Taylor Next Generation 814ce Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Sitka Spruce/Indian Rosewood

For blazing ahead with new standard tenets, the Taylor Guitars Next Generation 814ce Grand Auditorium forges a fresh path with player-focused design elements. This model features a robust, classic Taylor Grand Auditorium shape built up with great foundations, tonewoods, shapes, and styles. For a new generation of Taylor excellence, this Next Generation model is a dream.

The Taylor Next Generation series sets out on a new course with classic Taylor tonewoods and new visions at the helm. A classic Grand Auditorium body shape assembles with a couple new foundational specifications to breathe new life into so many aspects of playability. This all begins with a Sitka spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides. Classically fashioned with this iconic combo, the Grand Auditorium shape produces a rich and luscious voice. New scalloped V-Class bracing with a Relief Rout that balances the low-end response of traditional flattops and the top-end presence of traditional V-Class bracing.

This body is built out with a number of accents for enhancing playability and presentation. Rock maple body binding accentuates this Grand Auditorium's cutaway shape for a sleek edge. The cutaway shape in question, a Venetian Cutaway, offers more access to higher frets for smooth playability. This Next Generation 814ce is additionally fitted with a radius Indian rosewood armrest for a comfortable feel under the arm.

Reaching out, the Taylor Next Generation 814ce brings on a neo-tropical mahogany neck in a Taylor Standard Carve finish with a satin finish. This classic Taylor neck facilitates smooth, easy playing at all segments. What's more, Taylor's new Action Control Neck assembly makes adjustments even easier and more responsive. Joining in, this Next Gen Taylor brings on a West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard sporting Mother of Pearl Element inlays for a cool, visual element. These features compound for a feel in the palm and on the fingers perfectly hitting a great standard of playability.

Wrapping up this Taylor, we've got a great lineup of smaller features to bring everything together. For one, a black TUSQ nut and micarta saddle land at either end of the scale length to ground strings stably for fast and fluid playing. A West African Crelicam ebony bridge lands for a solid connection. When bringing this Next Generation model to the stage, Taylor introduces new Claria electronics for a clear-as-day under-saddle piezo pickup system. This model travels with an included Taylor Guitars Deluxe Brown hardshell case.

When it's time to turn the page, Taylor Guitars always has something new on the horizon – this Next Generation 814ce being of no exception.