Now with Taylor’s revolutionary V-Class bracing, the Taylor 522ce V-Class guitar brings you classic Taylor playability and signature Taylor tone in a small-bodied Grand Concert design. The 522 is exceptionally rich-sounding thanks to an all-mahogany design with solid tropical mahogany for its top, back, sides, and neck. The 522ce V-Class comes equipped with Expression System 2 electronics to capture every nuance of your playing when you’re plugged in at the coffee shop, onstage at the club, or tracking at the studio. Get the sweet sound of mahogany in a compact and travel-friendly size with the Taylor 522ce V-Class acoustic-electric guitar.

V-Class bracing: a sonic revelation

Bracing is the internal framework of an acoustic guitar that helps shape its sound. Although X-bracing has been standard in acoustic guitars for over a century, it creates an innate conflict between two key elements of a guitar’s sound: volume and sustain. The guitar’s top (its soundboard) contributes to both. The flexibility of the top generates volume (projection), while its stiffness generates sustain. And with X-braced guitar tops, here’s where the trade-off comes in: when something is made stiffer, its flexibility is reduced (and vice versa). V-Class bracing changes all that. With Taylor’s V-Class bracing, an acoustic guitar top can be both stiff and flexible, for more volume and sustain. V-Class bracing provides stiffness parallel to the strings for more rigidity and, hence, sustain. Flexibility on either side generates the air movement necessary for robust projection. It’s the best of both worlds. This groundbreaking innovation also improves intonation by producing notes that are not only louder and have longer sustain, but they’re also more in tune with each other. V-Class bracing boosts volume evenly across the tonal spectrum, increases sustain, and improves the natural intonation of the instrument by creating a more synergistic response from the soundboard. This fosters a more harmonious relationship between the notes you play, helping chords to ring out in cohesive splendor. Pick up a Taylor with V-Class bracing and experience it for yourself!

Comfortable Grand Concert body

One of Taylor’s most comfortable body styles, the 522ce V-Class’s smaller-than-average Grand Concert shape is the perfect fit for anyone looking for a more manageable instrument. Its compact body and neck make the 522ce V-Class a particularly good fit for fingerstylists and players who have a shorter reach.

All-mahogany design

Mahogany is known for its rich harmonics, complex lows, and controlled midrange. The 522ce V-Class sports an all-mahogany build — top, back, sides, and neck — with an ebony fretboard and bridge for exceptional note detail and attack to complement its mellow tonal signature. A dark stain gives the tropical mahogany top a moody look to match its complex sound.

Taylor Expression System 2 electronics

Artists who play plugged in will appreciate the natural-sounding Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) electronics onboard the 522ce V-Class acoustic guitar. This system features a 3-section proprietary pickup located behind the guitar’s saddle for clear and accurate sound reproduction. A master volume control and a pair of tone controls let you tweak your sound and output from the stage, and a discreet phase switch offers vital onboard feedback suppression.