Blending exceptional comfort, rich all-solid-wood construction, and distinctive vintage-inspired styling, the Ben Harper Gold Label 512e Special Edition celebrates the artistry of one of Taylor's longtime players and acclaimed singer-songwriters. Built on the innovative Gold Label platform, this acoustic-electric features a deeper Grand Concert body with a solid torrefied spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides, producing a warm, balanced voice with strong midrange character, excellent clarity, and surprising volume for its size.
Taylor's fanned V-Class bracing enhances sustain, projection, and low-end response, while the torrefied spruce top delivers the open, seasoned character of a well-played instrument. The compact body pairs with the Action Control Neck for outstanding comfort and easy neck-angle adjustments, and the Claria System electronics provide natural amplified tone with simple soundhole-mounted controls.
Exclusive appointments give this model its distinctive neo-vintage personality, including a Honduran rosewood fingerboard and peghead veneer, cream binding with matching rosette, a cream pickguard, Crest fingerboard inlays, polished bronze tuners, and bone bridge pins. Completing the look is a custom golden-brown shaded edgeburst finish, developed in collaboration with Ben Harper, and protected by a full gloss finish that beautifully highlights the wood beneath.