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Taylor Builder's Edition 814ce - Natural
The 814ce has long been considered the quintessential Taylor guitar thanks to its classic rosewood/spruce tonewood pairing in tandem with Taylor’s flagship cutaway Grand Auditorium body style. Together, the rich tone, musical versatility and signature playability have given players a refined workhorse tool for many different playing styles and musical applications. Now, they’re bringing the 814ce to their Builder’s Edition collection, further enhancing its performance virtues with a suite of premium craftsmanship details.
Among the suite of material refinements are a soundboard upgrade from solid Sitka spruce to a carefully matched four-piece top of solid Adirondack spruce. The high-end craftsmanship reflected in the Builder’s Edition philosophy acknowledges the evolving future of the world’s forests, where a great soundboard will require careful woodworking joinery to utilize smaller sizes of the high-grade timber preferred for an heirloom instrument. The artful craftsmanship yields a high-quality soundboard and displays a beautifully consistent grain structure.
Additional comfort-enhancing woodworking details that distinguish this edition from its standard-model counterpart include an elegantly sculpted beveled cutaway for effortless high-register access, along with a beveled mahogany armrest that provides a smooth surface for the player’s strumming arm. Other refinements include nuanced alterations in the taper of the body, a modified V-Class voicing, and a subtle alteration to the gloss finish. (This is the only Builder’s Edition model to feature a gloss finish to highlight the beautiful contouring of the body.) The back and sides boast a Kona edgeburst.
Other premium appointments include Gotoh 510 tuners in antique gold, which offer a highly precise 21:1 gear ratio, a contoured Curve Wing bridge (exclusive to Builder’s Edition models), alternating maple and black top purfling with rosewood edge trim, and a rosewood pickguard. The Builder’s Edition 814ce ships with ES2 electronics and a deluxe brown hardshell guitar case.
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BE814CE |
Manufacturer: |
Taylor |
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Specifications: |
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| HIGHLIGHTS: | |
| Shape: | Grand Auditorium |
| Number of Strings: | 6 |
| Scale Length: | 25-1/2" |
| Body Length: | 20" |
| Body Width: | 16" |
| Body Depth: | 4 5/8" |
| Nut and Saddle: | Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle |
| Bracing: | V-Class Bracing |
| Truss Rod Cover: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Pickguard: | Indian Rosewood |
| Number Of Frets: | 20 |
| Tuners: | Gotoh |
| Electronics: | Expression System 2 |
| Case: | Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown |
| BODY: | |
| Top Wood: | Adirondack Spruce |
| Body Wood: | Indian Rosewood |
| Cutaway: | Beveled |
| Top Finish: | Gloss |
| Back Config: | 2-piece No Wedge |
| Backstrap Finish: | None |
| Rosette Size: | Single Ring |
| Rosette Material: | Shell, Green Abalone |
| Bridge Inlay: | None |
| Back/Side Finish: | Gloss |
| Wedge: | None |
| NECK: | |
| Neck Width: | 1-3/4" |
| Fretboard Wood: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Fretboard Inlay: | Element |
| Fretboard Binding: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Heel Cap Binding: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Neck/Heel: | Neo-Tropical Mahogany |
| Neck Finish: | Satin |
| Type Of Neck Joint: | Scarf |
| PEGHEAD: | |
| Peghead Finish: | Satin |
| Peghead Binding: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Peghead Type: | Paddle, Standard |
| Peghead Inlay: | Element |
| Peghead Logo: | Taylor Mother of Pearl |
| Headstock Overlay: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| OTHER: | |
| Bridge Pins: | West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots |
| Buttons: | Antique Gold |
| Fingerboard Ext: | None |
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