Taylor 414ce LTD Acoustic/Electric Guitar - Shaded Edge Burst

Available Now at Northeast Music Center!

 Taylor 414ce LTD Acoustic/Electric Guitar - Shaded Edge Burst! Guitar comes with Taylor Hardshell Case!

The Taylor 414ce has long occupied one of the most useful places in the Taylor lineup: serious enough for professional work, versatile enough to become the acoustic you reach for every day.

This Taylor 414ce LTD Shaded Edge Burst takes that proven formula and gives it a considerably more distinctive personality.

Built with a solid Sitka spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, Grand Auditorium body and Taylor V-Class bracing, it delivers the broad frequency range, clarity and dynamic response that have made the spruce-and-rosewood combination an acoustic-guitar standard.

But this Limited Edition adds something else.

The Shaded Edge Burst finish and beautiful Mother-of-Pearl/Pink Abalone Lily/Vine fingerboard inlays transform an already accomplished working musician's guitar into an instrument with genuine visual presence.

At Northeast Music Center, that's what makes this 414ce LTD especially appealing: the foundation is professional and familiar, but the personality is anything but ordinary.

414ce LTD HIGHLIGHTS
• Limited Edition Taylor 414ce
• Grand Auditorium body
• Venetian cutaway
• Solid Sitka spruce top
• Solid East Indian rosewood back and sides
• Shaded Edge Burst finish
• Taylor V-Class bracing
• Neo-Tropical mahogany neck
• West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard
• 25.5" scale length
• 1-3/4" nut width
• Mother-of-Pearl/Pink Abalone Lily/Vine fingerboard inlays
• White body binding
• Faux tortoise pickguard
• Taylor Expression System 2 electronics
• Ebony bridge and bridge pins
• Includes Taylor Hardshell Case

SITKA SPRUCE + EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD — A CLASSIC FOR A REASON

Some tonewood combinations have endured because they simply work.

Sitka spruce and East Indian rosewood is one of them.

The Sitka spruce top provides excellent headroom, projection and dynamic range. It can respond delicately beneath the fingers but also accept an aggressive pick attack without collapsing.

East Indian rosewood brings a broad tonal spectrum, with substantial lows, clear upper frequencies and rich harmonic complexity surrounding the fundamental.

Together, they create an acoustic voice with impressive range.

Strum it and the guitar opens up.

Fingerpick it and individual notes retain definition.

Play behind a vocalist and the naturally shaped midrange leaves room for the human voice.

Move into alternate tunings and rosewood's harmonic complexity becomes even more apparent.

It's an enormously adaptable combination—which is exactly what the 414ce is supposed to be.

THE GRAND AUDITORIUM — TAYLOR'S VERSATILITY FORMULA

Taylor's Grand Auditorium has become one of the company's defining body shapes because it refuses to specialize too narrowly.

It has enough body and low-frequency authority for confident rhythm playing, yet remains sufficiently balanced and responsive for fingerstyle work.

The narrower waist also creates a comfortable playing position compared with many larger-bodied acoustics.

Add the Venetian cutaway, and the upper register remains readily accessible for players who venture beyond traditional open-position acoustic playing.

For the musician who wants one quality acoustic to cover a tremendous amount of territory, the Grand Auditorium remains an exceptionally logical choice.

V-CLASS BRACING

Inside the 414ce LTD, Taylor's V-Class bracing helps shape the response of the solid Sitka spruce soundboard.

The design helps balance flexibility for volume with longitudinal stiffness for sustain, allowing notes to ring with greater authority while maintaining clarity across the fingerboard.

Combined with rosewood's broad tonal range, the result is an instrument that feels responsive without becoming uncontrolled.

There's power when you ask for it.

There's detail when you back off.

And there's enough sustain to allow chords and melodic lines to develop naturally.

SHADED EDGE BURST — A DIFFERENT 414ce PERSONALITY

This is where the LTD separates itself visually.

The Shaded Edge Burst gives the Sitka spruce top additional depth and character without hiding the natural beauty of the wood.

Rather than the more straightforward appearance associated with a standard natural-finish working guitar, the darker perimeter frames the soundboard and gives this 414ce a warmer, more sophisticated presence.

