The Next Generation 322ce puts a solid mahogany top on a Grand Concert body with sapele back and sides. Taylor describes a dry, focused midrange from the hardwood top, with fewer overtones and some natural compression that evens out a heavy attack, while the scalloped V-Class bracing underneath adds low-end warmth and open-string ring.
The compact body and 24-7/8" scale make it an easy fingerstyle guitar, and that compression keeps it controlled under a strumming hand as well. The Action Control Neck lets string height be adjusted quickly, and the Claria Acoustic Pickup System covers plugged-in sound.
For the mahogany-top recipe on the Grand Auditorium body, look at the Next Generation 324ce. For a spruce top on this body, the Next Generation 312ce. Black binding, Weathervane inlays, a firestripe pickguard and satin black tuners keep the look dark.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Shape: Grand Concert
Cutaway: Venetian Cutaway
Bracing System: Scalloped V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
Number of Strings: 6 String
Top Wood: Mahogany
Back/Side Wood: Sapele
Rosette: White Plastic Single Ring
Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge
Body Binding: Black
Armrest: None
Top Finish: Gloss
Back/Side Finish: Gloss
NECK
Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Profile: Standard Carve
Fretboard Inlay: Faux Pearl Weathervane
Fretboard Binding: Black
Neck Finish: Satin
Nut Width: 1-3/4"
Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Scale Length: 24-7/8"
Peghead Inlay: Faux Pearl Weathervane
Peghead Type: Paddle
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Finish: Satin
ELECTRONICS
Electronics: The Claria Acoustic Pickup System
HARDWARE
Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
Nut & Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, White Micarta Saddle
Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony
Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
Pickguard: Firestripe
Tuners: Taylor Satin Black with Satin Black Buttons
Strap Pin: Black
End Pin: Black
CASE
Case/Bag: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case




