Taylor 110ce

The Taylor 110ce is the workhorse stage acoustic, and one of the most rented guitars in the world for a simple reason: it plugs in and works. The Expression System 2 pickup sits behind the saddle rather than in the soundhole, so it captures the guitar's real voice and goes straight to a PA or DI.

A solid torrefied spruce top over layered sapele back and sides gives it a played-in response from the first chord, and C-Class bracing adds low-end body that earlier 100 Series guitars did not have. Ebony fretboard, 25 and a half inch scale, 1 and 11/16 inch nut.

Taylor's slim neck profile makes it immediately comfortable for players coming off an electric.