Taylor Guitars Special Edition 414ce Rosewood Grand Auditorium Acoustic/Electric Guitar - Shaded Edge Burst
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Special Features:
- Abalone rosette
- "Engraved Victorian" fretboard inlays with matching peghead inlay (first-ever for a Taylor)
- Shaded Edge Burst finish
- Gold hardware
- Grained ivoroid binding
Grand Auditorium Shape
The Grand Auditorium is the most versatile and popular of Taylor's guitar shapes. Its well-defined midrange contributes to a clear and balanced tone. It's responsive enough for fingerstyle players and powerful enough for pickers and strummers to get a lively response. Think of it as a jack of all trades.
Tonewoods
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.
One of the most popular and traditional guitar woods of all time, rosewood takes the basic sonic thumbprint of mahogany (which has a strong midrange) and expands it in both directions. Indian rosewood's sweeping frequency range at both ends of the tonal spectrum has made it one of the most popular and musically rich tonewoods. Its deep lows can assert a throaty growl, while bright, sparkling treble notes ring out with bell-like, high-fidelity clarity.
Expression System 2 Electronics
Taylor's breakthrough acoustic pickup marks a major advance in piezo technology thanks to a patented behind-the-saddle design. The unique placement of three piezo sensors captures a more dynamic range of acoustic sound and responds well in a variety of settings.
Specs:
Shape: Grand Auditorium
Number of Strings: 6
Scale length: 25-1/2"
Body Length: 20"
Body Width: 16"
Body Depth: 4 5/8"
Neck Width: 1-3/4"
Bracing: V-Class
Back/Side Wood: Indian Rosewood
Top Wood: Sitka spruce
Cutaway: Venetian
Nut & Saddle: Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
Neck Wood: Tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood: West African Ebony
Fretboard Inlay: "Engraved Victorian" fretboard inlays with matching peghead inlay
Binding: Grained Ivoroid
Tuners: Taylor Gold
Truss Rod Cover: West African Ebony
Back/Side Finish: Gloss
Top Finish: Gloss
Neck Finish: Satin
Pickguard: Tortoise
Type of Neck Joint: Scarf
Number of Frets: 20
Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
Buttons: Gold
Electronics: Expression System 2
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case
Specifications
Acoustic Pickup Type: | None |
Back & Sides: | Indian Rosewood |
Back/Sides Finish: | Gloss |
Binding: | Grained Ivoroid |
Body Colour: | Shaded Edgeburst |
Body Finish: | Gloss |
Body Shape: | Grand Auditorium |
Bracing: | V - Class Bracing |
Bridge Material: | West African Ebony |
Bridge Style: | Modern Belly |
Case/Gigbag: | Hardcase Included |
Country of Origin: | USA |
Cutaway: | Venetian |
Features: | Engraved Victorian Peghead Inlay |
Fingerboard: | West African Ebony |
Fingerboard Inlay: | Engraved Victorian |
Fret Profile: | Medium |
Fretboard Radius: | 15" / 381 mm |
Instrument Size: | Full |
Neck Body Join: | Taylor Proprietary Bolt-on |
Neck Body Join-Fret: | 14th Fret |
Neck Material: | Mahogany |
Neck Shape: | Taylor Standard Carve |
Number of Frets: | 20 |
Number of Strings: | 6 |
Nut Material: | Black Tusq |
Nut Width: | 1.75" / 44.5 mm |
Orientation: | Right |
Pickguard: | Yes |
Pickup/Preamp: | Taylor Epression System 2 |
Preamp EQ: | Yes |
Scale Length: | 25.5" / 648 mm |
String Gauge: | 0.12-0.53 Light |
String Type: | Steel |
Top Material: | Sitka Spruce |
Tuner: | No |
Tuning Machines: | Taylor Gold |
Media
Q & A
- asked on Sep 14, 2023
- answered by Robert Stayner
- asked on May 28, 2024
- answered by Ron Elliott, Fredericton, New Brunswick
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1 Week $113.00
1 Month $225.00
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