Taylor Gold Label 512e Ben Harper Signature SE w/ Case

Blending a comfortable frame, rich solid-wood tone and striking aesthetics, the Ben Harper Gold Label 512e Special Edition is a fitting tribute to its namesake, a longtime Taylor player and award-winning singer-songwriter. Proving again that the Gold Label Collection offers fertile ground for collaboration, this Grand Concert acoustic-electric boasts back and sides of solid mahogany topped with torrefied spruce for an enticingly warm, woody midrange voice that combines a strong fundamental focus with pleasing articulation and impressive power across the frequency range. Inside, our fanned V-Class bracing dials up greater volume, sustain and low-end presence, while the roasting process for the spruce soundboard adds a touch of aged-in sweetness and depth. Along with the compact body shape, players will appreciate the easy microadjustability of the Action Control Neck as well as the adaptability of the Claria System electronics and their intuitive soundhole-mounted controls. Visual cues add up to a bold neo-vintage character, including a Honduran rosewood fretboard and peghead veneer, cream-colored binding and a matching rosette with black trim, a cream-colored pickguard, Crest inlays, polished bronze tuning machines, and bone bridge pins. Rounding out the package is a golden-brown shaded edgeburst top developed with Ben Harper himself, capped with a gloss finish for the top, back and sides. 

Features:

• Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
• Back/Side Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Rosette: Cream/Black
• Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge
• Body Binding: Cream
• Armrest: No
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Back/Side Finish: Gloss
• Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Fretboard Wood: Honduran Rosewood
• Neck Profile: Standard Carve
• Fretboard Inlay: Cream Crest
• Fretboard Binding: Honduran Rosewood, Black Underlay
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Nut Width: 1-3/4"
• Peghead Veneer Wood: Honduran Rosewood, Black Underlay
• Scale Length: 24-7/8"
• Peghead Inlay: Cream Crest
• Peghead Type: Paddle
• Peghead Binding: None
• Peghead Finish: Gloss
• Bridge: Honduran Rosewood
• Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
• Bridge Pins: Bone
• Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
• Pickguard: Cream/Black
• Tuners: Taylor Polished Bronze with Polished Bronze Buttons
• Strap Pin: Black
• End Pin: Black