Taylor Next Generation 414ce Acoustic Electric Guitar - Natural

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

Plug-and-play Claria System electronics

Road-tested and refined for over two years with the world's biggest touring acts, Taylor’s Claria System represents the next step in the brand’s ceaseless pursuit of acoustic-electric excellence. As opposed to the more sensitive and microphone-like performance of Taylor’s ES2, the Claria System features a single under-saddle piezo transducer paired with a powerhouse preamp to supply you with the warmest, most accurate acoustic-electric tone possible with the least amount of tweaking required — simply plug in, adjust your sound to taste via the Volume, Tone, and Mid-Contour controls, and you’re ready to go.

Rich and responsive Scalloped V-Class bracing

First launched in 2018, Taylor’s V-Class bracing revolutionized the brand’s sound with one of the most innovative advancements in steel-string technology in nearly a century. Here, Taylor has changed the game once again, tweaking the forward-thinking formula of V-Class by precisely paring away material from key locations of each brace.The result is Taylor’s Scalloped V-Class architecture, a design that preserves all the defining sonic features of standard V-Class bracing with a more muscular bass response and a softer, warmer blend among notes. Strum an open cowboy chord, and Scalloped V-Class delivers the familiar low-end thump and harmonic cohesion that’s most often associated with typical X-braced instruments. However, as a direct descendant of Andy Powers’ original V-Class design, Scalloped V-Class bracing preserves the former’s spot-on pitch accuracy, rich sustain, impeccable balance, and crisp note-to-note definition — especially as you venture farther up the fingerboard with complex chords, intricate fingerpicked patterns, and rapid-fire leads.

Grand Auditorium body style delivers a full sound and sleek look

At Sadek Music, the Taylor Next Generation 414ce’s Grand Auditorium body style delivers a full, rich sound with a sleek, elegant appearance. Acoustic players around the world—now including musicians shopping at Sadek Music—routinely reach for Taylor Grand Auditorium models for their comfortable waist, wide tonal range, and sharp definition. This makes the 414ce an excellent choice for fingerpickers, singer-songwriters, and anyone seeking a versatile, stage-ready acoustic-electric. With its combination of prestige, rich tone, and smooth playability, the Next Generation 414ce continues to impress set after set.

Taylor Next Generation 414ce Features:

• The Next Generation revision to Taylor’s time-tested 414ce platform, featuring the brand’s under-saddle Claria electronics system and scalloped V-Class bracing
• Sitka spruce top provides a sweet and responsive tonal foundation
• Scalloped V-Class bracing boosts low-end performance and results in a warmer, richer resonance
• Rosewood back and sides ring with resonant overtones and a powerful low-end thump
• Claria under-saddle electronics system provides acoustic-accurate tones and plug-and-play simplicity
• Soundhole-mounted Volume, Tone, and Mid-Contour controls for quick tone sculpting
• Mahogany neck in Taylor’s always-comfortable Standard Carve profile
• Action Control neck joint system gives users the ability to set the neck’s angle, allowing for easy action adjustment
• Long-tenon neck joint enhances your sound with a deep low-end resonance and a fuller-bodied tone
• 15-in.-radius ebony fingerboard studded with Weathervane Italian acrylic/faux pearl inlays
• Top-quality Taylor Standard nickel tuning machines
• Additional aesthetic appointments include a firestripe pickguard, black body binding, and a single-ring rosette
• 1.75-in. nut offers a just-right width for fingerstyle players, strummers, and flatpickers alike

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Shape:Grand Auditorium
• Back & Sides Wood:Indian Rosewood
• Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
• Top Finish:Gloss
• Color:Natural
• Body Bracing:V-class
• Binding:White
• Neck Wood:Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Finish:Satin
• Neck Shape:Standard Carve
• Radius:15"
• Fingerboard Material:Crelicam Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Finial
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Scale Length Type:Standard-scale
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Nut Material:Black Tusq
• Saddle Material:White Micarta
• Bridge Material:Crelicam Ebony
• Tuning Machines:Taylor Standard
• Electronics:Claria
• Strings:D'Addario XS Phosphor Bronze Light, .012-.056
• Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case