Our flagship Grand Auditorium now boasts even more sonic delights with the addition of our groundbreaking V-Class bracing architecture. The classic tonewood combination of Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce still delivers its characteristic blend of warmth, low-end presence, and high-range sparkle, but V-Class bracing elevates that tone to new heights. Notes sustain longer, allowing rosewood’s rich overtones to bloom with more clarity than ever, and the advanced bracing scheme introduces greater power and tunefulness across the entire tonal spectrum for a rich and expressive sound. Standout material features include a smoky ebony fretboard sourced from Taylor’s Crelicam mill in Cameroon, maple binding, rosewood edge trim, an abalone rosette edged with rosewood, and mother-of-pearl Element fretboard and peghead inlays. The 814ce also includes a Venetian cutaway and our ES2 acoustic electronics, and ships in a deluxe hardshell case.

Highlights

Scale Length: 25-1/2"

Nut & Saddle: Black Graphite, Micarta saddle

Bracing: V-Class

Truss Rod Cover: West African Crelicam Ebony

Pickguard: Rosewood

Number of Frets: 20

Tuners: Taylor Nickel

Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown

Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light

Body Length: 20"

Body Width: 16"

Body Depth: 4 5/8"

Body

Binding/Edge Treatment: Pale Non-Figured Maple

Top Finish: Gloss 4.5

Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge

Backstrap Finish: None

Rosette Size: 2014 800 Series

Bridge Inlay: None

Back/Side Finish: Gloss 4.5

Armrest Binding: None

Backstrap Wood: None

Rosette Mat.: Abalone

Stain/Sunburst: None

Wedge: None

Armrest: no

Neck

Neck Width: 1-3/4"

Fretboard Inlay: Element

Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony

Heel Cap Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony

Type of Neck Joint: Taylor Neck

Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany

Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony

Neck Finish: Satin

Heel Length: 3-1/2"

Peghead

Peghead Finish: Gloss

Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony

Peghead Type: Standard

Peghead Purfling: Maple

Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony

Peghead Inlay: Element

Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl

Other

Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Abalone Dots

Buttons: Nickel

Fingerboard Ext: None

Edge Trim: Indian Rosewood

*Models are subject to change without notice