Taylor 50th Anniversary 814ce Redwood Builder's Edition Acoustic Electric Guitar with Case

Taylor 50th Anniversary LTD Builder’s Edition 814ce Sinker Redwood 

The 50th Anniversary Builder’s Edition 814ce LTD celebrates Taylor’s flagship guitar with an ultra-refined version featuring Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a sinker redwood top. Rosewood's rich lows, sparkling highs and lush overtones complement the redwood's blend of cedar-like warmth and bold projection, all turbocharged by our V-Class bracing. Like its standard Builder's Edition sibling, this model boasts a beveled armrest, beveled cutaway, chamfered edges and a Curve Wing bridge for seamless playing comfort. Limited-edition appointments include a gold-hued mother-of-pearl peghead logo and matching Element inlays, maple purfling around the fretboard and peghead, a green abalone rosette, premium Gotoh 510 tuners, and ebony bridge pins with gold acrylic dots. Finished with a Kona edgeburst and a full-body gloss, this all-purpose Grand Auditorium sports a commemorative 50th anniversary label. Production will be limited to 1,974 guitars worldwide.

The Taylor Builder’s Edition 814ce from Taylor Guitars. A Sinker Red top and ergonomic enhancements lift our flagship rosewood Grand Auditorium to a new level of musical sophistication.

The 814ce has long been considered the quintessential Taylor guitar thanks to its classic rosewood/spruce tonewood pairing in tandem with Taylor’s flagship cutaway Grand Auditorium body style. Together, the rich tone, musical versatility and signature playability have given players a refined workhorse tool for many different playing styles and musical applications. Now, we’re bringing the 814ce to our Builder’s Edition collection, further enhancing its performance virtues with a suite of premium craftsmanship details.
Among the suite of material refinements are a soundboard upgrade from solid Sitka spruce to a carefully matched Redwood. The high- end craftsmanship reflected in the Builder’s Edition philosophy acknowledges the evolving future of the world’s forests, where a great soundboard will require careful woodworking joinery to utilize smaller sizes of the high-grade timber preferred for an heirloom instrument. The artful craftsmanship yields a high-quality soundboard and displays a beautifully consistent grain structure.

Additional comfort-enhancing woodworking details that distinguish this edition from its standard-model counterpart include an elegantly sculpted beveled cutaway for effortless high-register access, along with a beveled mahogany armrest that provides a smooth surface for the player’s strumming arm. Other refinements include nuanced alterations in the taper of the body, a modified V-Class voicing, and a subtle alteration to the gloss finish. (This is the only Builder’s Edition model to feature a gloss finish to highlight the beautiful contouring of the body.) The back and sides boast a Kona edgeburst.
Other premium appointments include Gotoh 510 tuners in antique gold, which offer a highly precise 21:1 gear ratio, a contoured Curve Wing bridge (exclusive to Builder’s Edition models), alternating maple and black top purfling with rosewood edge trim, and a rosewood pickguard. The Builder’s Edition 814ce ships with ES2 electronics and a deluxe hardshell case.

• • Grand Auditorium Body Shape
  • Solid Sinker Redwood Top
  • Solid East Indian Rosewood Back and Sides
  • Kona Burst Shaded Back and Sides
  • Taylor ES2 Electronics 
  • Venetian Cutaway
  • V Class Bracing
  • 25-1/2” Scale Length 
  • 1-3/4” Nut Width 
  • West African Crelicam Ebony Fingerboard and Bridge 
  • Gotoh Antique Gold Tuners
  • Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light Gauge Strings 
  • Gloss Body Finish
  • Ebony Binding
  • Beveled Armrest 
  • Abalone Rosette
  • Element Fretboard Inlay Theme 
  • Mahogany Neck
  • Ebony Bridge Pins w/ Gold Dots
  • Made in USA
  • Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case

SERIAL# 1204094097
SC: H804002611000880260