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Key Features
- Indian rosewood back and sides for rich overtones and depth
- Adirondack spruce top with scalloped V-Class bracing for power and sustain
- Builder’s Edition comfort features including beveled armrest and cutaway
- Claria pickup system and deluxe Taylor hardshell case included
Taylor Builder's Edition 814ce, Next Generation Overview
The Taylor Builder’s Edition 814ce represents the evolution of Taylor’s flagship Grand Auditorium, combining premium tonewoods with refined construction and player-focused comfort features. Built with Indian rosewood back and sides and an Adirondack spruce top, it delivers a sophisticated blend of warmth, clarity and harmonic richness, with a dynamic response that rewards both light touch and aggressive strumming. The Grand Auditorium body shape provides exceptional versatility, making it equally suited to fingerstyle, flatpicking and strummed chords.
This Next Generation Builder’s Edition model incorporates a scalloped variant of Taylor’s V-Class bracing, enhancing volume, sustain and note-to-note balance across the fingerboard. Comfort refinements such as chamfered body edges, a beveled armrest and beveled cutaway create a seamless playing feel, while the Action Control Neck allows quick and precise string height adjustment. With Claria electronics for reliable amplified tone and a deluxe hardshell case included, the Builder’s Edition 814ce delivers a complete, uncompromising acoustic guitar experience.
Product Ref: 363941
Full Description
View Full DescriptionIndian rosewood depth with Adirondack spruce power
Indian rosewood back and sides give the Builder’s Edition 814ce deep, piano-like lows, clear highs and a richly layered overtone profile that continues to bloom as notes ring out. Paired with an Adirondack spruce top, the guitar offers exceptional clarity and projection, staying composed and articulate even with a heavy right-hand attack. This classic tonewood pairing delivers a wide dynamic range that tracks your touch closely, from delicate fingerstyle detail to big, open strums, with the Grand Auditorium body shape keeping the response balanced and versatile across styles.
Scalloped V-Class bracing for balance and sustain
The scalloped V-Class bracing system is engineered to increase power and sustain while improving note-to-note balance and intonation along the length of the fretboard. By optimising how the top vibrates, it helps chords sound more cohesive and keeps single notes focused, especially higher up the neck where many acoustics can lose definition. The result is a lively, responsive voice that projects confidently without becoming boomy, with a more even tonal spread across bass, mids and treble for a polished and satisfyingly musical voice.
Builder’s Edition comfort refinements
Player comfort sits at the heart of the Builder’s Edition concept, and the 814ce includes multiple ergonomic refinements designed to reduce fatigue and make the instrument feel immediately familiar. A beveled neo-tropical mahogany armrest smooths the contact point for your picking arm, while chamfered body edges remove sharp corners around the top and back for a softer, more natural hold. The beveled cutaway uses a compound, player-friendly contour that improves access and comfort around the upper frets, making long sessions and more technical passages feel effortless.
Modern playability and stage-ready electronics
Taylor’s Action Control Neck makes precise string height adjustment quick and straightforward, helping you keep the setup exactly where you like it as conditions change, with less downtime and fewer compromises. Claria electronics are designed for consistent plug-and-play acoustic tone, giving you a reliable amplified sound for live work and recording without excessive EQ shaping. Premium appointments such as Gotoh 510 tuners, Element inlays, and a rosewood pickguard round out the package, while the included deluxe Taylor hardshell case keeps the guitar protected between sessions and gigs.
Specifications
- Product Name: Taylor Builder’s Edition 814ce, Next Generation
- Product Code: A816002618401490260
Body
- Body shape: Grand Auditorium
- Top wood: Adirondack spruce
- Back & sides: Indian rosewood
- Bracing: Scalloped V-Class with relief rout
- Cutaway: Beveled
- Armrest: Beveled neo-tropical mahogany
- Finish: Gloss
Neck & Fretboard
- Neck wood: Neo-tropical mahogany
- Fretboard: West African Crelicam ebony
- Neck profile: Standard carve
- Inlays: Mother-of-pearl Element
- Scale length: 25.5 inches
- Nut width: 1 3/4 inches
Hardware & Electronics
- Electronics: Taylor Claria pickup system
- Bridge: West African Crelicam ebony
- Nut & saddle: Black Tusq nut, white Micarta saddle
- Tuners: Gotoh 510 antique gold
- Strings: D’Addario XS coated phosphor bronze light (.012–.053)
Other
- Pickguard: Indian rosewood
- Case: Brown Taylor deluxe hardshell case
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