- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium with Beveled Cutaway
- Model Series: Builder's Edition (800 Series)
- Country of Manufacture: USA (El Cajon, California)
- Top Material: Solid Sinker Redwood
- Back & Sides Material: Solid Honduran Rosewood (Solid Honduran Rosewood)
- Top Bracing System: Patented V-Class Bracing
- Ergonomic Features: Beveled Armrest, Beveled Cutaway, and Chamfered Body Edges
- Neck Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Fretboard & Bridge Material: Solid West African Crelicam Ebony
- Scale Length: 25-1/2" (647.7 mm)
- Nut Width: 1-3/4" (44.5 mm), with a Black Tusq Nut
- Bridge Saddle: Micarta Saddle
- Electronics: Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) with Bass, Treble, Volume, and Phase switch controls
- Tuning Machines: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold with a 21:1 gear ratio
- Body Finish: Silent Satin (an exceptionally quiet satin finish) with Kona Edgeburst on the back and sides
- Fretboard & Headstock Inlays: Element pattern in Mother-of-Pearl
- Included Case: Luxury Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown Case
Description
Specifications
The Taylor Builder's Edition 814ce is a cutaway Grand Auditorium-shaped acoustic-electric guitar, built in El Cajon, California, USA. It features a solid Sinker Redwood top (naturally aged redwood logs recovered from riverbeds) and a solid Honduran Rosewood back and sides. It incorporates the patented V-Class Bracing system, which increases volume, extends sustain, and improves tonal accuracy across the entire fretboard. The Builder's Edition series includes ergonomic refinements such as a beveled armrest, a cutaway with a beveled finger joint, and rounded body edges. The guitar is equipped with the advanced Expression System 2 (ES2) acoustic-electric pickup system and precision Gotoh 510 tuning machines.
Basic Features
Wood Selection & Acoustic Response
The tonewood combination in this edition creates a particularly well-balanced acoustic character. The Sinker Redwood top comes from ancient redwood logs recovered from riverbeds in Northern California. This wood combines the immediate response and warmth of cedar with the dynamic headroom and clarity of spruce. The solid Honduran rosewood (Honduran Rosewood) back and sides offer exceptional density, producing deep lows, clear mids, and rich harmonic overtones while maintaining clarity in every note, whether playing fingerstyle or strumming.
V-Class Bracing Architecture
Inside the body, the innovative V-Class Bracing pattern resolves the traditional trade-off between volume and sustain. By allowing the top to flex in parallel with the strings, the bracing increases stiffness along the instrument for longer sustain, while allowing flexibility across the sides for greater acoustic volume. At the same time, this geometry smooths out frequency variations along the fretboard, ensuring accurate intonation and clear chords without unwanted overtones.
Ergonomic Innovations in the Builder’s Edition Series
The Builder's Edition design incorporates functional modifications for maximum ergonomics and playing comfort. The body features an integrated beveled armrest (Beveled Armrest) that reduces pressure on the guitarist’s forearm. The cutaway has a curved interior contour (Beveled Cutaway) with a smooth neck joint, providing unobstructed access to the upper frets. The body edges have been shaped with a rounded curve (chamfered edges), while the Silent Satin finish minimizes friction noise caused by clothing rubbing against the guitar body during recording sessions.
Expression System 2 Electronics & Gotoh Tuners
Electro-acoustic amplification is provided by the patented Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2). Unlike standard piezoelectric sensors placed beneath the bridge saddle, the ES2 system positions three independent, mechanically calibrated sensors behind the saddle, capturing the bridge’s full dynamic movement without the characteristic harshness of piezoelectric crystals. The preamp features discreet rotary volume, treble, and bass controls. The instrument’s tuning is ensured by Gotoh 510 Antique Gold tuners with a 21:1 gear ratio, providing micrometric precision and tuning stability.
Dimensions
- Body
- Rosewood, Ebony
- Neck
- Rosewood
- Fretboard
- Rosewood
- Number of Chords
- 6 No of Strings
- For Left-Handed Players
- No
- Cutaway
- -
- Manufacturer Colour
- -
- Colour
- -
Type
- Type
- Semi-Acoustic
Important information
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