The Taylor Academy 10 Acoustic Guitar is designed with beginners in mind but also appeals to experienced players. Featuring a solid torrefied spruce top and a comfortable, easy-playing neck, this guitar inspires you to play more and improve your skills. The special roasting process for the top adds a touch of aged-in sweetness and warmth, complementing the powerful voice and clear projection of the Dreadnought body shape. Perfect for practice, lessons, jam sessions, and performance alike, this all-acoustic, non-cutaway model includes a lightweight gig bag for easy and safe transportation.

Refreshed with an exceptionally responsive torrefied spruce top, Taylor’s Academy 10 is a perfect choice for beginners and pros seeking a slimmed-down, stripped-back 6-string with signature Taylor tone. The Academy 10 features a slightly shorter scale, a narrowed nut, and a slim neck for maximum comfort. The dreadnought body shape ensures a classic-sounding guitar that’s ripe for strumming and fingerpicking. Other key features include a top-quality ebony fingerboard and a sturdy maple neck.

Perfectly Worn-in Spruce Top It’s an almost universally accepted fact among musicians that acoustic instruments develop a more mellow and responsive tone over time, often taking a lifetime’s worth of breaking in until they reach their full sonic potential. For those of us who would rather skip ahead a few decades of hard-won tonewood aging, Taylor’s cutting-edge torrefaction process perfectly mimics the feel of an aged top right out of the box. By roasting this guitar’s spruce top in a specialized oven, Taylor dramatically accelerates the natural “opening up” of the top to capture all the touch-sensitive resonance and lush vibrance of an acoustic guitar that’s been played in for years.

Comfortable From Your First Chord Taylor has gone the extra mile in crafting Academy Series acoustic guitars. Not only do they boast the company's legendary quality, but they are jam-packed with revolutionary touches that make them supremely playable for beginners and seasoned players alike. The most obvious addition is the built-in armrest for softening the contact point between the guitar's body and the player's arm. The guitar's neck is a bit shorter, softening the action of the strings. Light-gauge strings are used to further create an instant bond between fingertips and the guitar's sleek ebony fretboard.

Taylor Academy 10 Acoustic Guitar Features:

• Dreadnought-style body shape with excellent volume and projection
• Torrefied spruce top delivers super resonance and a wonderfully touch-sensitive response
• Layered walnut back and sides sculpt sound with depth and dimension
• Hard-rock maple neck with ebony fingerboard and a slim profile is easy to play
• 1.6875-inch nut width creates a softer string feel for easier fretting and less fatigue
• Nubone nut and micarta saddle enhance vibrational transfer from string to body
• Chrome closed-back Taylor tuners enhance tuning stability

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Tech Specs

• String Type: Steel
• Number of Strings: 6
• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
• Body Shape: Academy 10 Dreadnought
• Back & Sides Wood: Layered Walnut
• Top Wood: Torrefied Spruce
• Top Finish: Matte
• Color: Natural
• Body Bracing: Academy Series
• Neck Wood: Hard Rock Maple
• Neck Shape: Standard Carve
• Radius: 15"
• Fingerboard Material: Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay: Italian Acrylic Dots
• Number of Frets: 20
• Scale Length: 24.875"
• Nut Width: 1.6875"
• Nut/Saddle Material: NuBone/Micarta
• Bridge Material: Crelicam Ebony
• Tuning Machines: Die-Cast Chrome
• Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light, .012-.053
• Case/Gig Bag: Softshell Case
• Manufacturer Part Number: FA03032000007951000