone character that fills the room with depth and dimension.

Inside, Taylor’s V-Class bracing enhances sustain, projection, and pitch accuracy across all twelve strings, allowing chords to bloom with clarity and harmonic balance. The Grand Auditorium body shape keeps the guitar comfortable and versatile, making it equally at home in fingerstyle passages, layered studio recordings, or full-bodied strumming. A radius rosewood armrest adds ergonomic comfort during longer playing sessions, while maple binding, a single-ring abalone rosette, and Element shell inlays provide the refined visual elegance expected from the 800 Series.

Taylor’s latest Action Control Neck design allows for easy adjustment of string height through a precision system integrated into the neck joint, helping players keep the guitar dialed in for optimal performance. When it’s time to plug in, the new Claria pickup system delivers natural, balanced amplified tone with discreet soundhole-mounted controls, including a versatile mid-contour option for shaping your sound on stage or in the studio.

Elegant, powerful, and incredibly playable, the Next Generation 854ce captures everything players love about a Taylor 12-string—enhanced with modern innovations that make it more responsive, comfortable, and inspiring than ever.

Specs: Sitka spruce top; solid Indian rosewood back and sides; Grand Auditorium body shape with Venetian cutaway; V-Class bracing with relief rout; radius-style Indian rosewood armrest; pale non-figured maple binding with black/maple/rosewood edge trim; Neo-tropical mahogany neck with Action Control Neck joint; West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard with Element shell inlays; 25.5" scale length; 1-7/8" Black Tusq nut; 20 frets; ebony bridge with Micarta saddle; West African ebony bridge pins with green abalone dots; smoked nickel mini tuning machines; Indian rosewood pickguard. Gloss natural finish. Taylor Deluxe hardshell case included. 

Electronics: Taylor Claria™ pickup system with under-saddle piezo pickup and discreet soundhole-mounted controls including volume, tone, and mid-contour shaping.