Taylor 814e Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar (with Case)

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An acoustic-electric that satisfies performing guitarists' varied needs, the Taylor 814e employs custom bracing for added warmth and greater low-end depth.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Grand Auditorium body shape Full bass and articulate highs; great for singers
Sitka spruce top Projects rich, crisp and responsive tone
Solid Indian rosewood back and sides Articulate mids, big lows and smooth highs
Taylor Expression System 2 Captures dynamic range of acoustic sound

The Taylor 814ce Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric guitar boasts a curvy contour that locks against your front like a puzzle piece. This comfy cut allows an addicting playability perfect for strummers and fingerpickers alike. The Sitka spruce and Indian rosewood body boasts a warm and powerful resonance, and the tropical mahogany neck features 20 frets over a lightmarbled ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl element fretboard inlays. To amplify your performance, the 814ce boasts Taylor's Expression System 2 electronics -- ready to forge a powerful, articulate, and room-filling signal.

Grand Auditorium Body Shape

The Grand Auditorium body is Taylor's most popular guitar shape. The curves on either side of the soundhole are pinched slightly tighter than the Dreadnought shape, making for a cozy fit for all types of musicians -- from intimate fingerpicking players to more aggressive strummers. Sitka spruce and Indian rosewood resonate an evenly balanced tone that sounds great both unplugged or fired through an amplifier or PA system.

Electrifying Tour Performance

Taylor knows how important crafting a clear and punchy signal is to any guitarist. That's why your Taylor 814e has been fitted with Expression System 2 Electronics. Your performance is captured by three pickup sensors fitted behind-the-saddle rather than under the saddle. This design takes in the full-bodied sound of every strum without losing any meet or depth. Also, the gain structure of the ES2 design is about… read more 25 percent hotter than the pickups found in most acoustic electric guitars.

Sturdy Tropical Mahogany Neck

Mahogany necks push the low and middle frequencies of each note and help prolong each strings' sustain better than other woods can. This appendage also features a silky ebony fingerboard fitted with 20 frets that all boast a comfortable and tight action. Tasteful mother-of-pearl fingerboard inlays bring out an additional visual appeal as well.

Features:

- Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric guitar
- Venetian cutaway
- Sitka spruce top
- Indian rosewood back and sides
- Pale maple binding and back strip
- Advanced performance bracing with relief rout
- Abalone rosette outlined with rosewood
- Ebony headstock overlay
- Tropical mahogany neck
- Scale length of 25.5"
- Lightmarbled ebony fretboard
- 20 frets with tight action
- Mother-of-pearl element fretboard inlay
- Ebony truss rod cover
- Taylor nickel tuners
- Taylor Expression System 2
- Rosewood pickguard
- Ebony bridge pins with abalone dots
- Taylor deluxe brown hardshell case included read less

- Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Number of Strings: 6
- Back/Side Wood: Indian Rosewood
- Scale length: 25-1/2"
- Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
- Body Length: 20"
- Electronics: Expression System 2
- Body Width: 16"
- Cutaway: Venetian
- Body Depth: 4 5/8"
- Nut & Saddle: Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
- Neck Width: 1-3/4"
- Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
- Bracing: Advanced Performance with Relief Rout
- Fretboard Wood: Ebony
- Fretboard Inlay: Element
- Headstock Overlay: Ebony
- Binding: Maple .080"
- Bridge Pins: Ebony with Abalone Dots
- Tuners: Taylor Nickel
- Truss Rod Cover: Ebony
- Back/Side Finish: Gloss 3.5
- Top Finish: Gloss 3.5
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Pickguard: Rosewood
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
- Number of Frets: 20
- Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
- Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
- Buttons: Nickel
- Edge Trim: Indian Rosewood
- Fretboard Binding: Maple
- Heel Cap Binding: Maple
- Heel length: 3-1/2"
- Peghead Finish: Gloss
- Peghead Binding: Maple
- Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl
- Peghead Type: Standard
- Rosette Mat. : Abalone
- Rosette Size: Single Ring
- Type of Neck Joint: Scarf

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-943-6782

Taylor 814e Grand Auditorium Guitar

Taylor's popular 814ce offers players the ultimate all-purpose guitar. Its balance, warmth and articulation are great for fingerstyle, it has enough punch as a strummer to front a band, and the top-end power will fuel lead runs without getting shrill. It's a great choice for a gigging player looking for one guitar that can cover it all. The revoicing of the 800 Series has brought greater warmth, a more mature midrange, and a looser, more luxurious low end to the 814ce, thanks in part to the customized bracing and a new, custom-calibrated Elixir HD Light string-gauge set. Premium appointments include maple binding and back strip, rosewood top edge trim, a rosewood pickguard, Taylor's new Element fretboard inlay in mother-of-pearl, a marbled fretboard, and new Expression System 2 acoustic electronics. The guitar features a Venetian cutaway and includes a Taylor deluxe hardshell case.

Features:

- Indian rosewood back and sides
- Sitka spruce top
- 3.5-mil gloss-finish body
- Pale maple binding and back strip
- Rosewood top edge trim
- Abalone rosette outlined with rosewood
- Rosewood pickguard
- Lightmarbled ebony fretboard
- Mother-of-pearl Element fretboard inlay
- Revoiced bracing
- Taylor nickel tuners
- Taylor Expression System 2 electronics
- Taylor deluxe hardshell case

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