Description
Description
Taylor 814ce Grand Auditorium
Offering the balanced highs and supportive lows of the brand’s flagship, medium-sized body shape, Taylor’s 814ce Grand Auditorium models sport refined aesthetics, alongside the brand’s hallmark feel and articulate response. Boasting ample tonal control and responsiveness provided by Taylor’s onboard ES2 electronics, all 800 series guitars pair top-tier craftsmanship with time-honored tonewoods to produce a bold, contemporary voice.
800 Series
Taylor’s 800 series starts with a time-honored pairing of all-star tonewoods combined with top-tier craftsmanship to boast refined aesthetic touches, plus transformative design features that dial up the volume and sustain. The Indian rosewood back and sides married with a Sitka spruce top give 800 series instruments ample sonic versatility, with a rich harmonic texture and ringing overtones, resulting in unmatched clarity and balance to produce a distinctively bold, contemporary acoustic guitar voice.
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.
Serial #: 1210062048
Weight: 4lbs 13oz
Scale Length: 25-1/2"
Nut & Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle
Bracing: V-Class
Truss Rod Cover: West African Crelicam Ebony
Pickguard: Rosewood
Number of Frets: 20
Tuners: Smoked Nickel
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
Body Length: 20"
Body Width: 16"
Body Depth: 4 5/8"
Binding/Edge Treatment: Rock Maple
Top Finish: Gloss 4.5
Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
Rosette Size: Single Ring
Back/Side Finish: Gloss 4.5
Armrest Binding: Radius, Indian Rosewood
Backstrap Wood: None
Rosette Mat.: Abalone Stain/SunburstNone
Armrest: Yes
Neck Width: 1-3/4"
Fretboard Inlay: Element
Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: Pale Non-Figured Maple
Heel Cap Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Type of Neck Joint: Taylor Neck
Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin
Heel Length: 3-1/2"
Peghead Finish: Gloss
Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Type: Standard
Peghead Purfling: Maple
Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Inlay: Element
Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl
Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
Buttons: Smoked Nickel
Fingerboard Ext: None
Edge Trim: Indian Rosewood
Offering the balanced highs and supportive lows of the brand’s flagship, medium-sized body shape, Taylor’s 814ce Grand Auditorium models sport refined aesthetics, alongside the brand’s hallmark feel and articulate response. Boasting ample tonal control and responsiveness provided by Taylor’s onboard ES2 electronics, all 800 series guitars pair top-tier craftsmanship with time-honored tonewoods to produce a bold, contemporary voice.
800 Series
Taylor’s 800 series starts with a time-honored pairing of all-star tonewoods combined with top-tier craftsmanship to boast refined aesthetic touches, plus transformative design features that dial up the volume and sustain. The Indian rosewood back and sides married with a Sitka spruce top give 800 series instruments ample sonic versatility, with a rich harmonic texture and ringing overtones, resulting in unmatched clarity and balance to produce a distinctively bold, contemporary acoustic guitar voice.
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.
Serial #: 1210062048
Weight: 4lbs 13oz
Scale Length: 25-1/2"
Nut & Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle
Bracing: V-Class
Truss Rod Cover: West African Crelicam Ebony
Pickguard: Rosewood
Number of Frets: 20
Tuners: Smoked Nickel
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
Body Length: 20"
Body Width: 16"
Body Depth: 4 5/8"
Binding/Edge Treatment: Rock Maple
Top Finish: Gloss 4.5
Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
Rosette Size: Single Ring
Back/Side Finish: Gloss 4.5
Armrest Binding: Radius, Indian Rosewood
Backstrap Wood: None
Rosette Mat.: Abalone Stain/SunburstNone
Armrest: Yes
Neck Width: 1-3/4"
Fretboard Inlay: Element
Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: Pale Non-Figured Maple
Heel Cap Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Type of Neck Joint: Taylor Neck
Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin
Heel Length: 3-1/2"
Peghead Finish: Gloss
Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Type: Standard
Peghead Purfling: Maple
Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Inlay: Element
Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl
Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
Buttons: Smoked Nickel
Fingerboard Ext: None
Edge Trim: Indian Rosewood