This Builder's Edition 814ce pairs an Adirondack spruce top with Honduran rosewood back and sides, the back laid out in four pieces with a Simons wedge. Taylor credits the combination with a layered response, warm lows and clear, ringing trebles, and the scalloped V-Class bracing adds volume and sustain while keeping notes in tune up the neck.
The body is contoured where your arm and hand meet it: chamfered edges, a bevelled armrest and a cutaway bevelled to match. The Action Control Neck makes string height a quick job, and the Claria system is designed to sound natural plugged in without much EQ work.
Element inlays in mother-of-pearl, a green abalone rosette, an Indian rosewood pickguard and Gotoh 510 tuners in antique gold sit under a gloss Shaded Edgeburst.
There are three Builder's Edition 814ce versions in this catalogue. The Indian Rosewood/Adirondack Spruce shares this top, and the Honduran Rosewood/Sinker Redwood keeps this back and sides under a redwood top. The Next Generation 814ce is Indian rosewood and spruce with a radius armrest and Venetian cutaway in place of the bevels.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
Cutaway: Beveled Cutaway
Bracing System: Scalloped V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
Number of Strings: 6 String
Top Wood: Adirondack Spruce
Back/Side Wood: Honduran Rosewood
Rosette: Green Abalone Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
Back Configuration: 4-Piece, Simons Wedge
Body Binding: Chamfered Edges
Armrest: Beveled Neo-tropical Mahogany
Top Finish: Gloss
Back/Side Finish: Gloss
NECK
Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Profile: Standard Carve
Fretboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin
Nut Width: 1-3/4"
Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Scale Length: 25-1/2"
Peghead Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
Peghead Type: Paddle
Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Peghead Finish: Satin
ELECTRONICS
Electronics: The Claria Acoustic Pickup System
HARDWARE
Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
Nut & Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, White Micarta Saddle
Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
Pickguard: Indian Rosewood
Tuners: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold with Antique Gold Buttons
Strap Pin: Black
End Pin: Black
CASE
Case/Bag: Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case



