The Gold Label 714e puts Indian rosewood back and sides and a torrefied Sitka spruce top into the Super Auditorium, Taylor's shape with a slightly longer body and a wider lower bout than its Grand Auditorium. Taylor describes a deep, open voice with warm lows, round trebles and full overtones, with some played-in sweetness from the roasted top. Fanned V-Class bracing adds volume and sustain.
The long-tenon Action Control Neck keeps a slim profile and adjusts through the soundhole. Two details belong only to the Gold Label Collection: the pickguard shape and the modified headstock with its angled back cut and script logo. Cream binding, a matching rosette, Crest inlays on Crelicam ebony and a Honduran rosewood Curve Wing bridge with Indian rosewood pins complete it, with an LR Baggs Element VTC inside.
Four finishes are offered: Natural, Sunburst with a firestripe or a cream pickguard, and Blacktop with cream. Our pick is the Natural, the one that leaves the roasted top's colour on show. In this body, the Gold Label 514e is the mahogany version and the 814e the Honduran rosewood one.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Shape: Super Auditorium
Bracing System: Fanned V-Class with Tonal Rout
Number of Strings: 6 String
Top Wood: Spruce
Back/Side Wood: Indian Rosewood
Rosette: Cream (.075")/.032" Black/Cream (.075") Single Ring
Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge
Body Binding: Cream
Armrest: None
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: Cream Crest
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: Cream Crest
Peghead Type: Paddle
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Finish: Gloss
ELECTRONICS
Electronics: LR Baggs - Element VTC
HARDWARE
Bridge: Honduran Rosewood
Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood
Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
Pickguard: By finish, as shown
Tuners: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons
Strap Pin: Black
End Pin: Bronze
CASE
Case/Bag: Gold Label Hardshell Case British Cocoa



