Available Now at Northeast Music Center!

Taylor 214CE Acoustic/Electric Lefty (s/n: 2206026481)! Guitar comes with Taylor GigBag!

A True Taylor Grand Auditorium—Built for the Left-Handed Player

Finding a great left-handed acoustic guitar shouldn't mean settling for whatever happens to be available.

The Taylor 214ce Left-Handed gives southpaw players access to one of Taylor's most versatile and successful acoustic-electric designs in a genuine factory left-handed configuration.

Available now at Northeast Music Center, this individual Taylor 214ce Left-Handed—serial number 2206026481—combines a solid torrefied spruce top, layered walnut back and sides, Taylor C-Class bracing, the versatile Grand Auditorium body shape and Expression System 2 electronics.

It also comes complete with its Taylor structured gig bag, giving you a protective and portable solution for lessons, rehearsals, recording sessions, gigs and everyday travel.

Whether you're moving into your first serious acoustic guitar or you're an experienced left-handed player looking for a dependable instrument that can handle a wide variety of musical situations, the 214ce Left-Handed is an exceptionally practical choice.

Solid Torrefied Spruce — Warmth with Plenty of Life

At the heart of this 214ce is a solid torrefied spruce top.

That's an important distinction.

Spruce has been a standard for great steel-string acoustic guitars for generations because it provides an excellent combination of projection, clarity, dynamic range and versatility.

Taylor's torrefaction process takes that familiar formula in a slightly different direction.

Through a carefully controlled roasting process, the spruce develops some of the characteristics associated with a more seasoned soundboard, adding warmth and a more played-in quality while retaining the clarity and projection players expect from spruce.

For the musician, the result is simple:

This guitar responds.

A lighter touch can bring out detail and articulation.

Fingerpicked passages remain clear.

Open chords have satisfying warmth and body.

Increase your attack and the solid spruce soundboard has the dynamic range to respond with additional projection.

For a guitar intended to cover as much musical territory as the 214ce, that's exactly the kind of soundboard you want.

Layered Walnut Back & Sides

Taylor pairs the solid spruce soundboard with attractive layered walnut back and sides.

Walnut's warm brown coloration gives the 214ce an understated, natural appearance that works beautifully with its spruce top and clean Taylor appointments.

The layered construction also makes sense for a guitar designed to be used regularly.

It provides a stable, practical body structure while allowing Taylor to concentrate much of the guitar's tonal performance in that solid torrefied spruce soundboard.

This is not an acoustic designed to spend its life hanging on the wall.

It's made to travel.

It's made to rehearse.

It's made to perform.

Most importantly, it's made to be played.

C-Class Bracing

Underneath the torrefied spruce soundboard is Taylor's C-Class bracing.

This asymmetrical internal bracing architecture draws from some of the concepts Taylor developed with its V-Class designs and helps the 214ce produce greater volume, sustain and low-frequency presence.

That added low-end response is especially useful with Taylor's Grand Auditorium body.

The Grand Auditorium is naturally balanced and articulate, and C-Class construction helps give the guitar additional authority without sacrificing the string-to-string clarity that makes the body shape so versatile.

Strum a chord and there's enough body to support it.

Move into fingerstyle playing and individual notes remain defined.

Play behind a vocal and the guitar can fill the necessary space without fighting the singer.

That's the kind of versatility that makes the 214ce such an easy guitar to live with.

Taylor Grand Auditorium Versatility

The Grand Auditorium is one of the designs that helped define the modern Taylor acoustic guitar.

There's a good reason for that.

It sits in an exceptionally useful space between smaller, more intimate acoustic bodies and larger guitars designed primarily around maximum projection and bass response.

The Grand Auditorium has enough size to produce a full, satisfying acoustic voice, yet its defined waist and player-friendly proportions keep it comfortable during longer playing sessions.

For the left-handed musician who wants one acoustic capable of covering multiple styles, that's a major advantage.

Fingerstyle?

Absolutely.

Singer-songwriter accompaniment?

Right at home.

Full-chord strumming?

No problem.

Recording?

The balanced response can make the Grand Auditorium exceptionally useful in the studio.

Live performance?

That's where the built-in ES2 system comes into play.

Instead of buying an acoustic guitar designed around one narrow purpose, the 214ce gives you a platform capable of following your playing in multiple directions.

A Genuine Factory Left-Handed Taylor

For left-handed guitarists, this part matters.

The 214ce Left-Handed isn't a compromise or an afterthought.

It's a genuine left-handed Taylor configuration built for the orientation of the player.

The body, Venetian cutaway, controls, bridge and overall playing geometry are arranged properly for left-handed use.

That means you're getting the Taylor playing experience as it was intended—not a right-handed acoustic that has simply been restrung in reverse.

At Northeast Music Center, we know how frustrating shopping for a quality left-handed guitar can sometimes be.

Selection is naturally smaller, and too often the left-handed player is expected to accept fewer choices.

That's exactly why having instruments such as this Taylor 214ce Left-Handed in actual inventory matters.

Venetian Cutaway

Taylor's familiar Venetian cutaway provides comfortable access into the upper register while maintaining the smooth, modern lines associated with the Grand Auditorium body.

For players who move beyond first-position chords, that additional access can become extremely useful.

Lead passages, melodic fills, higher-register chord voicings and contemporary acoustic techniques all become easier when the guitar isn't fighting you as you move up the fingerboard.

It's a practical feature that also happens to give the 214ce its unmistakable Taylor silhouette.

The Taylor Neck Experience

One of Taylor's greatest strengths has always been playability.

The 214ce Left-Handed features a Neo-Tropical mahogany neck with Taylor's Standard Carve profile, paired with a West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard.

