Taylor Next Generation Builder's Edition 814ce Acoustic-electric Guitar - Adirondack/Rosewood | New
by Taylor
SKU 814CEBENAT
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Original price
$4,499.00
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Original price
$4,499.00
Original price
$4,499.00
$4,499.00
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$4,499.00
Current price
$4,499.00
Taylor Next Generation Builder's Edition 814ce - Treasure-Grade Tone, Modern Precision
A showcase of treasure-grade tonewoods and Taylor's most advanced design innovations, the Taylor Next Generation Builder's Edition 814ce stands as one of the most powerful and refined Grand Auditorium guitars Taylor has ever produced. This instrument blends vintage-inspired sonic authority with modern playability, comfort, and reliability.
At the core of the guitar's voice is Scalloped V-Class bracing, part of Taylor's Next Generation platform. This evolved bracing architecture opens up the low end, delivering a deeper, warmer, and more expansive response while maintaining the pitch accuracy, balance, and sustain that define V-Class design. The result is a sound that feels bold and authoritative, yet controlled and articulate across the entire fretboard.
The top is crafted from Adirondack spruce, revered among tonewood connoisseurs for its exceptional stiffness, power, and headroom. Long considered the gold standard of vintage-era acoustics, Adirondack spruce delivers explosive dynamic range and continues to open up and improve with age-making this Builder's Edition 814ce a true long-term investment instrument.
For the back and sides, Taylor selected Honduran rosewood, a highly prized and visually striking tonewood known for its low damping factor and richly layered harmonic response. Honduran rosewood offers deep, authoritative bass, smooth and rounded mids, and clear, bell-like trebles with lush overtone complexity. Paired with the power of Adirondack spruce, it produces a voice that is expansive, creamy, and remarkably balanced.
When plugged in, Taylor's new Claria electronics system faithfully captures the guitar's complex acoustic character with true plug-and-play simplicity. Designed to avoid the harshness commonly associated with under-saddle pickups, Claria delivers a warm, natural amplified tone and features intuitive soundhole-mounted Volume, Tone, and Mid-Contour controls for fast, musical adjustments in any setting.
Playability is equally refined. A Standard Carve mahogany neck and 15" radius smoky ebony fingerboard provide a smooth, familiar feel, while Taylor's innovative Action Control Neck allows precise neck-angle adjustment with a simple turn of a bolt-making action changes easy and long-term maintenance dramatically simpler. The long-tenon neck joint further enhances sustain and low-end resonance for a fuller, more powerful sound.
True to the Builder's Edition name, this model is finished with comfort-focused refinements and premium details, including chamfered body edges, a beveled armrest, ebony bridge pins with green abalone dots, elegant Element inlays, and Antique Gold Gotoh tuning machines.
Powerful, expressive, and meticulously refined, the Taylor Next Generation Builder's Edition 814ce is a flagship acoustic-electric built for discerning players who demand uncompromising tone and modern precision.
Features
Next Generation Builder's Edition 814ce featuring Scalloped V-Class bracing and Claria electronics
Adirondack spruce top delivers exceptional power, headroom, and long-term tonal development
Scalloped V-Class bracing enhances low-end depth and produces a warmer, more resonant voice
Honduran rosewood back and sides provide rich harmonic complexity with smooth, rounded warmth
Claria under-saddle electronics offer natural, acoustic-accurate amplified tone with plug-and-play simplicity
Soundhole-mounted Volume, Tone, and Mid-Contour controls
Mahogany neck with Taylor's comfortable Standard Carve profile
Action Control Neck enables precise neck-angle and action adjustments
Long-tenon neck joint improves sustain, resonance, and low-end response
15" radius smoky ebony fingerboard with shell/MOP Element inlays
Builder's Edition comfort upgrades including chamfered edges, beveled armrest, ebony bridge pins with green abalone dots, and Antique Gold Gotoh tuners
1.75" nut width suits fingerstyle, strumming, and flatpicking styles
A showcase of treasure-grade tonewoods and Taylor's most advanced design innovations, the Taylor Next Generation Builder's Edition 814ce stands as one of the most powerful and refined Grand Auditorium guitars Taylor has ever produced. This instrument blends vintage-inspired sonic authority with modern playability, comfort, and reliability.
At the core of the guitar's voice is Scalloped V-Class bracing, part of Taylor's Next Generation platform. This evolved bracing architecture opens up the low end, delivering a deeper, warmer, and more expansive response while maintaining the pitch accuracy, balance, and sustain that define V-Class design. The result is a sound that feels bold and authoritative, yet controlled and articulate across the entire fretboard.
The top is crafted from Adirondack spruce, revered among tonewood connoisseurs for its exceptional stiffness, power, and headroom. Long considered the gold standard of vintage-era acoustics, Adirondack spruce delivers explosive dynamic range and continues to open up and improve with age-making this Builder's Edition 814ce a true long-term investment instrument.
For the back and sides, Taylor selected Honduran rosewood, a highly prized and visually striking tonewood known for its low damping factor and richly layered harmonic response. Honduran rosewood offers deep, authoritative bass, smooth and rounded mids, and clear, bell-like trebles with lush overtone complexity. Paired with the power of Adirondack spruce, it produces a voice that is expansive, creamy, and remarkably balanced.
When plugged in, Taylor's new Claria electronics system faithfully captures the guitar's complex acoustic character with true plug-and-play simplicity. Designed to avoid the harshness commonly associated with under-saddle pickups, Claria delivers a warm, natural amplified tone and features intuitive soundhole-mounted Volume, Tone, and Mid-Contour controls for fast, musical adjustments in any setting.
Playability is equally refined. A Standard Carve mahogany neck and 15" radius smoky ebony fingerboard provide a smooth, familiar feel, while Taylor's innovative Action Control Neck allows precise neck-angle adjustment with a simple turn of a bolt-making action changes easy and long-term maintenance dramatically simpler. The long-tenon neck joint further enhances sustain and low-end resonance for a fuller, more powerful sound.
True to the Builder's Edition name, this model is finished with comfort-focused refinements and premium details, including chamfered body edges, a beveled armrest, ebony bridge pins with green abalone dots, elegant Element inlays, and Antique Gold Gotoh tuning machines.
Powerful, expressive, and meticulously refined, the Taylor Next Generation Builder's Edition 814ce is a flagship acoustic-electric built for discerning players who demand uncompromising tone and modern precision.
Features
Next Generation Builder's Edition 814ce featuring Scalloped V-Class bracing and Claria electronics
Adirondack spruce top delivers exceptional power, headroom, and long-term tonal development
Scalloped V-Class bracing enhances low-end depth and produces a warmer, more resonant voice
Honduran rosewood back and sides provide rich harmonic complexity with smooth, rounded warmth
Claria under-saddle electronics offer natural, acoustic-accurate amplified tone with plug-and-play simplicity
Soundhole-mounted Volume, Tone, and Mid-Contour controls
Mahogany neck with Taylor's comfortable Standard Carve profile
Action Control Neck enables precise neck-angle and action adjustments
Long-tenon neck joint improves sustain, resonance, and low-end response
15" radius smoky ebony fingerboard with shell/MOP Element inlays
Builder's Edition comfort upgrades including chamfered edges, beveled armrest, ebony bridge pins with green abalone dots, and Antique Gold Gotoh tuners
1.75" nut width suits fingerstyle, strumming, and flatpicking styles