Now Available at Northeast Music Center!
Taylor 814CE Builders Edition (s/n: 1208126041)! Guitar comes with a Taylor Hardshell Case!
A New Expression of Taylor's Iconic 814ce
For decades, the Taylor 814ce has occupied a special place in the acoustic-guitar world. Its Grand Auditorium body, premium tonewoods, exceptional playability and unmistakable Taylor clarity have made it one of the company's most recognizable professional-level instruments.
The Taylor 814ce Builder's Edition takes that legendary platform and pushes it into new territory.
Available now at Northeast Music Center, this particular guitar—serial number 1208126041—pairs a powerful solid Adirondack spruce top with solid Indian rosewood back and sides, then adds Taylor's latest generation of player-focused innovations, including scalloped V-Class bracing with relief rout, the Action Control Neck, Claria electronics and Builder's Edition ergonomic refinements.
The result isn't simply a more luxurious 814ce.
It's an 814ce engineered to give the player more dynamic range, greater comfort, precise setup flexibility and an even stronger connection between the musician and the instrument.
Adirondack Spruce — Power, Headroom & Dynamic Range
One of the most important features of this Builder's Edition 814ce is right on top.
Adirondack spruce.
Long prized in the acoustic-guitar world, Adirondack spruce is known for its combination of responsiveness, projection, dynamic range and exceptionally high volume ceiling.
A lightly played passage can reveal impressive detail and sensitivity. Increase your attack and Adirondack has the headroom to keep giving back without collapsing into compression or losing definition.
That makes this 814ce exceptionally versatile.
Fingerstyle players can explore its sensitivity and note separation.
Singer-songwriters can take advantage of its balance and harmonic richness.
Flatpickers and aggressive strummers can lean into the guitar and discover just how much power is available.
It's an especially exciting choice for an 814ce because the Grand Auditorium body already excels at moving between different playing styles.
Adirondack gives that versatility even more room to breathe.
Solid Indian Rosewood Back & Sides
Behind the Adirondack top is another cornerstone of premium acoustic-guitar construction: solid Indian rosewood.
Rosewood brings depth, richness and harmonic complexity to the equation. Its strong low-frequency response is balanced by clear, articulate highs, while the harmonic overtones surrounding the fundamental notes create the dimensional quality players often associate with a great rosewood acoustic.
Paired with Adirondack spruce, the result can be both powerful and sophisticated.
The Adirondack provides the headroom.
The rosewood supplies depth and harmonic complexity.
Taylor's Grand Auditorium architecture keeps everything controlled and balanced.
Play a full open chord and you get size and richness without losing the individual strings.
Move into a fingerstyle passage and the notes remain distinct.
Push the guitar harder and the combination of Adirondack and rosewood rewards the additional energy.
It's a tonewood pairing worthy of a flagship-level Taylor.
Scalloped V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
Taylor's scalloped V-Class bracing with relief rout represents another important evolution within this Builder's Edition design.
V-Class bracing was originally developed to change the traditional relationship between an acoustic guitar's volume and sustain while promoting improved harmonic agreement across the instrument.
In this latest execution, Taylor strategically scallops the bracing and incorporates a relief rout to further influence the flexibility and response of the soundboard.
For the player, the engineering ultimately comes down to something much simpler:
How does the guitar respond when you play it?
The 814ce Builder's Edition feels alive.
A softer touch produces detail and nuance. A stronger attack brings additional projection and authority. Notes sustain beautifully, while complex chords retain the definition needed to hear what each string is contributing.
Combined with the Adirondack spruce top, this bracing system gives the guitar an exceptionally broad expressive range.
Taylor Action Control Neck
A premium acoustic guitar should adapt to the musician—not force the musician to adapt to it.
Taylor's Action Control Neck was developed around exactly that philosophy.
String action has a profound effect on the way an acoustic guitar feels. Fingerstyle players, heavy strummers, alternate-tuning players and musicians with a particularly light touch may all prefer different setups.
Traditionally, meaningful action adjustments on an acoustic guitar could require saddle modification or other setup work.
The Action Control Neck gives technicians the ability to make exceptionally precise action adjustments through the guitar's neck architecture while preserving the saddle.
For a guitar designed to remain with its owner for years—or decades—that's a genuinely valuable advancement.
Playing styles evolve.
String gauges change.
Preferences change.
The guitar can evolve with you.
Builder's Edition Comfort
Taylor's Builder's Edition philosophy isn't simply about making a guitar look more expensive.
It's about removing physical barriers between the instrument and the player.
The 814ce Builder's Edition incorporates thoughtful ergonomic details including a beveled armrest, beveled cutaway and chamfered body edges.
Individually, those features may sound subtle.
Spend an hour playing the guitar and they begin to make considerably more sense.
The armrest creates a smoother contact point for your picking arm. The beveled cutaway makes upper-register playing more comfortable. The softened body edges help the Grand Auditorium sit naturally against the player.
Nothing feels excessive.
Nothing is there simply because it looks impressive on a specification sheet.
The luxury is in how the guitar feels.
The Grand Auditorium Advantage
At the heart of the 814ce remains one of Taylor's greatest contributions to modern acoustic-guitar design: the Grand Auditorium body.
