Anyone that has listened to me talk about guitars or heard any of my recordings knows that when it comes to acoustic guitars, my favorites come from Taylor. This week, Taylor released a new 12-Fret acoustic guitar, which was inspired by Taylor’s 35th anniversary in late 2009. The guitar is named for the point where the neck meets the guitar body — on the twelfth fret.

According to Taylor, the guitar has some unique tonal characteristics because the body meets the neck at the twelfth instead of the fourteenth fret. The result is a sweet spot of sound that Taylor describes as deep and warm on the low end, with crisp, articulate trebles and an impressive overall volume.

The guitar features Indian rosewood on the back and sides with a Sitka spruce top. It also has one of my favorite features of an acoustic guitar, a cutaway, allowing you to reach the higher frets.

The 12-fret model costs $3,898 and will be available in late spring.