Taylor Legacy 815e
Explore the Taylor Legacy 815e in detail
A new series to honour Taylor's history
We are excited to present the new Taylor Legacy Collection featuring five acoustic models that honour Taylor's longstanding company history. Three of these are redesigned rosewood/spruce models from the iconic 800 Series, which trace back to some of Bob Taylor's earliest guitars. The other two place Bob's flagship, the Grand Auditorium body, at the centre — the shape that helped define the modern Taylor sound. These two models are based on guitars from the 500 Series and 700 Series. Inspired by Bob's original models, these retro models reflect the full breadth of Taylor Guitars' history by combining core design elements with the key developments that followed.
Key features of the Legacy 815e
The Legacy 815e is a jumbo acoustic guitar without cutaway that blends elements of Bob Taylor's original designs with refined modernisations to deliver a comfortable, contemporary playing experience. This model pairs solid Indian rosewood back and sides with a Sitka spruce top to form a large, powerful body that produces an impressive tonal presence. With the traditional X-Bracing Bob favoured in his early days, the 815e delivers a warm, fully developed tone with clear trebles, throaty lows and a slight mid scoop. A modern Taylor neck profile provides a player-friendly feel and relaxed fretting, while heritage elements such as the Mustache Bridge and a "Straight-Ear" headplate finished with a rosewood veneer add authentic period detail.
Rounding off this model are the understated appointments Bob used on his originals: white binding, a three-ring rosette of green abalone shell, ebony bridge pins with green abalone dots, a tortoise pickguard, a gloss-lacquered body and neck and Large Diamond fretboard inlays in mother-of-pearl.
The Taylor Legacy 815e features a special Legacy interior label and an LR Baggs Element VTC Undersaddle-Pickup with volume and tone controls mounted in the soundhole. It ships with a Deluxe hardshell case.
- Back / Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Binding: White
- Body Shape: Jumbo
- Body Shape: Jumbo
- Body finish: High Gloss
- Bridge: Ebony
- Bridge-Pins: Ebony
- Color/ Finish: Natural
- Colour: Natural
- Construction / Acoustic: Solid
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Cutaway: no
- Factory Stringing: D'Addario XS Phosphor Bronze
- Finish: High Gloss
- Finish: Polyester
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Fretboard Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Large Non-Engraved Diamonds
- Fretboard radius: 16" (406.4 mm)
- Fret material: Nickel silver
- Frets: 20
- Fret size: Standard
- Headstock: Mahogany with ebony veneer and mother-of-pearl Taylor logot
- Includes: Hardcase
- Neck: Neo-tropical Mahogany
- Neck Mount: Taylor Neck
- Neck Profile: Standard Carve
- Neck finish: High Gloss
- Nut Width: 44,45 mm (1 3/4")
- Pickguard: Tortoise
- Pickup Details: L.R. Baggs Element VTC
- Pre-amp system: L.R. Baggs Element VTC
- Rosette: 3-Ring Green Abalone
- Saddle/Cross piece inlay: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .012 - .053
- Top: Sitka Spruce
- Top Bracing: X-Bracing mit Relief Rout
- Translation: 1:18
- Tuning Machines: Taylor Nickel
- Legacy Collection
Guitars of the past for today's guitarists
Bob Taylor in conversation
Join Bob Taylor and Jim Kirlin, Editorial Director of Taylor Guitars, as they talk about the inspiration behind the Legacy Collection. Find out more about the models in the Legacy Collection and how guitars of the past have been reimagined for today's guitarists.
About Taylor Guitars
Taylor Guitars stands for top-class steel-string acoustic guitars. Premium materials and superb workmanship produce the legendary Taylor sound, beloved by stars such as Taylor Swift, Prince and Jason Mraz, and at home on every stage in the world as much as in the living room. In our stores in Walldorf and Frankfurt we always have over 60 Taylor models available to play in our Taylor Flagship Stores. Here you can expect a broad cross-section of Taylor's guitar craftsmanship: from the simple entry-level models like the travel guitars Taylor GS Mini and Baby Taylor or the Taylor Swift Signature, through the various mid-range models such as the 100-series steel-string acoustics, up to the very high-end instruments in the premium segment. Online you'll find our entire Taylor range with almost 100 items. Here you can check specifications and availability in advance. In addition, you can contact us at any time via taylor(at)session.de with your questions and requests about Taylor. The Taylor Flagship Store is dedicated particularly to guitars from the exclusive range, as well as hand-built Custom Shop models, unique special-order instruments and premium pieces – in short, high-quality and individual instruments you won't find everywhere.
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