Pair that finish with the faux tortoise pickguard, white binding and elaborate Lily/Vine fingerboard treatment, and the guitar takes on a personality that feels special without becoming excessive.

That's an important distinction.

The 414ce LTD remains a guitar built to be played.

It just happens to look exceptional while doing it.

LILY & VINE INLAYS — THE DETAIL THAT SETS IT APART

The Mother-of-Pearl and Pink Abalone Lily/Vine fingerboard inlays add another dimension to this particular Limited Edition.

The contrasting materials bring color and movement to the dark ebony fingerboard, creating a visual centerpiece that immediately distinguishes the guitar from a standard-production 414ce.

For a player who appreciates Taylor's professional functionality but wants something less common than a regular production instrument, details like these matter.

They make the guitar feel personal.

And on a Limited Edition, that's exactly what they should do.

PROFESSIONAL PLAYABILITY

The 414ce LTD combines a Neo-Tropical mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, 25.5" scale length and 1-3/4" nut width for a familiar Taylor playing experience.

There's enough fingerboard width for sophisticated chord voicings and fingerstyle work without making the guitar feel cumbersome.

The 25.5" scale provides a confident response and excellent definition, particularly useful for players who alternate between standard and lowered tunings.

This is the kind of acoustic designed for hours of playing rather than five minutes of showroom admiration.

TAYLOR EXPRESSION SYSTEM 2

Taylor's Expression System 2 electronics make the 414ce LTD fully capable of moving from an acoustic environment directly onto the stage.

The behind-the-saddle pickup design captures the guitar's dynamic response and provides convenient onboard control for amplified situations.

For the working musician, that means fewer complications.

Take the guitar out of its case, plug into your acoustic amplifier or PA, and you're ready to work.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Body
• Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
• Cutaway: Venetian
• Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides: Solid East Indian Rosewood
• Finish: Shaded Edge Burst
• Bracing: Taylor V-Class
• Binding: White
• Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
• Rosette: Multi-Ring

Neck
• Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Fingerboard: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Nut Width: 1-3/4"
• Frets: 20
• Fingerboard Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl/Pink Abalone Lily/Vine
• Headplate: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Headplate Inlay: Italian Acrylic

Hardware
• Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Nut: TUSQ
• Saddle: Micarta
• Bridge Pins: Ebony
• Tuners: Taylor 18:1

Electronics
• Pickup System: Taylor Expression System 2

Included
• Taylor Hardshell Case

WHY THIS 414ce LTD MATTERS

The standard 414ce has always made sense as a serious musician's instrument.

This Limited Edition adds something that's harder to quantify:

individuality.

You still get the things that make the 414ce such an effective professional acoustic—the Grand Auditorium body, Sitka spruce, East Indian rosewood, V-Class bracing and Taylor playability.

But now they're wrapped in an instrument that doesn't look like every other guitar hanging on the wall.

The Shaded Edge Burst provides visual warmth.

The Lily/Vine inlay work adds artistry.

The rosewood provides the tonal complexity.

And underneath all of it remains a guitar designed to work.

That's what makes this Limited Edition compelling.

It doesn't sacrifice utility for beauty. It gives you both.

THE NORTHEAST MUSIC CENTER PERSPECTIVE

At Northeast Music Center, we particularly enjoy guitars that take a proven platform and give the player something genuinely distinctive.

The Taylor 414ce LTD Shaded Edge Burst does exactly that.

If you're primarily interested in maximum all-solid rosewood value, the 414ce Studio makes an extremely strong argument.

If you're looking for the latest Next Generation Taylor technology, the current 414ce takes the platform in another direction.

But if you want the proven Sitka spruce/East Indian rosewood 414ce formula with V-Class bracing, ES2 electronics and a visual treatment that stands apart, this Limited Edition occupies its own place in the family.

As an authorized Taylor dealer, Northeast Music Center can help you compare these models and understand what you're gaining as you move between different generations and versions of the 414ce.

For the player searching for professional versatility with something a little less ordinary, this is exactly the kind of Taylor we enjoy having at Northeast Music Center.

The Taylor 414ce LTD Shaded Edge Burst Acoustic-Electric Guitar is available now and includes its Taylor Hardshell Case.