Taylor 214 Grand Auditorium Acoustic Guitar with Gig Bag

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Taylor 214 Grand Auditorium Acoustic Guitar with Gig Bag, Main
Taylor 214 Grand Auditorium Acoustic Guitar with Gig Bag, Main
Unleash the Taylor tone you've always wanted with the Taylor 214 Grand Auditorium. Finely built and endlessly playable, the 214 is an outstanding value.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Grand Auditorium body shape Full bass and articulate highs; great for singers
Sitka spruce top Projects rich, crisp and responsive tone
Ebony fretboard Dark color, tight grain; premium fretboard wood
Rosewood back and sides Warm tone with long sustain

Your Taylor 214 Grand Auditorium acoustic guitar harnesses Taylor's renowned ingenuity in design and playability to bring you a wonderfully alluring acoustic guitar that plays like a breeze. This baby features a powerfully resonating Grand Auditorium body, a solid Sitka-spruce-topped body with layered rosewood back and sides, a comfortable sapele neck, a smooth ebony fingerboard with 20 frets, and an attractive tortoise pickguard. Shoulder this guitar and see how Taylor continues to set itself apart from other acoustic axes in tone, visual aesthetics, and supreme playability. One of Taylor's most popular acoustics, the 214 is an incredible value!

Boastful Tones of Solid Sitka Spruce and Layered Rosewood

The top of your Taylor 214 Grand Auditorium's body is solid Sitka spruce. This wood is remarkably resilient to dings and scratches and offers a calming mellowness to your playing. The back and sides are constructed from layered rosewood, bringing pleasant lows and mids to your strumming. Layered rosewood also adds an attractive visual appeal with its dark and linear grain pattern. Combined, these two tonewoods resonate a full and rich tone with well-rounded articulation and plenty of presence. When they're put together in the Grand Auditorium body shape, the result is "that Taylor sound" beloved by singer-songwriters for its way of supporting and "wrapping around" vocals.

Sapele Neck and Ebony Fingerboard

Your hand will love this axe's comfortable sapele neck that… read more fits snugly into your palm like a glove. Your fingers will slide effortlessly across this baby's smooth and buttery ebony fingerboard and its 20 frets of tight and comfortable action. You'll bring up your playing speed in no time with this incredibly easy, slick, and addicting fretboard.

Easy on the Eyes and Ears

Visually, your Taylor 214 Grand Auditorium is just as attractive visually as it is sonically. The light-colored Sitka spruce top contrasts nicely against this baby's dark ebony fingerboard and bridge. A shiny and illustrious tortoise pickguard adds a nice final touch of sophistication to this axe's charming look. Once you shoulder this baby and wear it for the first time, you'll struggle to find a better or more suitable acoustic companion.

Features:

- Grand Auditorium body shape
- Solid Sitka spruce top
- Sapele neck
- Ebony fingerboard with 20 frets
- Layered rosewood back and sides
- Forward shifted pattern bracing
- Sleek white binding
- Chrome die-cast tuners
- Tortoise pickguard
- Gig bag included read less

- Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Back/Side Wood: Layered Rosewood
- Top Wood: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Neck/Heel: Sapele
- Electronics: None
- Bracing: Forward Shifted Pattern
- Binding: White
- Fretboard Wood: Ebony
- Fretboard Inlay: 6mm Dots
- Headstock Overlay: Indian Rosewood
- Bridge Inlay: None
- Bridge Pins: Black
- Nut & Saddle: NuBone(R)
- Tuners Die-Cast: Chrome
- Truss Rod Cover: Indian Rosewood
- Back/Side Finish: Satin
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Cutaway: None
- Pickguard: Tortoise

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-943-6782

Taylor 214 Acoustic Guitar with Gig Bag

Taylor's layered Rosewood 200 Series models, of which the Taylor 214 is part of, hone in on the fundamentals of a great guitar-playing experience to give you clear, balanced tone and great intonation.

About Layered Rosewood

Like layered sapele, layered rosewood features a multi-piece construction, in this case with interior and exterior layers of beautiful Indian rosewood veneer separated by a middle filler layer. Though the tonal properties of a layered wood aren't as complex as solid wood, the construction method enables Taylor to offer attractive, durable instruments at a more inviting price. A solid spruce top and Taylor craftsmanship ensure a clear, balanced tonal response.

Taylor's Grand Auditorium Body Shape

Taylor's most popular and versatile body shape, the mid-size Grand Auditorium arrived in 1994 bearing refined proportions that fell between a Dreadnought and Grand Concert. While the bigger Dreadnought was traditionally considered a flatpicker's guitar and the smaller Grand Concert catered to fingerstylists, the GA was designed to deliver on both fronts. The shape produced an original acoustic voice that was big enough to handle medium-strength picking and strumming, yet with impressive balance across the tonal spectrum, especially in the midrange, producing clear, well-defined notes that suited both strumming and fingerstyle playing.

The GA's overall presence tracks well with other instruments both in a studio mix and on stage, and singer-songwriters have embraced its utility both for composing and traveling with one guitar. Many people want a single guitar that can cover a variety of styles, which is why the GA continues to be Taylor's bestselling shape. If you want a great all-purpose guitar, the multi-dimensional GA won't let you down.

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. (2 ratings)
Submitted November 29, 2013 by Len Matthies in Smithville, MO

"Great Guitar"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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I went from an Ovation to this and was amazed at how much better sounding and playing this was. Right out of the box I checked the neck, tuned it and checked the intonation. It was close on all aspects. I'll fine tune it when it's been played a little more but it had a great sound all around.It looks beautiful. The color of the would is rich. I'd recommend anyone in the market to take a look at a Taylor.

Musical Background:

Been playing for 40 years. Guitar.

Musical Style:

Folk
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