Taylor Custom Shop C12ce "Amber Tide" 2025 Catch Event #16 Grand Concert Acoustic/Electric Guitar - Quilted Maple/Sinker Redwood with Hardshell Case

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If you’re looking for a guitar that responds to every nuance of your playing while turning heads with its artistry, the Taylor Custom Shop C12ce “Amber Tide” delivers in spectacular fashion. Available now at Haggerty’s Music, this rare 2025 NAMM Catch Event build pairs a sinker redwood top with gorgeously quilted Big Leaf maple back and sides in a Grand Concert body, offering an intimate feel and articulate tone perfect for fingerstyle players. V-Class bracing enhances sustain, volume, and harmonic balance, while the Venetian cutaway provides effortless upper-fret access. Visually, the guitar is a masterpiece — adorned with koa/mother-of-pearl Tropical Vine inlays, Hawaiian koa binding, and smoked nickel tuners, all wrapped in a lustrous gloss “Amber Tide” finish. Outfitted with Taylor’s Expression System 2 electronics for pristine amplified sound, this custom build comes complete with a brown deluxe hardshell case for optimal protection.

Features/Specs

Body

• Body Shape: Grand Concert
• Top Wood: Sinker Redwood
• Back & Sides Wood: Quilted Big Leaf Maple (2-Piece, No Wedge)
• Bracing: V-Class Bracing
• Cutaway: Venetian
• Binding: Non-Figured Hawaiian Koa (Body and Soundhole)
• Edge Trim: Koa/Black
• Rosette: Custom Single Ring, Mother-Of-Pearl With Ebony/Koa/Black Purfling
• Finish: Gloss Amber Tide (Back, Sides, Neck) / Natural Top

Neck

• Neck Wood: Hard Rock Maple
• Scale Length: 24-7/8"
• Neck Profile: Standard Carve
• Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Fret Count: 20
• Nut Width: 1-3/4"
• Inlays: Mother-Of-Pearl/Hawaiian Koa Custom Tropical Vine
• Neck Finish: Gloss

Hardware

• Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Nut & Saddle: Black TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
• Bridge Pins: Dark Stain Bone
• Tuning Machines: Taylor Smoked Nickel with Smoked Nickel Buttons
• Strap Pin: Black End Pin
• Pickguard: None

Electronics

• Pickup/Preamp: Taylor Expression System 2
• Controls: Volume, Bass, Treble

Miscellaneous

• Strings: D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012–.053)
•  Case: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case