Taylor 314CE Grand Auditorium Cutaway Electro Acoustic Guitar With Bag

Taylor 314CE 6 Strings Grand Auditorium Cutaway Electro Acoustic Guitar With Bag Overview:   Our popular Grand Auditorium 314ce is an acoustic workhorse that performs equally well in the practice room, recording studio, and on stage. This latest edition features our acclaimed V-Class bracing, a revolutionary innovation in acoustic sound that responds with greater musicality and harmonic agreement. By introducing a more orderly vibration to the guitar’s top, V-Class bolsters the sustain and volume to offer players a more dynamic voice to explore, while also resolving the minor intonation issues that players have long had to contend with. Together with a solid Sitka spruce top and solid sapele back and sides, you can expect a balanced and articulate blend of top-end brightness, midrange fullness, and low-end warmth that accommodates an array of playing styles. Appointments include black binding, Gemstone fretboard/peghead inlays in Italian acrylic, and satin-finish back and sides with a gloss top. A Venetian cutaway invites your fretting hand up the neck, while our proprietary ES2 electronics serve up faithful plugged-in tone. The guitar ships in a deluxe hardshell case.   Sitka Spruce As a guitar soundboard, or top, Sitka spruce is the tonewood standard of the modern era. It’s used on 85-90 percent of the guitars that Taylor makes. Its combination of strength and elasticity translates into a broad dynamic range, yielding crisp articulation and allowing for everything from aggressive strumming and flatpicking to fingerpicking. Sitka spruce is Bob Taylor’s personal favorite for an all-around great guitar.   Sapele An alternative tonewood that joined the Taylor fold over a decade ago. It’s sometimes mistakenly referred to as African mahogany because it closely resembles the West African wood khaya, which is commercially known as African mahogany. Sapele is a highly sustainable, relatively fast-growing wood. Tonally, it does everything that mahogany does, with a little extra treble zing. We’ll be able to offer it for a long, long time.   Expression System 2 The Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) is a revolutionary pickup design that delivers the latest in Taylor’s ongoing innovation in acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the Expression System 2 is Taylor’s patented behind-the-saddle pickup, which features three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The location of the sensors enables a more dynamic range of acoustic sound to be captured than ever before. Together with Taylor’s custom-designed “professional audio”-grade preamp, this system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness. On stage through a PA, plugged into your favorite acoustic amplifier, or direct into recording software, the Expression System 2 faithfully conveys the voice of your Taylor guitar.   Venetian Cutaway Standard on all “ce” models in the 300 Series through the Presentation Series, the Venetian cutaway is known for its soft, round lines. The sloping peak of the cutaway will vary depending on the shape of the guitar. The Grand Concert, Grand Auditorium, and Grand Symphony have a steeper slope, while the Dreadnought and Jumbo are a bit flatter. Our Grand Concert nylon-string models also feature a subtle, flatter slope, while our 100 and 200 Series cutaway models incorporate our flattest slope.   Highlights

• Scale Length: 25-1/2"
• Nut & Saddle: Black Graphite, Micarta saddle
• Bracing: V-Class
• Truss Rod Cover: Black Plastic
• Pickguard: Black
• Number of Frets: 20
• Tuners: Taylor Nickel
• Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
• Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
• Body Length: 20"
• Body Width: 16"
• Body Depth: 4 5/8"

  Specifications:  Body

• Binding/Edge Treatment: Black
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
• Backstrap Finish: None
• Rosette Size: Three Ring
• Bridge Inlay: None
• Back/Side Finish: Satin
• Armrest Binding: None
• Backstrap Wood: None
• Rosette Mat.: Plastic
• Stain/Sunburst: Medium Brown Stain Back/Sides/Neck
• Wedge: None
• Armrest: no

Neck

• Neck Width: 1-3/4"
• Fretboard Inlay: Gemstone, Italian Acrylic
• Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: Black
• Heel Cap Binding: None
• Type of Neck Joint: Taylor Neck
• Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
• Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Heel Length: 3-1/2"

  Peghead

• Peghead Finish: Satin
• Peghead Binding: None
• Peghead Type: Standard
• Peghead Purfling: None
• Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Peghead Inlay: Gemstone, Italian Acrylic
• Peghead Logo: Italian Acrylic

  Other

• Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Buttons: Nickel
• Fingerboard Ext: None
• Edge Trim: None