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Taylor 314ce

6-String Acoustic-electric Guitar with Grand Auditorium Body Style, Sitka Spruce Top, Sapele Back and Sides, Tropical American Mahogany Neck, and Taylor Expression System Electronics - Satin with Gloss Top

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Superb Taylor Tone!

Taylor's 314ce embodies a superb blend of classic tonewoods and modern electronics. With it, you get a gorgeous solid Sitka spruce top with sapele as its back and sides - ensuring excellent tone when unplugged. Yet, Taylor also added their renowned Taylor Expression electronics system, which makes the Taylor 314ce ripe for stage use, as well. And, whether you favor strum-style playing or fingerpicking you'll be equally delighted, as it features the treble-emphasized Grand Auditorium body style, which gives you excellent note definition, with the Taylor 314ce.

Taylor 314ce Left-handed Acoustic-electric Guitar at a Glance:
  • Choice tonewoods - Sitka and Sapele
  • Grand Auditorium body style, for exceptional treble zing
  • Renowned Taylor Expression System electronics
  • Taylor 314ce Finish: Satin with Gloss Top

Choice tonewoods - Sitka spruce meets Sapele
When you pick up a Taylor, you can expect outstanding tone - and one of the leading reasons behind that signature Taylor voice is the use of high-quality tonewoods. This particular Taylor, the 314ce, is a prime example of just that. It features time-proven Sitka spruce as its top - which gives you projection - while its body comprises Sapele - a somewhat red-brown tonewood, quite similar to mahogany. The Taylor 314ce also features a Tropical American mahogany neck, which is lined with a smooth-playing ebony fingerboard.

Grand Auditorium body style, for exceptional treble zing
Taylor's beloved Grand Auditorium body style, featured on the 314ce, employs the width and depth of the Dreadnought. But, its waist is narrower, which gives Grand-Auditorium-bodied acoustic guitars a sleeker look, with more treble zing. The body style also helps to sharpen the definition of each note. Ultimately, from fingerpicking to medium strumming, the Grand Auditorium is a great choice for nearly every playing style.

Renowned Taylor Expression System electronics
Designed to faithfully reproduce your guitar's native tone, the Taylor 314ce's Expression System uses patented Dynamic Sensors to capture top and string vibration like never before. The Taylor ES system was created in partnership with renowned audio pioneer Rupert Neve - and the system is seamlessly integrated into the design of the guitar from the ground up. Onboard tone controls provide added flavor, or can be set flat for an uncolored, exceptionally clean amplified sound.

Taylor 314ce Finish: Satin with Gloss Top
The finish used to create this guitar's textured satin back and sides and lustrous gloss top was developed at Taylor for maximum durability and resistance to cold-checking. This ultraviolet-cured finish is also more environmentally friendly than traditional lacquer finishes.

Taylor 314ce Left-handed Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:
  • Finish - Satin with Gloss Top
  • Type/Shape - 6-String Grand Auditorium
  • Back & Sides - Sapele
  • Top - Sitka Spruce
  • Soundhole Rosette - Wood Fiber
  • Neck - Tropical American Mahogany
  • Fretboard - Ebony
  • Fretboard Inlay - Large Pearl Dots
  • Headstock Overlay - Indian Rosewood
  • Binding - Black Fiber
  • Bridge - Ebony
  • Nut & Saddle - Tusq
  • Tuning Machines - Chrome-plated Taylor Tuners
  • Installed Strings - Elixir Light Gauge Strings with NANOWEB Coating
  • Scale Length - 25-1/2 Inches
  • Truss Rod - Adjustable
  • Neck Width at Nut - 1-3/4 Inches
  • Number of Frets - 20
  • Bracing - Scalloped, X-Brace
  • Cutaway - Venetian
  • Electronics - Taylor Expression System
  • Body Width - 16 Inches
  • Body Depth - 4 5/8 Inches
  • Body Length - 20 Inches
  • Overall Length - 41 Inches
  • Included Case - Taylor Hardshell

The Taylor 314ce is a stellar choice for players of all styles - and it's great onstage, with the renowned Taylor Expression System!

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based on 2 customer reviews

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by: Autumn Reynolds
From the first moment, this guitar lay perfectly in my hands, exploding with colorful sounds as I took my first strum, and there was an immediate connection. It has been six years from that day and my... read more

I love this guitar !!

by Bob from Melbourne FL
December 24, 2009
Music Background: Worship Team
After a lengthy but enjoyable experience of comparing many differnt guitars, I chose the Taylor 314ce primarily because it sounds awesome, but also for it's playability, feel, action, looks, quality, ... read more [+]and electronics (wow!)... it has it all. I almost bought the 214ce because of it's price and great sound, but for me the 314ce was definitely worth the extra $600 because of it's more solid feel and better electronics. close [-]

really sweet , but im wondering if i shoulda played the 814ce before buying the314ce

by sam mendoza from visalia,ca.
July 24, 2006
Music Background: HOBBYIST WHO LOVES PLAYING AND WANTS THE BEST!
absolutely a sweet guitar. most would consider it the dream guitar or as good as it gets! it really is everything i wanted. i felt it was a dream guitar, i played the414ce the514ce and in my honest un... read more [+]biased opinion it was for me bigger sounding,more projection, clearer note separation,mids and highs, tighter and deeper in the bottom end.to my ears.all due respect the 414ce didnt even compare,it sounded like nothing special.at all! the 514ce...well it was very sweet!!! but, unplugged i wanted more volume when im casually fingerpicking.the 514 is sweeter looking with its gloss & cedar, plugged in they were to my ears close but different both have somewhat distinctly different tones when strumed or flat picking, finger picked alone i give it to the514ce no problem.hairsplitting... they both sound very substantial, and you know your playing very special high quality guitars.awsome!my particular 314ce just kept sounding and feeling better,i wanted to like the514ce and was actually trying to find excuses to not buy the 314ce, after 1 straight hr and my two buds looking at my like what are thinking,it was obvious that i wanted a 514 but i loved and felyt better playing the 314ce. its mine know and i havent regreted it for a second. ,it just had it! just a little more sweet acoustic tone and made me feel that i was only getting the514 for gloss and bragging rights, i knew after i played it and my two friends played em back to back that this 314"s mahogony and spruce sounded bigger and more musical unplugged.plugged in they both were awsome.i saved the 1000.00 bucks and i do love my 314ce. the dealer didnt have an 814ce in stock so i bought my 314ce and i am going back tomorrow to decide once and for all if the 314ce is a family member for good! they brought me in an 814ce to demo,so after tomorrow 7/25/06 ill have my sweet 314ce or the prettier and well appointed 814ce....its all gonna be on what i feel makes me happier,as i listen while im playing it! they all sound awsome , but i want the best i can afford.i can afford the 8/7/6/5/4 or the 3 series, up till now i feel price hasnt been the factor i really feel the some of the 314's just sound as good or better than the some of the higher end taylors. to me, ill know in like30 seconds if im exchanging my 314 or not! :) honestly...i hope the814ce blows me away cause i love the looks and wite binding on the fretboard and the nice inlays. bottom line..if i think it plays , feels and sounds even bigger and sweeter..it be mine by 4pm on monday! close [-]

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