{"title":"Taylor Academy","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery Academy model starts from Taylor's original X-bracing, the traditional internal bracing pattern the company built its earliest guitars on, rather than the V-Class or C-Class bracing that defines Taylor's mid-tier and flagship lines. That's not a downgrade so much as a different design goal: X-bracing is a simpler, more forgiving pattern to build and voice consistently at a lower price point, which is exactly what a first guitar needs to get right. Walnut back and sides run across the entire Academy line, and every model comes in under $800, so a student or a gift-buyer is choosing between body shapes and string type, not price tiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree models make up the series. The Academy 10e uses the Academy 10 body, Taylor's most compact full-featured shape, at $799. The Academy 12e steps up to a Grand Concert body, also $799. The Academy 12e-N shares that Grand Concert body but trades steel strings for nylon, built on Fan Bracing instead of X-bracing for genuine classical technique rather than steel-string playing. All three ship after The Acoustic Shoppe's 23-point professional inspection before they ever reach a student's hands.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0883\/3348\/4349\/collections\/Taylor-Academy-12e-2210093198-FrontLeft-2023_png.webp?v=1784733700","url":"https:\/\/theacousticshoppe.com\/collections\/taylor-academy.oembed","provider":"The Acoustic Shoppe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}