Taylor Builder’s Edition 814ce Blacktop Rosewood / Adirondack

Taylor Builder’s Edition Blacktop 814ce 

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Originally designed as a special edition exclusively for Tobias Music, this model quickly became a fan favorite. In response to its popularity, Taylor Guitars decided to make it a permanent part of their standard lineup.  

Introducing the Builder’s Edition 814ce, now available with a striking Blacktop finish. This sophisticated design elevates Taylor’s flagship rosewood Grand Auditorium to new heights of musical artistry. Featuring an Adirondack spruce top and innovative ergonomic enhancements, this guitar combines elegance and performance for a truly refined playing experience.

The 814ce has long been considered the quintessential Taylor guitar thanks to its classic rosewood/spruce tonewood pairing in tandem with Taylor’s flagship cutaway Grand Auditorium body style. Together, the rich tone, musical versatility and signature playability have given players a refined workhorse tool for many different playing styles and musical applications. Now, we’re bringing the 814ce to our Builder’s Edition collection, further enhancing its performance virtues with a suite of premium craftsmanship details.

Among the suite of material refinements are a soundboard upgrade from solid Sitka spruce to a carefully matched four-piece top of solid Adirondack spruce. The high- end craftsmanship reflected in the Builder’s Edition philosophy acknowledges the evolving future of the world’s forests, where a great soundboard will require careful woodworking joinery to utilize smaller sizes of the high-grade timber preferred for an heirloom instrument. The artful craftsmanship yields a high-quality soundboard and displays a beautifully consistent grain structure.

Additional comfort-enhancing woodworking details that distinguish this edition from its standard-model counterpart include an elegantly sculpted beveled cutaway for effortless high-register access, along with a beveled mahogany armrest that provides a smooth surface for the player’s strumming arm. Other refinements include nuanced alterations in the taper of the body, a modified V-Class voicing, and a subtle alteration to the gloss finish. (This is the only Builder’s Edition model to feature a gloss finish to highlight the beautiful contouring of the body.) The back and sides boast a Kona edgeburst.
Other premium appointments include Gotoh 510 tuners in antique gold, which offer a highly precise 21:1 gear ratio, a contoured Curve Wing bridge (exclusive to Builder’s Edition models), alternating maple and black top purfling with rosewood edge trim, and a rosewood pickguard. The Builder’s Edition 814ce ships with ES2 electronics and a deluxe hardshell case.

• • Grand Auditorium Body Shape
  • Solid Adirondack Top
  • Glossy Blacktop Finish
  • Solid East Indian Rosewood Back and Sides
  • Kona Burst Shaded Back and Sides
  • Taylor ES2 Electronics
  • Venetian Cutaway
  • V Class Bracing
  • 25-1/2” Scale Length
  • 1-3/4” Nut Width
  • West African Crelicam Ebony Fingerboard and Bridge
  • Gotoh Antique Gold Tuners
  • Phosphor Bronze Light Gauge Strings
  • Gloss Body Finish
  • Ebony Binding
  • Beveled Armrest
  • Abalone Rosette
  • Element Fretboard Inlay Theme
  • Mahogany Neck
  • Ebony Bridge Pins w/ Abalone Dots
  • Made in USA
  • Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case

UPC: #00887766122593
SC: A804002611001490402
Product Code #1207314091