Designed with new players in mind but comfortable and accessible to guitarists of all ability levels, the Academy 12 is a compact Grand Concert acoustic guitar with a solid top and an easy-playing Taylor Neck. The solid spruce top, paired with layered sapele back and sides, generates projection, clarity and volume, making this a perfect option for learners seeking a guitar that will grow with them. This all-acoustic, non-cutaway model features a built-in armrest that takes the edge off your strumming arm for greater playing comfort. It ships with a lightweight gig bag for transportation between lessons, practice sessions and anywhere else your music takes you.

Highlights:

- Scale Length: 24-7/8"

- Pickguard: None

- Tuners: Die-Cast Chrome

- Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)

- Body Width: 15"

- Nut & Saddle: Nubone Nut, Micarta Saddle

- Truss Rod Cover: Black Plastic

- Number of Frets: 20

- Case: Gig Bag

- Body Length: 19 1/2"

- Body Depth: 4 3/8"

Body:

- Binding Edge Treatment: None

- Back Config: Layered

- Rosette Size: Three Ring

- Back/Side Finish: Matte

- Backstrap Wood: None

- Stain/Sunburst: None

- Armrest: Yes

- Top Finish: Matte

- Backstrap Finish: None

- Bridge Inlay: None

- Armrest Binding: Bevel, Wood, Neo-Tropical Mahogany

- Rosette Material: Baltic Birch

- Wedge: None

Neck:

- Neck Width: 1-11/16"

- Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: None

- Type of Neck Joint: Scarf

- Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony

- Heel Length: 3-1/2"

- Fretboard Inlay: 4mm Dot Italian Acrylic

- Heel Cap Binding: ABS Plastic, Black

- Neck/Heel: Maple

- Neck Finish: Matte

Peghead:

- Peghead Finish: Matte

- Peghead Type: Standard

- Headstock Overlay: Copafera

- Peghead Logo: Plastic, White Rub-On Decal

- Peghead Binding: None

- Peghead Purfling: None

- Peghead Inlay: None

Other:

- Bridge Pins: ABS Plastic, Black

- Fingerboard Ext: None

- Buttons: Chrome

- Edge Trim: None