Taylor Next Generation Builder's Edition 814ce Grand Auditorium Acoustic/Electric Guitar with Hardshell Case

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The Taylor Builder’s Edition 814ce represents the culmination of decades of innovation, refinement, and player-focused design, now elevated even further in its Next Generation form. As part of Taylor’s flagship rosewood Grand Auditorium family, the 814ce has long been prized for its balance, versatility, and premium craftsmanship. For 2026, this Builder’s Edition model introduces several groundbreaking advancements — most notably the Long-Tenon Action Control Neck — bringing new depth, warmth, and unprecedented setup flexibility to one of Taylor’s most celebrated designs.

Tonally, this guitar blends the lush harmonic complexity of Indian rosewood with the powerful headroom and dynamic response of an Adirondack spruce top. The updated scalloped V-Class bracing adds a fuller low end and richer open-string resonance while maintaining Taylor’s trademark clarity, pitch accuracy, and projection. The result is a voice that feels bigger, warmer, and more responsive, equally suited for expressive fingerstyle, articulate flatpicking, modern worship, studio recording, and dynamic live performance.

Playability and comfort are central to the Builder’s Edition philosophy. Features like the beveled armrest and cutaway, chamfered body edges, and Curve Wing bridge make long sessions effortless, while the new Claria System electronics deliver consistent, natural amplified tone in any live setting. Finished with refined visual details — rosewood trim, maple purfling, and mother-of-pearl inlays — this Next Generation Builder’s Edition 814ce is a modern heirloom instrument, designed for discerning players who demand the very best in tone, feel, and innovation. Available now at Haggerty’s Music, this guitar ships with a hardshell case.

Features / Specs

Highlights

• Orientation: Right-Handed
• Electronics: Claria System Acoustic Electronics
• Bracing: Scalloped V-Class Bracing
• Cutaway: Beveled Venetian Cutaway

Body

• Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
• Top Material: Adirondack Spruce
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Top Color: Natural
• Back & Sides Material: Indian Rosewood
• Back Configuration: Two-Piece
• Back & Sides Finish: Gloss with Kona Edgeburst
• Bracing: Scalloped V-Class
• Binding Material: Rosewood with Maple Purfling
• Rosette: Green Abalone with Rosewood and Maple Purfling

Neck

• Neck Profile: Standard Taylor Carve
• Neck Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Taper: Standard Taylor
• Neck Depth: 0.838" (1st Fret), 0.875" (9th Fret)
• Scale Length: 25-1/2"
• Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
• Fingerboard Binding: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 15"
• Fingerboard Spacing: Standard Taylor Spacing
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Neck Joint: Long-Tenon Action Control Neck
• Headstock: Paddle Headstock
• Headstock Binding: Maple
• Headplate Inlay: Pearl Taylor Logo + Elemental Symbol
• Headplate Finish: Gloss

Hardware

• Bridge Style: Curve Wing Bridge
• Bridge Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Bridge Pins: Black ABS Plastic
• Saddle: White Micarta
• Nut Material: White NuBone
• Nut Width: 1-3/4"
• Tuners: Gotoh 510 with Antique Gold Finish
• Pickguard: Rosewood

Miscellaneous

• Electronics: Taylor Claria System
• Strings: D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012–.053)
• Case/Gig Bag: Hardshell Case
• Serial Number: 1212015013
• Manufacture Date: 2025