Taylor Legacy 914ce Acoustic Electric Guitar - Natural

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

The Taylor 914ce Legacy, available at Sadek Music, traces back to an earlier era of Taylor’s storied 6-string history, paying tribute to the acoustic guitars that first cemented the brand as a boundary-pushing force. Featuring the iconic floral “Cindy” inlays on the fingerboard, headstock, and bridge — designed by Bob Taylor’s wife, Cindy Taylor — this remarkable instrument transports longtime Taylor fans to the company’s formative decades of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. The Legacy series departs from Taylor’s modern V-bracing and returns to the more traditional, expressive tone of Legacy X-bracing. Paired with a supremely dynamic Engelmann spruce top and lush rosewood back and sides, the 914ce Legacy delivers dense yet balanced lows, harmonic-rich highs, and crisp clarity across the entire sonic spectrum. True to Taylor’s reputation for impeccable playability, this model features a Legacy Standard Carve neo-tropical mahogany neck and a deep Venetian cutaway, offering a lightning-fast feel across the 15-inch-radius ebony fingerboard’s 20 frets. For live performance, the built-in LR Baggs Element VTC electronics ensure stage-ready, natural acoustic amplification. Finished with an exquisite suite of premium adornments — including green abalone purfling, gold hardware, rosewood binding, red-accented purfling, and a mirror-gloss finish — the Taylor 914ce Legacy at Sadek Music is a nostalgic, elegant, and deeply inspiring tribute to Taylor’s golden era.

Balanced Grand Auditorium Design

The Taylor 914ce Legacy, available at Sadek Music, features Taylor’s iconic Grand Auditorium body shape — a player-friendly design made for professionals who move effortlessly between playing styles without changing guitars. Though comfortable and low-profile, the Grand Auditorium delivers a surprisingly powerful voice with impressive projection. Its beautifully balanced tonal character across lows, mids, and highs makes it a perfect match for players who prefer a transparent, articulate acoustic sound. Fingerpickers will appreciate the 914ce Legacy’s warm, crisp response, while flatpickers and strummers can coax a fuller, darker tone with added dynamics. For enhanced upper-fret access, the 914ce Legacy includes Taylor’s signature Venetian cutaway, completing a design that’s both versatile and performance-ready.

A tribute to the Taylor's lineage

To ring in the company's 50th anniversary, Taylor nostalgically dug through the features of its most historic models, bringing back specs that haven't been available on most modern Taylors for years. From old-school Jumbos to square-shouldered dreadnoughts to traditional X-bracing, Legacy models harken back to Taylor's earlier era, capturing the tones that put the company on the map in the first place. This retro-inspired formula even includes the electronics — instead of the ES2 electronics system you'll find on almost every high-end modern Taylor, Legacy instruments boast an LR Baggs Element VTC under-saddle pickup system.

A classic tonewood combination

Nothing surpasses the sound of rosewood topped with spruce, especially when you’re working with the premium Engelmann spruce featured on this Taylor 914ce Legacy. As a top tonewood, Engelmann spruce rings with a rich, mature character that’s ever-so-slightly more midrange-forward than standard Sitka. Used for the back and sides of the 914ce Legacy, Indian rosewood’s extended frequency range and rich, musical tonality have elevated it to premium status among tonewoods. Its potent low end can serve up a throaty growl while sparkling treble notes ring out with bell-like clarity. Slightly scooped in the midrange (as compared with mahogany), rosewood acoustic guitars are perfect for solo performance, vocal accompaniment, and tracking in sparser arrangements.

Taylor 914ce Legacy Features:

• A guitar that echoes Taylor’s early days, when Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug first made their mark with groundbreaking acoustic designs
• Engelmann spruce top with Legacy X-bracing delivers a full, rich, and ultra-responsive character with forward midrange
• Rosewood back and sides dish out lush overtones, deep bass, and crystalline highs
• Neo-tropical mahogany neck in Taylor’s time-tested Legacy Standard carve supplies speedy navigation of the Crelicam ebony fingerboard
• Eye-catching “Cindy” inlays on the headstock, bridge, and fingerboard, originally designed by Bob Taylor’s wife, Cindy Taylor
• Top-class LR Baggs Element VTC electronics electrify this guitar’s acoustic voice with full sonic authenticity
• Alluring adornments include green abalone top purfling/rosette, rosewood binding, ebony pins with green abalone dots, red-accented back/side purfling, and a beaming gloss finish
• 1.75-in. nut width is both slim enough for strummers and wide enough to accommodate fingerpickers
• Top-shelf gold Taylor Standard tuning machines

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Shape:914ce Grand Auditorium
• Back & Sides Wood:Indian Rosewood
• Top Wood:Engelmann Spruce
• Top Finish:Gloss
• Color:Natural
• Body Bracing:Legacy X-Bracing
• Binding:Indian Rosewood Binding
• Neck Wood:Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Finish:Satin
• Neck Shape:Legacy Standard Carve
• Radius:15"
• Fingerboard Material:Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Mother-of-pearl Flowers
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Nut Material:White Tusq
• Saddle Material:White Micarta
• Bridge Material:Crelicam Ebony
• Tuning Machines:Taylor Gold
• Strings:D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light, .012-.053
• Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case