The Legacy 855e is a twelve-string Jumbo, a nod to the easy-playing twelve-strings that made Taylor's name early on. The large body suits a twelve-string, and Taylor credits its air chamber with plenty of power while staying responsive to a light touch.
Indian rosewood back and sides and a Sitka spruce top on traditional X-bracing give a clear, balanced voice, with warm lows and bright, chiming octaves on top. The neck is Taylor's modern carve, 1-7/8" at the nut to give the paired strings room, and it's strung with lights (.010 to .047).
Older details include a straight-ear peghead with a rosewood veneer and an ebony mustache bridge. White binding, a three-ring green abalone rosette, Large Diamond inlays in mother-of-pearl and a tortoise pickguard follow the look of Bob Taylor's early builds, in gloss on the body and neck. An LR Baggs Element VTC pickup with soundhole controls handles the amplified sound.
For a twelve-string Grand Auditorium in the same woods, with a cutaway, V-Class bracing and Claria electronics, look at the Next Generation 854ce. The Legacy 815e is this Jumbo body as a six-string.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Shape: Jumbo
Cutaway: Non-cutaway
Bracing System: X-Bracing
Number of Strings: 12 String
Top Wood: Spruce
Back/Side Wood: Indian Rosewood
Rosette: Green Abalone 3 Ring
Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge
Body Binding: White
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: Mother-of-Pearl Large Non-Engraved Diamonds
Fretboard Binding: White
Neck Finish: Gloss
Nut Width: 1-7/8"
Peghead Veneer Wood: Indian Rosewood
Scale Length: 25-1/2"
Peghead Inlay: None
Peghead Type: Standard
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Finish: Gloss
HARDWARE
Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony Mustache
Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.010 - .047)
Pickguard: Tortoise
Tuners: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons
Strap Pin: Nickel
End Pin: Nickel



