Available Now at Northeast Music Center!

Taylor 214ce-N Nylon/Electric (s/n: 2208076124)! Guitar Comes with a Taylor GigBag!

The Warmth of Nylon Strings with the Familiar Feel of a Taylor

For many steel-string and electric guitar players, the sound of a nylon-string guitar is incredibly appealing.

The traditional classical-guitar playing experience isn't always as familiar.

That's exactly where the Taylor 214ce-N comes in.

Available now at Northeast Music Center, this individual Taylor 214ce-N—serial number 2208076124—combines the warmth, softness and expressive character of nylon strings with Taylor's familiar Grand Auditorium body shape, comfortable neck design, Venetian cutaway and onboard electronics.

It's a nylon-string guitar built for the player who may not consider themselves a traditional classical guitarist.

And that's what makes it so interesting.

Whether you're adding nylon textures to recordings, accompanying vocals, exploring fingerstyle guitar, performing live or simply looking for an entirely different voice to inspire your playing, the 214ce-N gives you access to the nylon-string world without asking you to completely relearn how a guitar should feel.

A Nylon-String Guitar for the Modern Player

Traditional classical guitars are wonderful instruments, but they're built around a playing tradition that can feel very different to musicians accustomed to contemporary steel-string acoustics and electric guitars.

Necks are typically wider.

Body shapes are different.

Upper-register access may be limited.

And onboard electronics are certainly not a given.

Taylor approaches the 214ce-N from another direction.

Instead of asking a contemporary guitarist to adapt to a traditional classical instrument, Taylor brings nylon strings into a familiar modern acoustic platform.

That's a significant distinction.

The 214ce-N gives you the soft attack and expressive character of nylon while retaining much of the comfort and accessibility players associate with Taylor.

For many guitarists, it's the bridge between two worlds.

Solid Torrefied Spruce Top

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

Spruce provides an excellent foundation for this type of guitar because of its clarity, responsiveness and dynamic range.

Taylor's torrefaction process uses controlled heat to alter some of the physical characteristics of the spruce, helping produce a warmer, more mature response with some of the qualities associated with a naturally seasoned soundboard.

On a nylon-string guitar, that responsiveness becomes particularly useful.

Nylon strings produce a softer attack and lower tension than steel strings, so the soundboard needs to respond efficiently to the player's touch.

Play gently and the guitar can produce delicate, intimate detail.

Increase your attack and the solid spruce top responds with additional projection.

The result is a voice that can be warm and relaxed without becoming dull.

Layered Walnut Back & Sides

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

The walnut provides a warm, natural visual character that works beautifully with the clean appearance of the spruce top.

Taylor's layered construction also makes the 214ce-N a practical instrument for the real world.

This isn't a delicate classical guitar intended only for controlled environments.

It's a guitar you can take to rehearsal.

Bring into the studio.

Carry to a gig.

Keep within reach at home.

Put into its Taylor gig bag and take wherever the music happens.

For musicians who want a nylon-string instrument that can become part of their normal playing routine, that practicality is a major advantage.

Taylor Grand Auditorium Comfort

Taylor's Grand Auditorium body is one of the reasons the 214ce-N feels so immediately familiar.

Rather than using a traditional classical body design, Taylor brings nylon strings into the Grand Auditorium platform that has become synonymous with the company.

Its defined waist sits comfortably against the player, while the overall dimensions provide enough acoustic volume to produce a satisfying full-range voice.

The body also feels natural whether you're seated or standing with a strap.

For steel-string Taylor players, there's an immediate sense of familiarity.

You're hearing a dramatically different voice—but you're holding something that still feels like a Taylor.

A Different Voice for Songwriters

One of the most compelling reasons to own a nylon-string guitar has nothing to do with classical music.

It's inspiration.

Pick up a nylon-string guitar after spending years playing steel strings and familiar chords suddenly sound different.

Fingerpicked patterns take on another personality.

Melodies soften.

Chord voicings become warmer and more intimate.

Songs can move in directions they might never have gone on a steel-string acoustic.

That's why the 214ce-N can be such a useful songwriting tool.

You don't need to become a classical guitarist to appreciate nylon strings.

Sometimes you simply need a different sound underneath your fingers.

At Northeast Music Center, that's one of the biggest reasons we like having instruments such as the 214ce-N available.

It's not simply another acoustic guitar.

It's another musical color.

Perfect for Fingerstyle Playing

Nylon strings and fingerstyle playing have always been natural partners.

The softer attack allows individual notes to develop with a rounded character, while the strings respond beautifully to variations in the player's touch.

That makes the 214ce-N particularly rewarding for players interested in fingerstyle arrangements, jazz, Latin-inspired music, folk, pop, singer-songwriter material and instrumental guitar.

And because this isn't designed strictly as a traditional classical instrument, players coming from steel-string acoustic or electric guitar can approach it using techniques they already know.

That's where the fun begins.

Venetian Cutaway

Taylor's Venetian cutaway gives the 214ce-N another important advantage over many traditional nylon-string instruments.

Upper-register access is considerably easier.

That opens the door to melodic lead work, extended chord voicings and contemporary fingerstyle arrangements that move farther up the fingerboard.

The rounded Venetian profile also maintains the smooth visual lines associated with Taylor's Grand Auditorium guitars.

It's elegant, practical and unmistakably Taylor.

