Taylor Builder's Edition 814ce Sinker Redwood Acoustic Guitar - Shaded Edgeburst

Combining elegant aesthetics with sophisticated playability and tone-enhancing details, the 800 Series has become one of Taylor’s most popular and revered classes of premium rosewood guitars. Now, the Taylor Builder’s Edition 814ce, available at Sadek Music, takes this esteemed series even further with a truly exquisite arrangement of tonewoods.  It starts with a rich, warm, and responsive sinker redwood top, crafted from old-growth timber pulled from the depths of California’s rivers. Paired with Honduran rosewood back and sides, the top’s richness is complemented with a clear and articulate top-end shimmer and ample low-end heft. This amazing guitar plays gloriously, thanks to its comfortably sized and proportioned Grand Auditorium body, graceful beveled Venetian cutaway, and ergonomically radiused armrest. You’ll appreciate the clear, balanced tone forged by Taylor’s revolutionary V-Class bracing, amplified flawlessly by the onboard Expression System 2 electronics.

As your eyes drink in the understated elegance of the instrument, your hands will savor its flawless playability, and your ears will revel in its rich, organic tone. The Taylor 814ce Builder’s Edition is a veritable feast for the senses — now available at Sadek Music.

The Builder’s Edition collection

Taylor’s premium Builder’s Edition family of acoustic guitars is the brainchild of master guitar designer Andy Powers. Builder’s Edition guitars were created to highlight Taylor’s V-Class bracing system and to demonstrate Taylor’s most cutting-edge innovations. With a level of craftsmanship typically not offered on standard models, Builder’s Edition guitars provide players with an exemplary instrument that promises to inspire. According to Andy, “the Builder’s Edition concept is meant to be an expression of Taylor’s instrument-building imagination.” And what an incredible imagination it is!

Taylor’s commendable commitment to sustainability

The 814ce Builder’s Edition, available at Sadek Music, features beautiful premium solid tonewoods that make this guitar a standout. It starts with a sinker redwood top, known for its rich warmth and responsiveness, paired with Honduran rosewood back and sides that enhance its tonal clarity. The neo-tropical mahogany neck adds smooth playability, while the guitar’s eco-conscious design includes a Crelicam ebony fingerboard, bridge, and headstock overlay. Crelicam, based in Cameroon, is an international supplier of high-quality West African ebony that sets the standard for socially and environmentally responsible forest resource management. Their commitment to sustainable practices includes supporting scientific research and replanting efforts, helping to cultivate a healthy forest economy for Cameroon.

Experience the beauty and sustainability of the Taylor 814ce Builder’s Edition, available now at Sadek Music.

Optimized volume, sustain, and intonation

With Taylor’s V-Class bracing, an acoustic guitar top can be both stiff and flexible — for more volume and sustain. V-Class bracing provides stiffness parallel to the strings for more rigidity and, hence, sustain. Flexibility on either side generates the air movement necessary for robust projection. It’s the best of both worlds. This groundbreaking innovation also improves intonation, not only producing notes that are louder and with longer sustain, but more in tune with each other. V-Class bracing boosts volume evenly across the tonal spectrum, increases sustain, and improves the natural intonation of the instrument by creating a more synergistic response from the soundboard. This fosters a more harmonious relationship between the notes you play, helping chords to ring out in cohesive splendor. Pick up a Taylor with V-Class bracing and experience what guitarists

Grand Auditorium body style delivers exceptional presence

Taylor’s beloved Grand Auditorium body style, featured on the 814ce Builder’s Edition, employs the width and depth of a dreadnought, so it delivers prodigious volume that makes it a “tone cannon” in its own right. However, its waist is narrower, which gives Grand Auditorium-bodied acoustic guitars more treble zing, in addition to improved playing comfort and a sleeker look. The 814ce’s Grand Auditorium body style also helps to sharpen the definition of each note you play, balancing out nicely with the excellent projection of its V-Class-braced sinker redwood top.  Experience this incredible blend of volume, clarity, and comfort with the Taylor 814ce Builder’s Edition, available now at Sadek Music.

Taylor Builder's Edition 814ce Features:

• Environmentally responsible solid premium tonewoods
• Graceful beveled Venetian cutaway gives you unfettered access to the high register
• Lush, warm, and responsive sinker redwood top crafted with old-growth timber pulled from the depths of California’s rivers
• Honduran rosewood back and sides round out your tone with deep bass, zingy highs, and a mild midrange
• Revolutionary V-Class bracing for optimized volume, sustain, and intonation
• Neo-tropical mahogany neck in Taylor’s player-favorite Standard Carve
• Crelicam West African ebony fingerboard with 15-in. radius, 20 frets, and shell/mother-of-pearl Element inlays
• Crelicam ebony headstock overlay with shell/mother-of-pearl Element inlay
• 1.75-in. TUSQ nut provides plenty of room for fingerpickers to navigate
• Crelicam ebony bridge and pins; Micarta saddle
• Gleaming Gotoh 510 antique gold tuning machines
• Stage-ready Taylor ES2 electronics

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Shape:Builder's Edition 814ce Grand Auditorium
• Back & Sides Wood:Solid Honduran Rosewood
• Top Wood:Solid Sinker Redwood
• Top Finish:Gloss
• Color:Shaded Edgeburst
• Body Bracing:V-Class Bracing
• Neck Wood:Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Finish:Satin
• Neck Shape:Standard Carve
• Radius:15"
• Fingerboard Material:Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Element
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Nut Material:Black Tusq
• Saddle Material:White Micarta
• Bridge Material:Crelicam Ebony
• Tuning Machines:

  Guitar Brands
  Taylor Guitar Series	800
  Guitars
  Guitar Types	Acoustic / Electric Guitars
  Left / Right Handed	Right Handed
  Top Wood	Solid Sinker Redwood
  Back & Sides Wood	Solid Honduran Rosewood
  Body Shape	Grand Auditorium
  Neck Wood	Neo-Tropical Mahogany
  Number of Strings	6
  String Type	Steel
  Body Bracing	V-Class
  Electronics	Taylor ES-2 preamp
  Strings	D'Addario XS Coated Light, .012-.053
  Cases / Gig bag	Taylor Hardshell Case