Description
The Taylor 414ce Next Generation Grand Auditorium in Natural is built for players who want a versatile acoustic that can cover a wide range of musical situations with clarity and balance. If you need an instrument that works just as well for fingerstyle, strumming, or recording work, the Grand Auditorium platform has long been a dependable choice. The Next Generation update refines that formula with design changes that improve sustain, playability, and amplified tone.
The classic tonewood pairing of a solid Sitka spruce top and solid Indian rosewood back and sides produces deep, warm lows with clear highs and a slightly scooped midrange that works well in many musical settings. Taylor's scalloped V-Class bracing enhances volume, sustain, and note separation while maintaining the balanced response the Grand Auditorium body shape is known for. The Venetian cutaway provides easy access to the upper frets, and the neo-tropical mahogany neck with Taylor's Standard Carve profile offers a comfortable feel for both rhythm and lead work.
Taylor's updated Next Generation features include the Action Control Neck system for precise action adjustments and the Claria acoustic pickup system, which delivers natural amplified tone with soundhole-mounted controls for volume, tone, and mid contour. Visually, the guitar features a gloss-finish body, black binding, a firestripe pickguard, and Weathervane inlays that give the instrument a refined but understated look. We like this one because it keeps the familiar 414ce voice intact while adding practical upgrades that make it even more reliable for stage, studio, and everyday playing.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Color: Natural
- Bracing: Scalloped V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
- Cutaway: Venetian Cutaway
- Rosette: Single Ring
- Body Binding: Black
- Neck Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Standard Carve
- Neck Joint: Taylor Action Control Neck
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 15 inches
- Nut Width: 1.75 inches
- Nut Material: Black Tusq
- Scale Length: 25.5 inches
- Number of Frets: 20
- Inlays: Faux Pearl Weathervane
- Bridge: Crelicam Ebony
- Tuners: Taylor Nickel
- Hardware Finish: Nickel
- Bridge Pins: Ebony
- Electronics: Taylor Claria Pickup System
- Controls: Volume, Tone, Mid Contour (Soundhole Mounted)
- Pickguard: Firestripe
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case
Sku: 414CE-NG
