Taylor Gold Label 814e Grand Auditorium Acoustic Electric Guitar - Natural

Acoustic-electric Guitar with Spruce Top, Rosewood Back and Sides, Mahogany Neck, and Ebony Fingerboard - Natural

Sadek Music, Taylor’s Gold Label Collection harkens back to an earlier age of acoustic guitar building, merging the heritage sound and style of 1930s- and 1940s-era flat tops with Andy Powers’s boundary-pushing six-string philosophy. It all begins with the Super Auditorium body — a bold evolution of Taylor’s flagship Grand Auditorium, featuring a larger profile and delivering a deeper, fuller sound.  From the fanned V-Class bracing to the long-tenon neck joint, this 6-string is infused with golden-age design elements that harken back to the steel-string acoustic guitar’s formative era. A torrefied Sitka spruce top and Honduran rosewood back and sides lend the Gold Label 814e a warm, seasoned character with rich low end, full-bodied highs, and a responsive touch that feels perfectly played-in.

Despite its vintage inspiration, the Gold Label 814e still embodies the modern craftsmanship Taylor is known for — including a Standard Carve mahogany neck, a 15-inch-radius ebony fingerboard, and LR Baggs Element VTC electronics for professional-grade stage performance. Finally, old-school aesthetics like a revamped headstock, script Taylor logo, and “Continental” inlays add a classic finishing touch to this stunning reimagining of the acoustic guitar’s golden age — now available at Sadek Music.

Introducing the vintage-inspired Gold Label Collection

For much of Taylor’s half-century history, the brand has served as a beacon of 6-string progress. From their innovative advancements in bracing to their time-tested bolt-on neck joint, Bob Taylor, Andy Powers, and the rest of the Taylor crew lay claim to many of the most lauded acoustic enhancements since the prewar era of acoustic guitar building. However, what if Taylor were to turn back the clock to the 1930s and 1940s, incorporating the most cherished elements of those trailblazing instruments with their own boundary-pushing approach to guitar building? That’s the philosophy behind Taylor’s Gold Label Collection, with each instrument sporting three key sonic ingredients to separate these prestigious instruments from your typical Taylor: a long-tenon neck joint, fanned V-Class bracing, and the introduction of the Super Auditorium body shape.

At Sadek Music still, these three qualities are only the beginning of the Gold Label Collection’s golden-era appointments — these instruments boast a distinct aesthetic personality to mirror their singular sonics, consisting of a fresh new headstock shape, a reimagined Taylor logo, a Honduran mahogany Curve Wing bridge, a captivating “Continental” inlay motif, and (of course) a golden label laid into the soundhole. The result is a stunning series of instruments that proudly borrows both sonically and visually from the age of prewar flat tops, mandolins, banjos, and archtops, then elevates it with over 50 years of Taylor’s uncompromising and cutting-edge approach to acoustic craftsmanship.

World-class tonewoods abound

Capturing the complex voice of a vintage golden-era acoustic guitar is no simple task. Even with the world’s finest tonewoods, brand-new instruments often require years of playing to match the level of response of a 6-string that’s been strummed for decades. To speed up the process, the Taylor Gold Label 814e wears a Sitka spruce top that’s been subject to the brand’s torrefaction process — in essence, a form of roasting that transforms the very structure of the timber. The benefits of this process are by no means limited to vintage-obsessed guitarists, and scores of Sadek Music Taylor fans of all backgrounds have come to favor torrefied tops for their warmer voice and smoother, “aged-in” character. Complete with a set of Honduran rosewood back and sides, the Gold Label 814e dishes out a serious level of low-end depth and harmonic density that recalls the greatest guitars of the 1930s and 1940s.

A larger, more powerful twist on Taylor's Grand Auditorium

To achieve a louder, richer, and more dynamic voice while preserving the unmistakable Taylor identity, the Gold Label Collection boldly reimagines the brand’s iconic Grand Auditorium body shape with an expanded and enhanced profile. The result? The Super Auditorium — a new design that maintains the elegant curves and visual appeal of Bob Taylor’s original Grand Auditorium, while pushing the tonal envelope even further. Despite its refined enhancements, the Super Auditorium remains true to its roots, proudly carrying the familiar “4” designation in Taylor’s model naming convention. But what exactly sets the Super Auditorium apart?

Find out at Sadek Music, where Taylor’s past and future collide in this powerful new body style — delivering deeper lows, greater projection, and a commanding presence unlike anything before it.

The body clocks in just a tad longer than a standard Grand Auditorium, and the guitar’s lower bout mirrors this change with a greater width. Combined with Taylor’s fanned V-Class bracing, this shape delivers a dynamic response that naturally compresses when picked hard while retaining a softer, more intimate sound when delicately plucked or played fingerstyle. Furthermore, the increase in overall surface area imparts the guitar’s entire register with a more muscular and authoritative edge.

Taylor Gold Label 814e Features:

• A captivating collection of showcase-level instruments, inspired by the sights and sounds of the golden-era flat-top guitars of the 1930s and 1940s
• Super Auditorium body shape modifies Taylor’s flagship Grand Auditorium profile with a larger figure and a deeper, more vintage-inspired voice
• Torrefied Sitka spruce top delivers an ultra-responsive, broken-in sound from the moment it leaves the case
• Honduran rosewood back and sides dish out chest-thumping low end and full-bodied highs
• Fanned V-Class bracing (installed with traditional hot hide glue) complements this guitar’s golden-era character with superior volume and enhanced sustain
• Long-tenon wood joint combines Taylor’s cutting-edge bolt-on system with historic craftsmanship, resulting in greater wood-to-wood coupling and bolstered low-end resonance
• Mahogany neck with Taylor’s fan-favorite Standard Carve maintains the modern playability that guitarists have come to expect from Taylor
• 15-in.-radius ebony fingerboard, complete with Continental shell/MOP inlays
• LR Baggs Element VTC electronics system faithfully captures this guitar’s unplugged voice when it’s time to plug in
• High-performing Gotoh 510 antique chrome tuning machines keep your sound pitch perfect
• Faux tortoiseshell pickguard with an eye-catching Continental inlay
• Revamped headstock shape, crowned with a retro-inspired Taylor script logo

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Shape:814e Gold Label Grand Auditorium
• Back & Sides Wood:Solid Honduran Rosewood
• Top Wood:Solid Torrefied Sitka Spruce
• Top Finish:Gloss
• Color:Natural
• Body Bracing:Fanned V-class
• Binding:Ivoroid
• Neck Wood:Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Finish:Satin
• Neck Shape:Standard Carve
• Radius:15"
• Fingerboard Material:Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Continental
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Nut Material:White Tusq
• Saddle Material:White Micarta
• Bridge Material:Curve Wing Honduran Rosewood
• Tuning Machines:Gotoh 510 Standard
• Electronics:LR Baggs Element VTC preamp
• Strings:D'Addario XS Coated Light, .012-.053
• Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case