Ben Harper Gold Label 512e – custom shaded edgeburst

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Three-time GRAMMY® Award winner Ben Harper is one of modern music’s most expressive roots-based songwriters, blending folk, blues, gospel, soul and rock. Over a 30+ year career, he has released 18 studio albums and collaborated with artists including Taj Mahal, Mavis Staples and Charlie Musselwhite.
Raised in Southern California around his family’s Folk Music Center, Harper developed a deep connection to acoustic instruments, fingerstyle blues and slide guitar — shaping the touch-sensitive, rhythmically nuanced approach that defines his playing today.

After years of playing larger Taylor Dreadnought and Grand Pacific models, Ben was surprised by the warmth, power and responsiveness of this more compact Gold Label Grand Concert. TAYLOR Ben Harper Gold Label 512e acoustic/electric guitar is a highly expressive instrument capable of delicate articulation and driving rhythmic work — ideal for his nuanced fingerstyle approach.

Gold Label Grand Concerts reimagine Taylor’s most comfortable body style with a slightly deeper body and heritage-inspired voicing that delivers – increasing air resonance – surprising warmth, low-end depth and dynamic range. TAYLOR Ben Harper Gold Label 512e retains the intimacy and responsiveness players love in a GC, while sonically punching well above its size.

Fanned variant of Taylor’s V-Class bracing that delivers exceptional warmth and depth while preserving clarity and midrange focus. With back and sides of solid mahogany paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top, players can expect a woody sonic character with a strong emphasis on the fundamental note, keeping the overtones in check.

The use of Honduran rosewood for the fretboard and bridge produces a more player-reflective response. Honduran rosewood will transmit more of the character of the string vibration into the top. Coupled with the Honduran rosewood fretboard, it becomes a more personal-sounding guitar.