Description
The Taylor 814ce Next Generation in Natural continues the legacy of Taylor's flagship Grand Auditorium, updated with a range of player-focused refinements that enhance both tone and comfort. If you are looking for a versatile acoustic that can handle fingerstyle, strumming, and studio work with equal confidence, the 814ce platform has long been a go-to choice. This Next Generation version builds on that reputation with updated construction features and improved electronics while maintaining the classic tonewood pairing players expect.
The Grand Auditorium body pairs a Sitka spruce top with Indian rosewood back and sides, delivering the lush overtone complexity, clear highs, and rich bass response that have defined the 814ce for years. Inside, Taylor's scalloped V-Class bracing with a relief rout improves volume, sustain, and note separation across the fretboard. The Venetian cutaway allows easy access to higher frets, while the neo-tropical mahogany neck with a Standard Carve profile provides a comfortable and familiar playing feel. A West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl Element inlays keeps the look refined and understated.
Player comfort is a major focus of this Next Generation design. A radius-style Indian rosewood armrest softens the edge where your forearm meets the body, and maple binding frames the instrument with a clean visual contrast. Taylor's long-tenon Action Control Neck allows precise action adjustments while improving resonance. For amplified use, the Claria acoustic pickup system provides natural tone with soundhole-mounted controls and a mid-contour knob that makes dialing in a stage sound simple. We like this one because it keeps the classic 814 voice intact while adding modern engineering that makes it more comfortable and adaptable for everyday playing.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Bracing System: Scalloped V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
- Cutaway: Venetian Cutaway
- Rosette: Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
- Back Configuration: 2-Piece No Wedge
- Body Binding: Rock Maple
- Armrest: Radius Indian Rosewood
- Top Finish: Gloss 4.5
- Back and Sides Finish: Gloss 4.5
- Neck Material: 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: Gloss
- Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Nut and Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle
- Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
- Tuners: Taylor Smoked Nickel with Smoked Nickel Buttons
- Pickguard: Indian Rosewood
- Electronics: Claria Acoustic Pickup System
- Case: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
Sku: 814CE-NG
The Grand Auditorium body pairs a Sitka spruce top with Indian rosewood back and sides, delivering the lush overtone complexity, clear highs, and rich bass response that have defined the 814ce for years. Inside, Taylor's scalloped V-Class bracing with a relief rout improves volume, sustain, and note separation across the fretboard. The Venetian cutaway allows easy access to higher frets, while the neo-tropical mahogany neck with a Standard Carve profile provides a comfortable and familiar playing feel. A West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl Element inlays keeps the look refined and understated.
Player comfort is a major focus of this Next Generation design. A radius-style Indian rosewood armrest softens the edge where your forearm meets the body, and maple binding frames the instrument with a clean visual contrast. Taylor's long-tenon Action Control Neck allows precise action adjustments while improving resonance. For amplified use, the Claria acoustic pickup system provides natural tone with soundhole-mounted controls and a mid-contour knob that makes dialing in a stage sound simple. We like this one because it keeps the classic 814 voice intact while adding modern engineering that makes it more comfortable and adaptable for everyday playing.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Bracing System: Scalloped V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
- Cutaway: Venetian Cutaway
- Rosette: Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
- Back Configuration: 2-Piece No Wedge
- Body Binding: Rock Maple
- Armrest: Radius Indian Rosewood
- Top Finish: Gloss 4.5
- Back and Sides Finish: Gloss 4.5
- Neck Material: 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: Gloss
- Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Nut and Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle
- Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
- Tuners: Taylor Smoked Nickel with Smoked Nickel Buttons
- Pickguard: Indian Rosewood
- Electronics: Claria Acoustic Pickup System
- Case: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
Sku: 814CE-NG
