Taylor 814ce - Rosewood Back and Sides

A Luscious Taylor A/E with Gorgeous Tone

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Taylor's 814ce is an excellent choice if you're looking for a traditionally voiced, full-sounding acoustic-electric guitar with tasteful appointments. With an 814ce, you get the bold tone you expect from a guitar with back and sides made of genuine Indian rosewood, plus the balanced mids and shimmering highs of a choice Sitka spruce top. Even unplugged, the 814ce gives you a surprising amount of natural projection, and thanks to its onboard Taylor Expression System 2 electronics, it also sounds fantastic when you plug in. Take it from Sweetwater - you'll love the Taylor 814ce.

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• A classic tonewood combination - Sitka spruce and Indian rosewood
• Grand Auditorium body style gives you exceptional presence
• Cutting-edge Taylor Expression System 2 electronics

Nothing beats the sound of real rosewood topped with spruce - and that's exactly what you get with the Taylor 814ce. It features a beautiful Sitka spruce top, which gives you wonderful projection and the perfect amount of sparkle. Add to that the balanced tone and astonishing projection of this guitar's Indian rosewood back and sides, and you have a guitar with timeless tone.

Taylor's beloved Grand Auditorium body style, featured on this 814ce, 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 814ce's Grand Auditorium body style also helps to sharpen the definition of each note, balancing out nicely with the excellent projection of its Sitka spruce top. That makes it perfect whether you're fingerpicking or flatpicking.

If you play plugged in, then you're going to love the Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) electronics built into your 814ce. The key to this fantastic system is the 3-section proprietary pickup located behind the saddle. Because of where it's positioned and how it's integrated into the 814ce's saddle, the ES2 pickup provides you with remarkably clear and accurate sound. In addition to a master volume control, a pair of tone controls lets you tweak your highs and lows to get the sound you need, and a discreet phase switch offers vital onboard feedback suppression.

• An acoustic-electric guitar with a bold yet smooth voice
• Grand Auditorium body style gives you dreadnought-like projection with a more expressive upper register
• Sitka spruce provides a bright and balanced tone
• Indian rosewood back and sides add clarity and projection
• Graceful Venetian cutaway gives you access all the way up the fingerboard
• Onboard Taylor Expression System 2 electronics deliver natural amplified sound