Taylor Legacy Series 815e Rosewood Jumbo Acoustic with LR Baggs Electronics

Presenting the all new Taylor Legacy Series 815e featuring LR Baggs VTC Electronics.

The Legacy Collection is a retrospective family of guitars honors the legacy of Taylor founders Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug and their contributions to the world of guitar-making with models that channel Bob’s early inspirations and design innovations.

Three of the models in the Legacy Series, including this 815e, are reimagined rosewood/spruce models from Taylor's iconic 800 Series, which trace back to some of Bob Taylor’s earliest guitars. Inspired by Bob’s original builds, these retrospective models reflect the full scope of Taylor's history by blending foundational design elements with key developments along the way. 

The first 100 guitars built of each model feature an interior label personally signed by Taylor founders Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug, including this specific 815e SN 1211204029.

The Legacy 815e stands alone in the Taylor line as a Jumbo, non-cutaway acoustic-electric that blends elements of Bob Taylor's original designs with subtle upgrades to provide a modern feel.

This model is crafted with back and sides of solid Indian rosewood paired with a Sitka spruce top in a big, powerful body that yields a commanding voice. Featuring the traditional X-bracing pattern favored by Bob in the early days, the 815e serves up a warm, richly textured sound with clear trebles, throaty lows and a slight scoop in the midrange, all complemented by beautifully blooming overtones.

A modern Taylor neck profile offers a hand-friendly feel and relaxed fretting, while older elements like the mustache bridge and a "straight-ear" peghead silhouette capped with a rosewood veneer.

Finished off with the sleek appointments Bob furnished for his original builds, this model sports white binding, a three-ring rosette in green abalone, ebony bridge pins with green abalone dots, a faux-tortoiseshell pickguard, a gloss-finished body and neck, and non-engraved Large Diamond fretboard inlays in mother-of-pearl.

It includes a special Legacy interior lable and an LR Baggs Element VTC undersaddle pickup with volume and tone controls mounted inside the soundhole. It ships with a deluxe hardshell case.

Features of the 815e at a Glance:

• Solid Indian rosewood back and sides with Sitka spruce top
• Jumbo body with X-bracing for power, projection and sustain
• Classic mustache bridge and straight-ear peghead
• LR Baggs Element VTC undersaddle pickup with soundhole-mounted controls

Photos are of the actual guitar for sale, SN 1211204029.