Taylor 814ce LTD Sassafras Electro-Acoustic Guitar
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The Taylor 814ce LTD Sassafras electro-acoustic guitar is a limited edition take on the acclaimed Taylor 814ce featuring distinctive Blackheart Sassafras back and sides.
Taylor's Signature Shape Returns
The Grand Auditorium is somewhat of a signature guitar for Taylor and their most popular body shape.
Now, it returns in this glorious limited edition version.
Sporting unique wood choices, excellent electronics and classic design, the Taylor 814ce LTD Sassafras delivers incredible performance and looks to match.
Taylor 814ce LTD Sassafras Electro-Acoustic Guitar Key Features:
- Solid Sitka Spruce Top
- Solid Blackheart Sassafras Back and Sides
- V-Class Bracing
- Satin Finished Neck
- West African Ebony Fretboard
- Black Graphite Nut
- Micarta Saddle
- West African Ebony Bridge Pins
- Expression System 2 Electronics
- Includes Deluxe Hardshell Case
Solid Sitka Spruce Top and V-Class Bracing
One of the most popular woods in acoustic guitar building, Sitka spruce has been used for the Taylor 814ce's top.
Its renown and popularity is due to its strength and elasticity which allows it to produce rich, vibrant tone with great sustain.
Furthermore, as it is solid, not only does it sound fantastic from day one; it will improve with age.
Supporting these great traits, within the Taylor 814ce LTD is V-Class bracing. This Taylor innovation increases the top's flexibility while maintaining its rigidity.
As a result, you get more volume, longer sustain and improved intonation.
Solid Sassafras Back and Sides
Making a departure from Taylor's usual spruce/rosewood combination, the Taylor 814ce LTD features blackheart sassafras back and sides.
Straight away, you'll see that this wood is extremely visually distinctive with a natural grain that is unlike any commonly used woods in guitar building.
When it comes to sound, sassafras gives a performance that is tantamount to a "best of" featuring characteristics from many popular yet distinct types of wood.
The rich top-end of rosewood, the warm midrange of mahogany and the clarity of maple all combine to give you beautifully varied tone.
Again, as the back and sides are made with solid sassafras, you get rich and resonant tone that ages like a fine wine.
Grand Auditorium Versatility
The Grand Auditorium is Taylor's most popular guitar body shape and the reason for that is its incredible versatility.
Bigger than a Grand Concert but smaller than a Dreadnought, the Grand Auditorium guitar shares characteristics of both.
As a result, you can enjoy articulate fingerstyle playing and full-bodied strumming.
You will also appreciate the elegantly sloped Venetian cutaway that provides easy access to the upper frets.
The neck sports a beautifully smooth satin finish for speedy and comfortable playing and holds a West African ebony fretboard providing a similarly smooth playing area.
Expression System 2 Electronics
With many electro-acoustic guitars, while they may sound great when played unplugged, they lose their character as soon as you amplify them.
With the Taylor 814ce LTD Sassafras, that's not the case.
Fitted with Expression System 2 electronics, the Taylor 814ce features a breakthrough behind-the-saddle pickup design that does an amazing job of capturing the dynamic properties of the guitar.
This revolutionary, patented system has three sensors that have been uniquely positioned and calibrated for their specific purpose.
Along with these sensors, the ES2 system includes a custom-designed professional audio-grade preamp that gives you amazing amplified tone and responsiveness.
An upgrade over the prevision Expression System electronics, the ES2 still features the same volume and tone control knobs but with a new gain structure which gives you roughly 25% hotter output.
Whether you're on stage or in the studio, these electronics convey the true voice of your Taylor 814ce with quick, plug-and-play usability that both you and the sound engineers will appreciate (not to mention your audience).
Includes Deluxe Hardshell Case
Buying a limited edition Taylor guitar isn't simply buying an instrument, it's an investment.
This wonderful guitar will offer you decades of incredible performance and will be passed down through the generations.
What's more, it comes to you in a deluxe hardshell case; the perfect way to protect your investment at home or on the road.
Buy the limited edition Taylor 814ce Sassafras from PMT Online now for an incredibly versatile guitar that looks as beautiful as it sounds.
But act fast - the availability of this electro-acoustic guitar is extremely limited. Buy yours now to avoid missing out on having this incredible instrument in your collection.
Taylor 814ce LTD Sassafras Electro-Acoustic Guitar Specs:
Highlights
- Scale Length: 25-1/2"
- Nut & Saddle: Black Graphite, Micarta saddle
- Bracing: V-Class
- Truss Rod Cover: West African Ebony
- Pickguard: West African Ebony
- Number of Frets: 20
- Tuners: Smoked Nickel
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
- Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
- Body Length: 20"
- Body Width: 16"
- Body Depth: 4 5/8"
Body
- Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Ebony
- Top Finish: Gloss 4.5
- Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
- Backstrap Finish: None
- Rosette Size: 2014 800 Series
- Bridge Inlay: None
- Back/Side Finish: Gloss 4.5
- Armrest Binding: None
- Backstrap Wood: None
- Rosette Mat.: Abalone
- Stain/Sunburst: None
- Wedge: None
- Armrest: No
Neck
- Neck Width: 1-3/4"
- Fretboard Inlay: Element
- Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Ebony
- Heel Cap Binding: West African Ebony
- Type of Neck Joint: Scarf
- Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
- Fretboard Wood: West African Ebony
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Heel Length: 3-1/2"
Peghead
- Peghead Finish: Gloss
- Peghead Binding: West African Ebony
- Peghead Type: Standard
- Peghead Purfling: Maple
- Headstock Overlay: West African Ebony
- Peghead Inlay: Element
- Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl
Other
- Bridge Pins: West African Ebony
- Buttons: Smoked Nickel
- Fingerboard Ext: None
- Edge Trim: Indian Rosewood
| SKU | 307304 |
|---|---|
| Shipping Weight (kg) | 5.000000 |
| MPN | 814ce LTD Sassafras |
| Case Included | hard case |
| Colour | natural |
| Warranty | 10 Years |
| Series | 800 Series |
| Scale Length | 25.5" |
| Nut Width | 1.75" |
| Neck Wood | Tropical Mahogany |
| Pickup Config | Acoustic Pickup System |
| Number Of Strings | 6 string |
| Right / Left-Handed | right handed |
| Fingerboard | ebony fingerboard |
| Guitar Style | grand auditorium |
| Body Size | full size |
| Body Material | sassafras body |
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