Taylor Builder's Edition 324ce Next Generation, Tobacco Kona Burst, Electro-Acoustic Guitar

2026-05-06T16:27:48+01:00

Vendor: Taylor
Type: GUITARS
Price: 3695.00

With a refined blend of comfort-driven design and carefully selected tonewoods, the Builder’s Edition 324ce Next Generation delivers a confident, characterful take on Taylor’s ever-versatile Grand Auditorium platform. Solid sapele back and sides are paired with a mahogany top to produce a warm, direct voice with strong midrange presence, clear fundamentals and a controlled overtone profile that never feels congested. The tonal balance suits a wide range of playing styles, from delicate fingerpicking to energetic strumming, while maintaining clarity and focus across the dynamic range.

Inside the body, a scalloped evolution of Taylor’s V-Class bracing architecture increases overall output, sustain and harmonic cohesion across the fretboard. Player-focused upgrades include Taylor’s Action Control Neck, which allows precise setup adjustments without removing the neck, and the Claria pickup system, delivering natural, dependable amplified tone with minimal tweaking required. Chamfered body edges, a beveled armrest and cutaway, and a smooth satin finish complete an acoustic-electric designed for comfort, reliability and expressive performance in real-world playing situations.

Mahogany and sapele for focused, musical warmth

The combination of a solid mahogany top with sapele back and sides creates a voice centred around strong fundamentals, punchy mids and tightly controlled harmonic content. Mahogany contributes a dry, woody character with excellent note separation, while sapele adds projection and clarity without introducing excessive brightness. Together, they form a balanced tonal foundation that responds evenly to changes in attack, making this guitar equally comfortable handling intricate fingerstyle passages, rhythmic strumming patterns and melodic single-note work.

Scalloped V-Class bracing for power and balance

This Next Generation model features a scalloped version of Taylor’s V-Class bracing, designed to increase air movement within the body while retaining the pitch accuracy and note definition V-Class is known for. Chords sound fuller and more unified, single notes sustain longer, and complex voicings remain clear even higher up the neck. The result is a warmer, more open sound that still preserves balance, articulation and consistency across the entire fretboard.

Builder’s Edition comfort enhancements

Every Builder’s Edition refinement is aimed at reducing physical strain and encouraging longer, more relaxed playing sessions. Chamfered body edges soften contact points around the top and back, while the bevelled neo-tropical mahogany armrest provides a natural resting position for the picking arm. The bevelled cutaway features a smooth compound contour that improves upper-fret access without sharp transitions, making extended fretboard exploration feel fluid, comfortable and unobstructed.

Action Control Neck and Claria electronics

Taylor’s Action Control Neck allows accurate string-height adjustment without removing the neck or loosening strings, making seasonal setup changes quick, precise and stress-free. The Claria pickup system delivers clear, consistent amplified tone that closely reflects the guitar’s natural acoustic character, with intuitive soundhole-mounted controls for fast adjustment on stage or in the studio. A Taylor deluxe hardshell case completes a package designed for dependable performance at home, on the road or under stage lights.

Specifications

Product Name: Taylor Builder’s Edition 324ce Next Generation

Product Code: A318002618403021259

Body

Body shape: Grand Auditorium

Top wood: Neo-tropical mahogany

Back & sides: Sapele

Bracing: Scalloped V-Class with relief rout

Finish: Satin

Armrest: Beveled neo-tropical mahogany

Cutaway: Beveled

Neck & fretboard

Neck wood: Neo-tropical mahogany

Neck profile: Standard carve

Fretboard: West African Crelicam ebony

Inlays: Grained ivoroid Weathervane

Nut width: 1 3/4"

Scale length: 25 1/2"

Hardware & electronics

Bridge: West African Crelicam ebony

Nut & saddle: Black Tusq nut, white Micarta saddle

Tuners: Taylor satin black

Electronics: Claria pickup system

Strings: D’Addario XS Phosphor Bronze Light (.012–.053)

Case: Taylor deluxe brown hardshell case