Taylor Legacy K65e LTD, Figured Hawaiian Koa
This is an extra special Legacy model celebrating 52 years of Taylor Guitars! This guitar is 1 of 52 built in commemoration and also features a handwritten label signed by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug!
From Taylor: "Originally launched in 2024 to celebrate Taylor s 50th anniversary, the Legacy Collection honors Taylors heritage with select guitars inspired by Bob Taylor s classic builds and voiced with versions of Bob s X-bracing. Now, the beloved Koa Series will be represented in the Legacy Collection for the first time. This pair of limited-edition models boasts beautifully figured Hawaiian koa in two distinctive forms: an all-koa 12-string Jumbo and a 6-string Dreadnought crafted with a deeper, tapered body profile and a premium Engelmann spruce top.
The supremely easy-playing feel of Bob’s early 12-string guitars helped establish Taylor five decades ago. The Legacy K65e LTD honors that heritage with this beautiful all-koa guitar. The voluptuous non-cutaway Jumbo boasts back, sides and top of gorgeously figured koa, voiced with Bob’s nuanced version of X-bracing. Players can expect an exceptionally full, shimmering blend of midrange richness and complex octave texture, with impressive dynamic range and a remarkably responsive feel. Its voice will continue to develop sweeter, warmer character with age and extended play. Standout accents include elegant faux-tortoiseshell binding with top purfling in green abalone, a green abalone rosette with a bound soundhole, classic GA-LTD fretboard and peghead inlays in agoya shell, gold tuning machines, a gloss finish for the entire guitar, and onboard Baggs Element VTC electronics."
Key Specifications
Back/Sides: Figured Hawaiian Koa
Top: Figured Hawaiian Koa
Neck: Mahogany, Taylor “NT”
Fretboard: Crelicam Ebony
Nut / Width: TUSQ, White / 1-7⁄8”
Saddle: Micarta, White
Scale Length: 25-1⁄2”
Bracing: Legacy X-Bracing
Inlays: GA-LTD
Finish: Gloss
Binding: Faux-Tortoiseshell Celluloid (Body,
Fretboard, Heel Cap, Soundhole)
Purfling: Black/Celluloid/Black w/Green
Abalone (Top), Black/Celluloid (Rosette/
Soundhole)
Rosette: Green Abalone
Pickguard: None
Peghead Type: Straight-Ear
Tuning Machines: Taylor Gold Mini, Gold
Buttons
Electronics: Baggs Element VTC
Strings: D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze
Light
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case, Brown