Taylor Gold Label 810e Acoustic Electric Guitar - Natural

Sadek Music, Taylor’s Gold Label lineup represents a bold return to the roots of acoustic guitar history. Drawing inspiration from the greatest guitar designs of the 1930s and 1940s, there is no body shape more pivotal to that era than the mighty square-shouldered dreadnought. The Taylor Gold Label 810e pays homage to this big-bodied classic, reimagining the historic sound of the 6-string’s golden age while seamlessly incorporating Taylor Guitars’ most forward-thinking innovations. From its fanned V-Class bracing to the long-tenon neck joint, the Gold Label 810e draws on a wealth of golden-era construction ideas to recapture the spirit of the steel-string acoustic’s formative years. A torrefied Sitka spruce top, paired with Honduran rosewood back and sides, enhances its old-school voice with muscular lows, full-bodied highs, and exceptional dynamic sensitivity—delivering the feel and response of a perfectly played-in instrument. Modern comfort and performance are preserved through a Standard Carve mahogany neck, a 15-inch-radius ebony fingerboard, and LR Baggs Element VTC electronics, ensuring effortless playability and stage-ready tone that today’s players expect. Rounding out the instrument is a suite of tastefully vintage-inspired cosmetics, including a custom Gold Label headstock shape, an elegant script logo, and distinctive “Continental” inlays, all reinforcing the Gold Label 810e’s unmistakable golden-era character.

World-class tonewoods abound

Capturing the complex voice of a vintage golden-era acoustic guitar is no simple task. Even with the world’s finest tonewoods, brand-new instruments often require years of playing to match the level of response of a 6-string that’s been strummed for decades. To speed up the process, the Taylor Gold Label 810e wears a Sitka spruce top that’s been subjected to the brand’s torrefaction process — in essence, a form of roasting that transforms the very structure of the timber. The benefits of this process are by no means limited to vintage-obsessed guitarists, and scores of Taylor fans of all backgrounds have come to favor torrefied tops for their warmer voice and smoother, “aged-in” character. Complete with a set of Honduran rosewood back and sides, the Gold Label 810e delivers a serious level of low-end depth and harmonic density that recalls the greatest guitars of the 1930s and 1940s.

Meet the vintage-inspired Gold Label Collection

For much of Taylor’s half-century history, the brand has served as a beacon of 6-string progress. From their innovative advancements in bracing to their time-tested bolt-on neck joint, Bob Taylor, Andy Powers, and the rest of the Taylor crew lay claim to many of the most lauded acoustic enhancements since the prewar era of acoustic guitar building. However, what if Taylor were to turn back the clock to the 1930s and 1940s, incorporating elements of those trailblazing instruments with its own boundary-pushing approach to guitar building? That’s the philosophy behind Taylor’s Gold Label Collection, within which the brand's classic dreadnought design adopts fanned V-Class bracing and an Action Control Neck with a long-tenon neck joint.

Cutting-edge Action Control Neck joint

At Sadek Music, we highlight the innovations that set Taylor apart, and few are as impactful as the cutting-edge Action Control Neck joint. For decades, Taylor Guitars has led the charge in neck joint technology—from Bob Taylor’s earliest bolt-on experiments to the introduction of the easily adjustable NT Neck at the turn of the 20th century. Now, under the leadership of Andy Powers, Taylor has once again redefined steel-string acoustic design with the Action Control Neck. This trailblazing bolt-on system allows precise neck-angle adjustments without removing the neck or loosening the strings, offering unmatched serviceability, long-term playability, and consistency. It’s a forward-thinking solution that ensures Taylor guitars sold at Sadek Music continue to deliver exceptional performance for years to come.

Taylor Gold Label 810e Features:

• A square-shouldered throwback to the golden era of 20th-century acoustic guitar design, elevated with 21st-century Taylor innovations
• Square-shouldered dreadnought profile booms with a powerful bass response and robust unplugged projection
• Torrefied Sitka spruce top delivers an ultra-responsive, broken-in sound from the moment it leaves the case
• Honduran rosewood back and sides dish out chest-thumping low end and full-bodied highs
• Fanned V-Class bracing complements this guitar’s golden-era character with superior volume and enhanced sustain
• Long-tenon wood joint combines Taylor’s cutting-edge bolt-on system with historic craftsmanship, resulting in greater wood-to-wood coupling and bolstered low-end resonance
• Mahogany neck with Taylor’s fan-favorite Standard Carve maintains the modern playability that guitarists have come to expect from Taylor
• 15-in.-radius ebony fingerboard, complete with Continental shell/MOP inlays
• LR Baggs Element VTC electronics system faithfully captures this guitar’s unplugged voice when it’s time to plug in
• High-performing Gotoh 510 antique chrome tuning machines keep your sound pitch perfect
• Faux tortoiseshell pickguard with an eye-catching “Continental” inlay
• Revamped headstock shape, crowned with a retro-inspired Taylor script logo

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Shape:Deep Body Dreadnought
• Back & Sides Wood:Honduran Rosewood
• Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
• Top Finish:Gloss
• Color:Natural
• Body Bracing:Fanned V-Class
• Neck Wood:Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Finish:Satin
• Neck Shape:Standard Carve
• Radius:15"
• Fingerboard Material:Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Mother of Pearl
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Scale Length Type:Standard-scale
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Nut Material:White Tusq
• Saddle Material:White Micarta
• Bridge Material:Honduran Rosewood
• Tuning Machines:Gotoh 510
• Electronics:LR Baggs Element VTC
• Strings:D'Addario Phosphor Bronze Light, .012-.053
• Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case