The Next Generation PS14ce is the Presentation Series Grand Auditorium, with Honduran rosewood back and sides under a sinker redwood top. The redwood is cut from logs that sat submerged in California riverbeds, and Taylor credits it with cedar-like warmth, a quick response to touch and a high volume ceiling, so it holds up under a light hand or a heavy one. The Honduran rosewood adds a deep low end, clear trebles and long-sustaining overtones.
Scalloped V-Class bracing adds warmth and open-string richness while keeping the intonation and projection of the original V-Class. The long-tenon Action Control Neck adds sustain and resonance and lets string height be set on the fly, Claria electronics handle the amplified sound, and a radius armrest in West African Crelicam ebony adds comfort.
The appointments are the Presentation Series set: a four-piece Simons back wedge with an ebony backstrap, ebony binding, paua edge trim and rosette, California Vine inlays in paua, and Gotoh 510 tuners in antique gold, under a full gloss in Natural.
The same sinker redwood and Honduran rosewood pairing appears in two Builder's Editions with bevelled armrests and cutaways: the 814ce with 800 Series appointments, and the 914ce with 900 Series appointments.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
Cutaway: Venetian Cutaway
Bracing System: Scalloped V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
Number of Strings: 6 String
Top Wood: Sinker Redwood
Back/Side Wood: Honduran Rosewood
Rosette: Paua Single Ring, Bound Sound Hole
Back Configuration: 4-piece Simmons wedge
Body Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Armrest: Radius West African Crelicam Ebony
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: Paua California Vine
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 / Paua California Vine
Peghead Type: Standard
Peghead Finish: Gloss
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: Gold
End Pin: Black



