Description
The Taylor 814ce Builder's Edition Next Generation Rosewood Adirondack in Natural is built for players who want the familiar balance of the Grand Auditorium platform paired with premium tonewoods and comfort-focused design upgrades. If you are looking for a guitar that delivers rich harmonic detail, strong projection, and refined ergonomics for long playing sessions, this model fits that role perfectly. The combination of Adirondack spruce and Indian rosewood gives the instrument a powerful voice while the Builder's Edition refinements make it feel exceptionally comfortable in the hands.
The Grand Auditorium body pairs an Adirondack spruce top with Indian rosewood back and sides, producing deep lows, clear highs, and complex overtones that bloom as notes sustain. A scalloped variant of Taylor's V-Class bracing with a relief rout increases volume, sustain, and overall note separation. The beveled cutaway allows easy access to the upper frets, while chamfered body edges and a beveled neo-tropical mahogany armrest improve comfort during longer sessions. The neo-tropical mahogany neck uses Taylor's Standard Carve profile and is topped with a West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard featuring mother-of-pearl Element inlays.
Taylor's Action Control Neck system allows quick and precise string height adjustments, helping maintain optimal playability over time. The Claria acoustic pickup system provides natural amplified tone with simple plug-and-play functionality for stage or studio use. Other details include a rosewood pickguard, Gotoh 510 antique gold tuners, a full gloss body finish, and a Kona edgeburst on the back and sides. We like this one because it blends classic tonewoods with modern engineering and comfort-focused design, creating a high-end acoustic that performs beautifully in virtually any musical setting.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Top Wood: Adirondack Spruce
- Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Bracing System: Scalloped V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
- Cutaway: Beveled Cutaway
- Color: Natural Top with Kona Edgeburst Back and Sides
- Rosette: Green Abalone Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
- Back Configuration: 2-Piece No Wedge
- Body Binding: Chamfered Edges
- Armrest: Beveled Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Back and Sides Finish: Gloss
- Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Standard Carve
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Fingerboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Nut Width: 1.75 inches
- Scale Length: 25.5 inches
- Fretboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
- Peghead Veneer: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
- Peghead Type: Paddle
- Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Finish: Satin
- Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Nut and Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, White Micarta Saddle
- Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
- Tuners: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold with Antique Gold Buttons
- Pickguard: Indian Rosewood
- Electronics: Claria Acoustic Pickup System
- Case: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
Sku: 814CEBEA-NG
The Grand Auditorium body pairs an Adirondack spruce top with Indian rosewood back and sides, producing deep lows, clear highs, and complex overtones that bloom as notes sustain. A scalloped variant of Taylor's V-Class bracing with a relief rout increases volume, sustain, and overall note separation. The beveled cutaway allows easy access to the upper frets, while chamfered body edges and a beveled neo-tropical mahogany armrest improve comfort during longer sessions. The neo-tropical mahogany neck uses Taylor's Standard Carve profile and is topped with a West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard featuring mother-of-pearl Element inlays.
Taylor's Action Control Neck system allows quick and precise string height adjustments, helping maintain optimal playability over time. The Claria acoustic pickup system provides natural amplified tone with simple plug-and-play functionality for stage or studio use. Other details include a rosewood pickguard, Gotoh 510 antique gold tuners, a full gloss body finish, and a Kona edgeburst on the back and sides. We like this one because it blends classic tonewoods with modern engineering and comfort-focused design, creating a high-end acoustic that performs beautifully in virtually any musical setting.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Top Wood: Adirondack Spruce
- Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Bracing System: Scalloped V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
- Cutaway: Beveled Cutaway
- Color: Natural Top with Kona Edgeburst Back and Sides
- Rosette: Green Abalone Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
- Back Configuration: 2-Piece No Wedge
- Body Binding: Chamfered Edges
- Armrest: Beveled Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Back and Sides Finish: Gloss
- Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Standard Carve
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Fingerboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Nut Width: 1.75 inches
- Scale Length: 25.5 inches
- Fretboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
- Peghead Veneer: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
- Peghead Type: Paddle
- Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Finish: Satin
- Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Nut and Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, White Micarta Saddle
- Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
- Tuners: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold with Antique Gold Buttons
- Pickguard: Indian Rosewood
- Electronics: Claria Acoustic Pickup System
- Case: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
Sku: 814CEBEA-NG
