Advanced Design. Affordable Price.

Designed to provide signature Taylor playability and vibrant tone at an accessible price, the Academy Series blends innovative features with a comfort-focused design philosophy. New players will appreciate features such as a narrower 1-11/16" nut width for relaxed fretting and a carved armrest for a seamless, accommodating feel. Together with the light-gauge strings and 24-7/8" scale length, those elements add up to a slinky handfeel that makes it easier to grow your skills. Solid tops produce rich projection and clarity, and models with electronics also boast a built-in digital tuner. Whether you're just picking your first guitar or hunting for a more affordable Taylor experience, the Academy Series is for you.

Academy 12e-N

Designed to offer a comfortable, affordable option for players seeking the nylon-string sound with player-friendly appointments, the Academy 12e-N serves up snappy classical tone with a feel that's perfect for new learners and experienced players alike. Built with a solid spruce top for optimal projection, clarity and resonance, this compact Grand Concert acoustic-electric features radiused fretboard and a 1-7/8" nut width that provides ample string spacing for fingerstyle play without putting undue strain on your fretting hand. And with built-in ES-N electronics and a lightweight gig bag for protection, the Academy 12e-N has everything a budding player could need.

Features:

• Grand Concert - A smaller-bodied guitar ideally suited for fingerstyle.
• Walnut - Walnut’s crisp highs are balanced by a deep, woody low end that emerges as the guitar is played in.
• Lutz Spruce - This natural hybrid of Sitka and White spruce also shares characteristics with Adirondack spruce, responding with power, richness and volume.
• ES-B - This pickup/preamp combo includes a built-in digital chromatic tuner.