Description
The Taylor 714ce has long been a favorite among players who crave warmth, nuance, and dynamic sensitivity, and the Next Generation version refines that identity with thoughtful modern upgrades. Built around the ever-versatile Grand Auditorium body shape, this updated 700 Series model offers a rich and expressive tonal palette that responds beautifully to a wide range of playing styles. Whether you lean toward delicate fingerstyle passages or more assertive strumming, the Next Generation 714ce rewards subtle touch and musical intention with remarkable clarity and depth.
This model pairs Indian rosewood back and sides with a Western Red Cedar top, a tonewood combination that produces an exceptionally warm and responsive voice. Cedar's natural softness allows the top to react quickly to a light touch, making it ideal for expressive fingerstyle playing and nuanced dynamics. The rosewood body adds depth and harmonic complexity, delivering powerful lows, shimmering highs, and a lush overtone bloom that fills out the guitar's voice. Inside, Taylor's scalloped V-Class bracing enhances sustain, projection, and pitch accuracy while enriching the instrument's overall resonance. The Next Generation platform also introduces the Action Control Neck, a patented design that allows quick and precise string height adjustments while improving the wood coupling between neck and body for increased sustain and warmth. For amplified performance, the Claria electronics system combines an improved under-saddle piezo pickup with a refined preamp designed to smooth out the harshness common to traditional piezo systems. With soundhole-mounted controls for volume, tone, and mid contour, players can easily dial in a natural acoustic tone in any live or studio setting.
Comfort and playability remain central to the 714ce experience. The Grand Auditorium body offers a balanced feel against the player while delivering impressive volume and tonal balance across the spectrum. Taylor's sleek neck profile and precise fretwork make moving across the ebony fretboard feel effortless, encouraging fluid phrasing and long playing sessions. Whether you are practicing at home, writing new material, or performing live, the 714ce provides the reliability and comfort that Taylor guitars are known for.
Visually, the Next Generation 714ce carries a refined and elegant look that reflects the sophistication of its sound. Reflections inlays bring a distinctive artistic detail to the ebony fretboard, while white body binding and black and white top trim frame the cedar top with classic style. An abalone rosette adds a subtle shimmer around the soundhole, and abalone dot ebony bridge pins provide an extra touch of premium craftsmanship alongside gold Taylor tuners.
The Next Generation 714ce is a perfect example of how Taylor continues to evolve its most beloved designs. With its warm cedar voice, rich rosewood depth, and modern engineering improvements, this Grand Auditorium offers an inspiring playing experience that feels equally suited for stage, studio, or quiet moments of creativity. At Cream City Music, we love guitars that reward expressive players, and the 714ce is built to do exactly that.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Top Wood: Western Red Cedar
- Back and Sides Wood: Indian Rosewood
- Finish: Gloss
- Color: Natural
- Bracing: Scalloped V-Class Bracing
- Rosette: Abalone
- Body Binding: White
- Top Purfling: Black and White
- Neck Construction: Action Control Neck
- Neck Wood: Tropical Mahogany
- Fretboard Wood: Ebony
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1-3/4"
- Number of Frets: 20
- Fretboard Inlays: Reflections
- Bridge: Ebony
- Bridge Pins: Ebony with Abalone Dots
- Nut Material: Tusq
- Saddle Material: Micarta
- Tuners: Taylor Gold Tuners
- Electronics: Claria Acoustic Electronics System
- Controls: Volume, Tone, Mid Contour (Soundhole Mounted)
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case
Sku: 714CE-NG