Its 25-1/2" scale length provides familiar acoustic string response, while the 1-11/16" nut width creates a comfortable feel across the first-position chords.

That nut width can be especially appealing to players moving between electric and acoustic guitar because it doesn't feel excessively wide underneath the fretting hand.

The result is an acoustic that feels approachable.

And that's something specifications don't always communicate well.

The best guitar isn't necessarily the one with the longest list of features.

It's the guitar you keep wanting to pick up.

Taylor understands that, and the 214ce is a perfect example.

West African Crelicam Ebony

Taylor uses West African Crelicam ebony for both the fingerboard and bridge.

The ebony fingerboard gives the 214ce a smooth, substantial playing surface, while the ebony bridge contributes to the clean, premium appearance players associate with Taylor guitars.

These details help separate the 214ce from an entry-level instrument.

This may be an accessible point in the Taylor lineup, but it still feels like a Taylor underneath your hands.

Expression System 2 Electronics

When it's time to plug in, the 214ce Left-Handed is already prepared.

Taylor equips the guitar with its Expression System 2 (ES2) electronics.

The ES2 uses Taylor's behind-the-saddle pickup design to capture the guitar's dynamics and translate them into an amplified signal.

That gives this 214ce another dimension of versatility.

Play acoustically at home.

Take it to rehearsal.

Plug it into an acoustic amplifier.

Run it through a PA.

Use it for worship performances.

Take it to an open mic.

Bring it into the studio.

You don't need to modify the guitar or add an aftermarket pickup system later.

It's ready.

An Excellent Choice for the Working Left-Handed Guitarist

One of the best things about the 214ce is that it doesn't feel precious.

That's a compliment.

This is the type of guitar you can actually make part of your everyday musical life.

The combination of layered construction, a solid torrefied spruce top, Taylor playability, ES2 electronics and a protective Taylor gig bag makes it a natural choice for the player who needs an acoustic that can go places.

And for the left-handed guitarist, that makes this particular example even more attractive.

You're not compromising on orientation.

You're not modifying a right-handed guitar.

You're getting a real Taylor Grand Auditorium designed from the beginning for a left-handed player.

Why Buy Your Taylor from Northeast Music Center?

At Northeast Music Center, we're proud to be an Authorized Taylor Dealer and the only authorized Taylor store within approximately 100 miles of our location.

For left-handed guitarists, having access to a real authorized dealer can be especially important.

You shouldn't have to buy a guitar sight unseen from an anonymous warehouse simply because you play left-handed.

At Northeast Music Center, we believe the experience of purchasing an instrument still matters.

We're a real brick-and-mortar guitar store staffed by people who know guitars, and we work to provide the same knowledgeable, low-pressure experience whether you're standing in our showroom or purchasing from us online from across the country.

We also identify our individual instruments whenever possible.

The guitar offered here is Taylor 214ce Left-Handed serial number 2206026481.

That's the actual guitar being offered for sale.

When you purchase from Northeast Music Center, you're not simply ordering "a Taylor 214ce Left-Handed."

You're purchasing this one.

And that's exactly how we believe buying a guitar should work.

Specifications:

General

• Manufacturer: Taylor Guitars
• Model: 214ce Left-Handed
• Series: 200 Series
• Serial Number: 2206026481
• Color: Natural
• Orientation: Left-Handed
• Number of Strings: 6
• Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
• Cutaway: Venetian
• Bracing: C-Class
• Electronics: Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2)
• Case/Bag: Taylor Structured Gig Bag Included

Body

• Top Wood: Solid Torrefied Spruce
• Back & Sides: Layered Walnut
• Back Configuration: Layered, 2-Piece
• Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
• Cutaway: Venetian
• Bracing System: C-Class
• Top Finish: Matte
• Back/Sides Finish: Matte
• Body Binding: White
• Rosette: White 3-Ring
• Armrest: None
• Pickguard: Tortoise

Neck

• Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Profile: Standard Carve
• Fingerboard: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlays: Faux Pearl 4mm Dots
• Scale Length: 25-1/2"
• Nut Width: 1-11/16"
• Neck Finish: Matte

Peghead

• Peghead Veneer: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Peghead Type: Paddle
• Peghead Binding: None
• Peghead Finish: Matte

Hardware

• Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Nut: White NuBone
• Saddle: White Micarta
• Bridge Pins: Black ABS Plastic
• Tuners: Die-Cast Chrome with Chrome Buttons
• Factory Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012-.053)

Electronics

• Pickup/Preamp: Taylor Expression System 2
• Pickup Design: Behind-the-Saddle
• Application: Acoustic Amplification / Live Performance

A Left-Handed Acoustic You Can Grow With

Great left-handed guitars shouldn't feel like consolation prizes.

The Taylor 214ce Left-Handed gives southpaw players the same fundamental qualities that have made the standard 214ce such an appealing guitar:

A solid torrefied spruce top for warmth, clarity and projection.

Layered walnut back and sides for attractive looks and everyday practicality.

C-Class bracing for volume, sustain and low-end presence.

Taylor's Grand Auditorium body for exceptional versatility.

A Standard Carve neck with a genuine ebony fingerboard for comfortable playability.

A Venetian cutaway for upper-register access.

Expression System 2 electronics when it's time to plug in.

And a Taylor structured gig bag to protect it when it's time to go.

It's a combination that works equally well for the developing guitarist looking for a serious long-term instrument and the experienced left-handed player who simply wants a dependable Taylor acoustic-electric that can handle real-world use.

Taylor 214ce Acoustic/Electric Left-Handed serial number 2206026481 is available now at Northeast Music Center.

If you've been waiting for a properly built left-handed Taylor that you can actually put to work, this one deserves a closer look.