Description
Few tonewoods capture the imagination quite like Hawaiian koa, and the Taylor Next Generation K24ce celebrates that character with a refined Grand Auditorium design that blends warmth, clarity, and visual elegance. This updated Koa Series model introduces Taylor's newest engineering innovations while maintaining the rich personality that has made koa guitars so beloved among players. For musicians who appreciate articulate response and a voice that grows more complex over time, the Next Generation K24ce offers an inspiring instrument built to evolve alongside its player.
The guitar features figured Hawaiian koa for both the top and body, producing a balanced tonal response that emphasizes focused mids, sweet highs, and a warm low-end foundation. Koa is known for developing deeper resonance and richer complexity as it ages and is played, and the Next Generation design enhances that character from the very beginning. Inside, scalloped V-Class bracing improves sustain, projection, and pitch accuracy while bringing out added warmth across the tonal spectrum. Taylor's Action Control Neck system further refines the instrument's performance by allowing quick, precise string height adjustments while increasing the connection between neck and body for improved resonance and sustain. For stage and studio use, the Claria electronics system combines an upgraded under-saddle piezo pickup with a proprietary preamp designed to smooth out the brittle edge of traditional piezo systems. Soundhole-mounted controls for volume, tone, and mid contour make dialing in a natural amplified tone simple and intuitive.
The Grand Auditorium body shape offers exceptional versatility, delivering balanced projection that adapts easily to fingerstyle playing, strumming, or hybrid techniques. Taylor's comfortable neck profile and precise fretwork allow effortless movement across the ebony fretboard, creating a playing experience that feels smooth, responsive, and dependable in any musical setting.
Visually, the Next Generation K24ce highlights the natural beauty of figured koa with a rich gloss finish and a hand-applied shaded edgeburst that enhances the wood's striking grain patterns. Spring Vine inlays add an elegant organic touch along the fretboard, while the refined appointments throughout the instrument reflect the premium craftsmanship that defines Taylor's Koa Series.
The Next Generation K24ce captures the magic of koa in a modern acoustic-electric platform designed for serious players. With its evolving tonal character, comfortable playability, and elegant visual presentation, this Grand Auditorium offers an instrument that will continue to inspire for years to come. At Cream City Music, we love guitars that reward time and attention, and this koa-built beauty is one that only gets better the more you play it.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Top Wood: Hawaiian Koa
- Back and Sides Wood: Figured Hawaiian Koa
- Finish: Gloss
- Color: Shaded Edgeburst
- Bracing: Scalloped V-Class Bracing
- Rosette: Green Abalone
- Neck Construction: Action Control Neck
- Neck Wood: Tropical Mahogany
- Fretboard Wood: Ebony
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1-3/4"
- Number of Frets: 20
- Fretboard Inlays: Spring Vine
- Bridge: Ebony
- Nut Material: Tusq
- Saddle Material: Micarta
- Tuners: Taylor Gold Tuners
- Electronics: Claria Acoustic Electronics System
- Controls: Volume, Tone, Mid Contour (Soundhole Mounted)
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case
Sku: K24CE-NG-SEB
