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Taylor 814ce Acoustic-Electric Guitar with Case

Get brilliant tones and immaculate build quality in the 814ce, which embodies everything contemporary players love about Taylor acoustic guitars. (3) Read 2 reviews for this product | Rate and Review This Product
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With brilliant tones, immaculate build-quality, and extremely comfortable design, the 814ce offers it all. This modern classic is a top choice for a long list of devotees.

Spectacular Tonewoods Means Spectacular Tones

Like the rest of the Taylor 800 series, the 814ce uses Indian rosewood for the back and sides with a Sitka spruce top. Building on the rich legacy of Bob Taylor's original designs, this particular wood combination yields a stunning tonal balance that is widely embraced by singer-songwriters. The rosewood body provides warm mids and low-end while the the spruce top gives an articulate clarity to the high-end. The sonic picture accentuates either end of the spectrum, leaving a comfortable spot in the middle to be occupied by a human singing voice.

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Taylor's Famous Grand Auditorium Body Shape

Thinner than a dreadnought, Taylor's Grand Auditorium design allows for outstanding tonal definition and exceptional playability. The smaller body lends a tighter focus to the sound, which works especially well for finger-picking but also invites full-bodied strumming work. This versatility makes it so the popular Grand Auditorium gels with any genre and any style of play.

Innovative Taylor Electronics

For a company that takes sound-quality as seriously as Taylor, it's only fitting their flagship 800 series is designed with advance electronic systems to capture every texture of the guitar's tone. The Taylor Expression System (r) combines a body sensor beneath the soundboard with a string sensor on the bridge to amplify the whole range of the guitar's sound with vibrant and clear reproduction. No simulation, no modeling -- just pure and simple sensor-based reproduction complete with onboard tone controls.

Features:

- Indian rosewood back and sides with Sitka spruce top for exceptional tonal balance
- Comfortable Grand Auditorium body shape with Venetian cutaway
- Advanced Taylor ES electronics capturing every nuance of the guitar's sound with onboard tone controls
- Smooth ebony fretboard with attractive inlay design
- Satin neck finish
- Included hardshell case

Rounded out with beautiful curly maple binding, sturdy CV bracing, and an enticing inlay design, the 814ce delivers everything you expect from Taylor's flagship series. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Taylor Guitars products.
- Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Back/Side Wood: Indian Rosewood
- Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
- Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
- Electronics: ES(R)
- Bracing: CV Bracing with Relief Rout
- Binding: Curly Maple
- Fretboard Wood: Ebony
- Fretboard Inlay: 800 Series
- Headstock Overlay: Indian Rosewood
- Bridge Inlay: None
- Bridge Pins: Ebony with Abalone Dots
- Nut & Saddle: Tusq
- Tuners: Taylor Gold
- Truss Rod Cover: Indian Rosewood
- Back/Side Finish: Gloss
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Cutaway: Venetian
- Pickguard: Tortoise
Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Natural
Shipping Weight: 23 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 47 x 21 x 9 in
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Shipping Weight: 22 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 47 x 21 x 9 in
Taylor Guitars Warranty If you have additional warranty questions, please call the manufacturer at 800-943-6782

Product Description

The Taylor 814ce features contemporary appointments which include curly maple binding and a pearl fretboard inlay, which together add a splash of refined style. The flagship series of Taylor's acoustic/electric line traces back to Bob Taylor's first rosewood guitars, which helped establish a modern acoustic guitar sound.
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Overall: The guitar comes in an amazing dark chocolate case with fuchsia interior. It fits the guitar like a glove, but not too tight. Inside the case is a parts box that is probably the deepest parts case I have ever seen. As you open it the air is filled with the aroma of new guitar woods. Once you pull the guitar out the woods immediately begin to absorb the light and the body of the guitar shines with deep brilliance. The satin mahogany neck is deep dark wood with superb grain. The Ebony is a rich black. The top of my guitar was subtle, but full of life. The guitar plays like butter. Be aware though that it is especially bright when you start and will stay that way until it eventually mellows out. The one bad thing about this guitar is the Elixir strings, but that is easily changed. I changed my strings immediately to Ernie Ball 2158 Acoustic. These are awesome strings and the last forever. Once the strings are replaced the guitar does mellow out some immediately, but keep in mind that there is only more of that goodness to come. BTW, it comes playable right out of the box. The fretboard is straight and flat as Ivana Miličević chest from Banshee. Each note plays perfectly alone or in combination in a chord. Fingerpicking does require a little more aggression than the 814 model, but you get more tone in the 816. This guitar should last you a lifetime and if problems do come up Taylor's amazing service will be there to help.
Style of Music: Classic Rock, Country and a little Blues
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Overall: This guitar comes lovingly wrapped in a beautiful hardshell case and comes springing to life out of it! The workmanship and sound quality are second to none. I own a 66 Martin hd-35 and this outperforms it. I took it to a local pickaround last night and this Taylor was the star of the show. High end takamines and martins couldn't touch it's sparkling midrange and buttery smooth action. Also visibly stunning
Style of Music: Rock, country
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