Description

Taylor’s flagship Grand Auditorium retains all of its sonic power with new features devoted to a smoother playing experience and updated aesthetics. In this 814ce, the classic tonewood combination of Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce still delivers its characteristic blend of warmth, low-end presence and high-range sparkle, elevated to new heights by V-Class bracing. Notes sustain longer, allowing rosewoods rich overtones to bloom with more clarity than ever, and the advanced bracing scheme introduces greater power and tunefulness across the entire tonal spectrum for a rich and expressive sound. New features include a radius-style rosewood armrest and smoked nickel tuners, along with 800 Series standard appointments such as a smoky ebony fretboard sourced from Taylor’s Crelicam mill in Cameroon, maple binding, rosewood edge trim, an abalone rosette edged with rosewood, and mother-of-pearl Element fretboard and peghead inlays. The 814ce also includes a Venetian cutaway and ES2 acoustic electronics, and ships in a deluxe hardshell case.
Specifications:
Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
Bracing: V-Class with Relief Rout
Scale Length: 25-1/2″
Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
Body Wood: Indian Rosewood
Binding: Rock Maple
Top/Body Finish: Gloss 3.5
Armrest Binding: Indian Rosewood insert
Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Width: 1-3/4″
Number of Frets: 20
Fretboard Wood: West African Ebony
Pickguard: Rosewood
Nut & Saddle: Black Tusq, Micarta saddle
Tuners: Smoked Nickel
Electronics: Expression System® 2
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown