The GT 811e features Taylors new Grand Theater body size. Like other models in the 800 Series, the 811e has a Sitka spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides. Taylor describes the sound as having warm lows, pristine trebles and a slight scoop in the midrangeperfect for playing with vocals or other musicians. Its fitted with Taylors own ES2 Expression System pickup.

We’ve been wishing Taylor would offer an all-solid wood smaller guitar for years and when they finally released the Grand Theater size, it was even better than we hoped it would be. This style has lots of new and different features, but here’s the short description: At 24.125 the scale length is more than half an inch shorter than the scale on a Taylor Grand Concert, so it plays like butter, yet it doesn’t sound like a smaller shorter-scale guitar at all. This is partly because while the body is shorter, the lower bout is almost the same width as their Grand Concert. The shortened upper bout puts the bridge in the optimum position in the lower bout, while retaining 14 frets clear. The Grand Theater features C-Class bracing, a new bracing pattern that uses an asymmetrical, cantilevered design that balances stiffness and flexibility. To our ears, this new model holds up well in any comparison to an 812 model Taylor, but is both easier to play and more comfy to hold.