A Familiar Taylor Neck—Adapted for Nylon

The neck is one of the most important reasons a steel-string player may feel immediately comfortable on the 214ce-N.

Taylor deliberately designed its nylon-string guitars as crossover instruments, rather than simply recreating a traditional classical neck.

The result provides additional string spacing appropriate for nylon-string fingerstyle playing while maintaining a neck profile that feels much more approachable to contemporary guitarists.

For someone who has always wanted the sound of nylon strings but has been intimidated by the wide, flat feel of a traditional classical neck, the 214ce-N can be a revelation.

You get room for your picking-hand fingers to work while retaining a playing experience that still feels recognizably like a modern guitar.

Nylon Strings Change the Experience

There's something physically different about playing nylon strings.

The lower tension creates a softer feel beneath both hands.

The attack becomes rounder.

Slides and legato passages take on a different character.

Fingerstyle dynamics become incredibly expressive.

And because the strings don't produce the same bright metallic attack as steel, the guitar naturally occupies a different sonic space.

That can be especially valuable in the studio.

Layer a nylon-string part alongside a steel-string acoustic and the two instruments can complement one another instead of competing for exactly the same frequencies.

Add it to an electric-guitar arrangement and it introduces an entirely different texture.

The 214ce-N can become a surprisingly useful secret weapon.

Ready for the Stage

A beautiful acoustic nylon-string voice is only half the equation if you're a performing musician.

The 214ce-N is an acoustic-electric guitar, meaning Taylor has already given you the ability to take that nylon-string character into an amplified environment.

For the gigging musician, worship player, singer-songwriter or solo performer, that's an important advantage.

There's no need to purchase a purely acoustic nylon-string guitar and then figure out how to amplify it later.

The 214ce-N is designed from the beginning to move between unplugged and amplified playing.

Plug in.

Dial in your sound.

And take that nylon-string voice onto the stage.

A Guitar That Expands Your Collection

If you already own a good steel-string acoustic, another steel-string guitar can certainly give you a different flavor.

A nylon-string guitar gives you an entirely different vocabulary.

That's what makes the 214ce-N such an interesting addition to a collection.

It doesn't necessarily replace your steel-string Taylor.

It complements it.

It can make you play differently.

Write differently.

Arrange differently.

And sometimes simply hearing familiar ideas through a new voice is enough to unlock something you wouldn't have discovered otherwise.

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.

That matters when you're considering a guitar as distinctive as the 214ce-N.

This isn't necessarily a model every player has had an opportunity to experience, and buying from a real guitar store gives you access to people who understand why the instrument exists and who it was designed for.

At Northeast Music Center, we don't believe purchasing a guitar should feel like ordering an anonymous product from a warehouse.

We identify our individual instruments whenever possible because the actual guitar matters.

The instrument offered on this page is Taylor 214ce-N serial number 2208076124.

That's the guitar you're purchasing.

Whether you're visiting Northeast Music Center in person or ordering from us online from across the country, our goal is to provide the same knowledgeable, personal and low-pressure experience.

If you've been curious about nylon strings but don't necessarily want the traditional classical-guitar experience, this is exactly the kind of Taylor you should know about.

Specifications:

General

• Manufacturer: Taylor Guitars
• Model: 214ce-N
• Series: 200 Series
• Serial Number: 2208076124
• Instrument Type: Nylon-String Acoustic/Electric
• Orientation: Right-Handed
• Number of Strings: 6
• Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
• Cutaway: Venetian
• Case/Bag: Taylor Structured Gig Bag Included

Body

• Top Wood: Solid Torrefied Spruce
• Back & Sides: Layered Walnut
• Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
• Cutaway: Venetian
• Top Finish: Matte
• Back/Sides Finish: Matte
• Body Binding: White
• Rosette: White 3-Ring
• Pickguard: None

Neck

• Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Fingerboard: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlays: Faux Pearl 4mm Dots
• Scale Length: 25-1/2"
• Nut Width: 1-7/8"
• Neck Finish: Matte

Hardware

• Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Nut: White NuBone
• Saddle: White Micarta
• Tuners: Classical Nickel with Faux Pearl Buttons
• Strings: Nylon

Electronics

• Configuration: Factory Acoustic/Electric System
• Application: Nylon-String Amplification / Live Performance

Not a Classical Guitar—A Taylor Nylon-String

That's perhaps the best way to understand the 214ce-N.

Taylor hasn't simply built a classical guitar and put its name on the headstock.

Instead, the company has taken many of the qualities contemporary players already appreciate about Taylor guitars and created a platform for exploring the sound and feel of nylon strings.

You get:

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

Layered walnut back and sides for attractive looks and practical durability.

Taylor's comfortable Grand Auditorium body.

A 1-7/8" nut that provides additional nylon-string spacing without moving all the way to the feel of many traditional classical guitars.

A Venetian cutaway for easy upper-register access.

West African Crelicam ebony for the fingerboard and bridge.

Factory electronics for amplified performance.

And a Taylor structured gig bag for protection and portability.

For the steel-string or electric player who wants to explore nylon strings, the songwriter searching for another tonal color, or the performing guitarist who needs a comfortable amplified nylon-string instrument, the Taylor 214ce-N is an exceptionally interesting tool.

This individual guitar—serial number 2208076124—is available now at Northeast Music Center.

Sometimes a new guitar gives you a better version of a sound you already know.

The 214ce-N can give you an entirely new sound to explore.