One of the first GT guitars to be released in the context of an existing series, the GT 811e blends the dazzling sparkle and warmth of Indian rosewood with the unmatched playability of the GT’s comfortably compact frame. With its shorter body and scale length, the GT’s proportions are smaller than the Grand Concert but larger than the GS Mini, finding a sweet spot where comfort meets rich, solid-wood tone. The superstar tonewood pairing of Indian rosewood back and sides with a Sitka spruce top delivers all the clarity and balance you’d expect from a full-size rosewood guitar, while its smaller footprint and shorter scale (24-⅛”) provide a slinkier feel that makes complex chords or arpeggio formations easier to hold. Under the hood, the GT 811e reflects Taylor’s envelope-pushing design approach—we’ve adapted the tone-enhancing benefits of V-Class bracing into a new pattern that provides similar increases in volume and sustain for the GT’s smaller frame. Called C-Class bracing, this interior architecture boosts the response in the bass range, yielding warmth and presence that a guitar of this size typically can’t produce. This model is appointed to match its counterparts in the 800 Series, featuring maple binding with black purfling accents, a single-ring abalone rosette, a thin 4.5-mil gloss finish on the entire body, and mother-of-pearl fretboard and peghead inlays in our Element pattern. The GT 811e ships with built-in ES2 electronics for organic plugged-in tone and comes with our exclusive AeroCase, whose ultra-lightweight construction and padded walls provides ample protection. Highlights Scale Length 24-1/8" Nut & SaddleTusq Nut/Micarta SaddleBracingC-Class Truss Rod CoverWest African Crelicam Ebony Pickguard Rosewood Number of Frets 20 Tuners Taylor Nickel Mini Case Aerocase Brand of Strings Elixir Phosphor Bronze LightBody Length None Body Width None Body Depth None Body Binding/Edge Treatment Rock Maple Top Finish Gloss 4.5 Back Config 2-piece No Wedge Backstrap Finish None Rosette Size Single Ring Bridge Inlay None Back/Side Finish Gloss 4.5 Armrest Binding None Backstrap Wood None Rosette Mat.Abalone Stain/Sunburst None Wedge None Armres tno Neck Neck Width 1-23/32" Fretboard Inlay Element Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment None Heel Cap Binding West African Crelicam Ebony Type of Neck Joint Scarf Neck/Heel Tropical Mahogany Fretboard Wood West African Crelicam Ebony Neck Finish SatinHeel Length3-1/4" Peghead Peghead Finish Gloss Peghead Binding None Peghead Type Standard Peghead Purfling None Headstock Overlay Indian Rosewood Peghead Inlay Element Peghead Logo Taylor Mother of Pearl Other Bridge Pins West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots Buttons Smoked Nickel Fingerboard Ext NonezzEdge TrimMaple/Indian Rosewood *Models are subject to change without notice