Taylor Builder's Edition 814ce

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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.

N Stuff SKU:	BE814CE
Manufacturer:	Taylor

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Specifications:
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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