Description
Description
Taylor 614ce Builder's Edition Grand Auditorium
Boasting a modern feel and articulate response, the Taylor 614ce Builder's Edition Grand Auditorium models offer the balanced highs and supportive lows of the brand’s flagship, medium-sized body shape, fit for any playing style—as well as easy access to the upper frets allowed by the contoured cutaway—while the sonically transparent maple back and sides, paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top, provide additional depth, projection, and sustain. Plus, Taylor’s ES2 electronics provide ample tonal control and responsiveness.
600 Series Builder’s Edition
Frequently used for electric guitar tops, the sonic transparency of the maple used in Taylor’s 600 series guitars makes them reflective of both the guitar design and the player’s touch. Pairing V-Class bracing with a torrefied Sitka spruce top—which provides additional depth, projection, and sustain—600 series guitars respond to a broad spectrum of tonal colors, from warm to bright, depending on the player’s nuanced attack.
Grand Auditorium Cutaway
The brand’s flagship body shape, the Taylor Grand Auditorium’s medium size offers balanced highs and supportive lows, making it a versatile choice that’s fit for nearly any playing style. Boasting bold, balanced tone, the Taylor Grand Auditorium provides vibrant, well-defined sound across the entire tonal spectrum, thanks to a more tapered waist than a traditional dreadnought, making the Taylor Grand Auditorium the Swiss Army Knife of Taylor’s body shapes.
Q: Does a cutaway diminish a guitar’s tonal output?
A: Not in a discernible way. We recommend you decide based on whether you want that extra upper-fretboard range; or, if you simply have an aesthetic preference—either for a more traditional, symmetrical look of a non-cutaway, or in favor of the sleek, more modern contouring that the cutaway offers.
V-Class Bracing
The Taylor Grand Concert features Taylor’s innovative new V-Class bracing, which lets the soundboard of the guitar vibrate naturally, increasing sustain and overall cohesiveness, and generating additional volume without sacrificing sustain. This design puts the body more in tune with the strings, improving articulation and harmonic alignment, resulting in a sound that is optimally warm and seasoned, nicely blended, and full of luscious low end without being muddy.
ES2 Electronics
The Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) delivers the latest technology in Taylor acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the ES2 system is Taylor’s patented behind-the-saddle pickup, featuring three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The new positioning enables the piezo pickup’s crystals to respond more naturally to the guitar’s energy as it is transferred through the saddle, with three pickup sensors installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in relation to the saddle. Together with Taylor’s custom-designed preamp, this ES2 system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness
Boasting a modern feel and articulate response, the Taylor 614ce Builder's Edition Grand Auditorium models offer the balanced highs and supportive lows of the brand’s flagship, medium-sized body shape, fit for any playing style—as well as easy access to the upper frets allowed by the contoured cutaway—while the sonically transparent maple back and sides, paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top, provide additional depth, projection, and sustain. Plus, Taylor’s ES2 electronics provide ample tonal control and responsiveness.
600 Series Builder’s Edition
Frequently used for electric guitar tops, the sonic transparency of the maple used in Taylor’s 600 series guitars makes them reflective of both the guitar design and the player’s touch. Pairing V-Class bracing with a torrefied Sitka spruce top—which provides additional depth, projection, and sustain—600 series guitars respond to a broad spectrum of tonal colors, from warm to bright, depending on the player’s nuanced attack.
Grand Auditorium Cutaway
The brand’s flagship body shape, the Taylor Grand Auditorium’s medium size offers balanced highs and supportive lows, making it a versatile choice that’s fit for nearly any playing style. Boasting bold, balanced tone, the Taylor Grand Auditorium provides vibrant, well-defined sound across the entire tonal spectrum, thanks to a more tapered waist than a traditional dreadnought, making the Taylor Grand Auditorium the Swiss Army Knife of Taylor’s body shapes.
Q: Does a cutaway diminish a guitar’s tonal output?
A: Not in a discernible way. We recommend you decide based on whether you want that extra upper-fretboard range; or, if you simply have an aesthetic preference—either for a more traditional, symmetrical look of a non-cutaway, or in favor of the sleek, more modern contouring that the cutaway offers.
V-Class Bracing
The Taylor Grand Concert features Taylor’s innovative new V-Class bracing, which lets the soundboard of the guitar vibrate naturally, increasing sustain and overall cohesiveness, and generating additional volume without sacrificing sustain. This design puts the body more in tune with the strings, improving articulation and harmonic alignment, resulting in a sound that is optimally warm and seasoned, nicely blended, and full of luscious low end without being muddy.
ES2 Electronics
The Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) delivers the latest technology in Taylor acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the ES2 system is Taylor’s patented behind-the-saddle pickup, featuring three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The new positioning enables the piezo pickup’s crystals to respond more naturally to the guitar’s energy as it is transferred through the saddle, with three pickup sensors installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in relation to the saddle. Together with Taylor’s custom-designed preamp, this ES2 system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Taylor 600 Series |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Product Color: | Natural |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | .012-.053, E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Grand Auditorium |
| Acoustic Cutaway Type: | Venetian Cutaway |
| Body Material: | Big Leaf Maple |
| Body Finish: | Silent Satin |
| Top Material: | Sitka Spruce |
| Bracing Material: | Spruce |
| Bracing Pattern: | V-Class |
| Rosette: | Maple Single Ring |
| Purfling: | Black/Maple |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Hard Rock Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Satin |
| Neck Shape: | Standard Carve |
| Fingerboard Material: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Headstock Veneer: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Nut Material: | TUSQ |
| Nut Width: | 1.75" |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 15" |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" |
| Number of Frets: | 20 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Taylor Neck, Bolt-On |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Mother of Pearl Scepter |
| Inlay Shape: | Custom Symbol |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Silver |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | Grained Ivory Logo with Wings |
| Neck Binding: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
Electronics
| Acoustic Electronics: | ES2 |
| Controls and Switching: | Volume, Bass, Treble |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Gold |
| Bridge: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Tuning Machines: | Gotoh 510 Antique Gold with Antique Gold Buttons |
| Saddle: | Micarta |
| Truss Rod Cover: | West African Crelicam Ebony |