Its versatility is one of the major reasons the 814ce has remained such an important Taylor model.
It has enough size and power to support confident strumming without becoming cumbersome.
It has the articulation and balance required for fingerstyle playing.
It works beautifully as vocal accompaniment.
It records extremely well.
And with its cutaway design, the upper register remains accessible for contemporary acoustic lead work.
This is not an acoustic guitar that wants to dictate what kind of player you should be.
It's designed to follow wherever your playing takes you.
Claria Electronics
The 814ce Builder's Edition is equally prepared when it's time to plug in.
Taylor's Claria electronics represent the company's latest generation of onboard acoustic amplification technology, developed to give players a natural and controllable amplified voice for stage, rehearsal and recording applications.
That matters on an instrument like this.
A guitar of this caliber shouldn't become a completely different instrument when you plug in.
Whether you're playing at home acoustically, tracking in a studio, performing through a PA or carrying one guitar to cover an entire evening, the 814ce Builder's Edition is designed as a complete professional instrument.
Premium Without Being Excessive
There's another quality we particularly appreciate about this guitar at Northeast Music Center.
It's beautiful—but the craftsmanship never gets in the way of the instrument.
The natural Adirondack spruce top lets the character of the wood speak for itself, while the Indian rosewood back and sides provide the rich coloration and dramatic grain expected from a premium rosewood guitar.
The Mother-of-Pearl Element inlays, green abalone rosette, ebony appointments and Gotoh 510 Antique Gold tuners add sophistication without turning the instrument into something that feels too precious to play.
This is a high-end Taylor designed to earn its wear.
And that's exactly how we think a great guitar should be built.
Why Buy Your Taylor from Northeast Music Center?
At Northeast Music Center, we believe a premium acoustic-guitar purchase should still feel personal.
We're proud to be an Authorized Taylor Dealer and the only authorized Taylor store within approximately 100 miles of our location.
That gives our customers an opportunity that's becoming increasingly rare: the ability to purchase a high-end Taylor from a real independent guitar store where the people selling the instrument actually understand guitars.
And when you're shopping at this level, the individual instrument matters.
The grain of the Adirondack spruce.
The character of the rosewood.
The response of the top.
The way the neck feels.
The personality of the completed guitar.
That's why we identify our premium instruments individually whenever possible.
The guitar offered on this page is Taylor 814ce Builder's Edition serial number 1208126041.
That's the guitar you're buying.
Whether you visit Northeast Music Center in person or purchase from us online from across the country, our goal is to provide the same knowledgeable, low-pressure experience.
More than simply selling another Taylor, we want to help put the right instrument into the hands of the right player.
Specifications:
General
- Manufacturer: Taylor Guitars
- Model: 814ce Builder's Edition
- Series: 800 Series / Builder's Edition
- Serial Number: 1208126041
- Orientation: Right-Handed
- Number of Strings: 6
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Construction: All-Solid-Wood Acoustic/Electric
- Cutaway: Beveled Cutaway
- Bracing: Scalloped V-Class with Relief Rout
- Neck System: Taylor Action Control Neck
- Electronics: Taylor Claria
- Case: Taylor Hardshell Case Included
Body
- Top Wood: Solid Adirondack Spruce
- Back & Sides: Solid Indian Rosewood
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Back Configuration: 2-Piece, No Wedge
- Bracing: Scalloped V-Class with Relief Rout
- Armrest: Beveled Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Cutaway: Beveled
- Body Edges: Chamfered
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Back/Sides Finish: Gloss
- Rosette: Green Abalone Single Ring with Bound Soundhole
Neck
- Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Standard Carve
- Neck System: Taylor Action Control Neck
- Fingerboard: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
- Fingerboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Scale Length: 25-1/2"
- Nut Width: 1-3/4"
- Neck Finish: Satin
Peghead
- Peghead Veneer: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Element
- Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Type: Paddle
- Peghead Finish: Satin
Hardware
- Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Tuners: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold
- Nut: Black Tusq
- Saddle: White Micarta
- Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots
- Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012-.053)
Electronics
- Pickup System: Taylor Claria Acoustic Pickup System
- Application: Professional Acoustic/Electric Performance
An 814ce Built for the Next Generation
The best way to understand this guitar isn't to isolate any single feature.
It's the way everything works together.
Adirondack spruce brings power and headroom.
Indian rosewood contributes depth and harmonic complexity.
Scalloped V-Class bracing helps unlock the responsiveness of the soundboard.
The Action Control Neck gives the player greater control over setup and feel.
Builder's Edition contours make the instrument exceptionally comfortable.
Claria electronics prepare it for professional amplified performance.
And underneath all of it remains the remarkably versatile Taylor Grand Auditorium platform.
For a guitarist searching for one exceptional acoustic capable of moving between fingerstyle, flatpicking, songwriting, recording and live performance, the Taylor 814ce Builder's Edition offers an extraordinary range of possibilities.
This particular guitar—serial number 1208126041—is available now at Northeast Music Center and comes complete with its Taylor hardshell case.
Some guitars are designed to fill a particular role in your collection.
The 814ce Builder's Edition is designed to be the guitar you keep reaching for.
