Taylor Guitars Builder’s Edition 814ce
The 814ce has long been considered the quintessential Taylor guitar thanks to its classic rosewood/spruce tonewood pairing in tandem with Taylor’s flagship cutaway Grand Auditorium body style. Together, the rich tone, musical versatility and signature playability have given players a refined workhorse tool for many different playing styles and musical applications. Now, we’re bringing the 814ce to our Builder’s Edition collection, further enhancing its performance virtues with a suite of premium craftsmanship details.
Among the suite of material refinements are a soundboard upgrade from solid Sitka spruce to a carefully matched four-piece top of solid Adirondack spruce. The high-end craftsmanship reflected in the Builder’s Edition philosophy acknowledges the
evolving future of the world’s forests, where a great soundboard will require careful woodworking joinery to utilize smaller sizes of the high-grade timber preferred for an heirloom instrument. The artful craftsmanship yields a high-quality soundboard and displays a beautifully consistent grain structure.
Additional comfort-enhancing woodworking details that distinguish this edition from its standard-model counterpart include an elegantly sculpted beveled cutaway for effortless high-register access, along with a beveled mahogany armrest that provides a smooth surface for the player’s strumming arm. Other refinements include nuanced alterations in the taper of the body, a modified V-Class voicing, and a subtle alteration to the gloss finish. (This is the only Builder’s Edition model to feature a gloss finish to highlight the beautiful contouring of the body.) The back and sides boast a Kona edgeburst.
Other premium appointments include Gotoh 510 tuners in antique gold, which offer a highly precise 21:1 gear ratio, a contoured Curve Wing bridge (exclusive to Builder’s Edition models), alternating maple and black top purfling with rosewood edge trim,and a rosewood pickguard. The Builder’s Edition 814ce ships with ES2 electronics and a deluxe brown hardshell guitar case.
Specifications:
Brand | Taylor Guitars |
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Model | Builder's Edition 814ce |
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Type | Grand Auditorium |
Finish Color | Natural |
Top Wood | 4-Piece Solid Adirondack Spruce |
Top Finish | Gloss |
Armrest | Beveled Mahogany |
Bracing | V-Class |
Back & Sides Wood | Solid Indian Rosewood |
Back & Sides Finish | Gloss Kona Edgeburst |
Cutaway | Sculpted Beveled |
Neck Wood | Tropical Mahogany |
Neck Dimensions | .850 1st - .870 9th |
Fretboard Material | West African Crelicam Ebony |
Fingerboard Inlays | Mother-of-Pearl Element |
Frets | 20 |
Scale Length | 25.5" |
Width at Nut | 1.75" |
Nut Material | Black Graphite-Infused Tusq |
Headstock Overlay | West African Crelicam Ebony |
Binding | Alternating Rock Maple and Black |
Purfling | Rosewood Top Edge Trim and Rosette Outline |
Rosette | Single-Ring Abalone with Rosewood |
Electronics | Taylor Expression System 2 |
Tuners | Taylor Antique Gold Gotoh 510 |
Bridge | West African Crelicam Ebony Curve Wing |
Saddle | Micarta |
Pickguard | Rosewood |
Case | Taylor Deluxe Brown Hardshell |
Stock Code | A80200211100007A000 |
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