The Next Generation PS54ce is a 12-string Grand Auditorium in Honduran rosewood, a dense, hard tonewood, with an Adirondack spruce top and V-Class bracing. Taylor voices it with clear trebles, warm bass and a wide dynamic range, and it keeps its clarity when strummed hard.
The neck is the Action Control Neck, which lets string height be set precisely in seconds, on a long tenon that adds sustain and resonance. Claria electronics put volume, mid-contour and tone at the soundhole.
Paua California Vine inlays run up the ebony fretboard, with mother-of-pearl and paua on the peghead, a paua rosette and purfling, and ebony binding on the body, neck and peghead. The back is four-piece with a Simons wedge, and the back and sides carry a shaded edgeburst. The armrest is radius-style ebony, the pickguard Indian rosewood and the tuners antique gold Gotoh 510s.
For Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce on the same body, with V-Class and Claria, look at the Next Generation 854ce.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
Cutaway: Venetian Cutaway
Bracing System: V-Class Bracing
Number of Strings: 12 String
Top Wood: Adirondack Spruce
Back/Side Wood: Honduran Rosewood
Rosette: Paua Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
Back Configuration: 4-Piece, Simons Wedge
Body Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Armrest: Radius West African Crelicam Ebony
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: Paua California Vine
Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin
Nut Width: 1-7/8"
Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Scale Length: 25-1/2"
Peghead Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Paua California Vine
Peghead Type: Paddle
Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Finish: Gloss
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 with Green Abalone Dots
Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.010 - .047)
Pickguard: Indian Rosewood
Tuners: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold with Antique Gold Buttons
Strap Pin: Gold
End Pin: Black



