Taylor Custom 414ce Grand Auditorium
This Taylor is one of the best examples the crew here at Loping Elk has laid eyes and ears on. Made exclusively for Guitar Center, this guitars has a balanced tone which sounds terrific strummed or finger picked. As close as you can get to brand new condition for a used guitar. Shows like a brand new instrument. An absolutely gorgeous sounding instrument from the crew at Taylor Guitars. Comes with paperwork and original hard shell case.
Spec sheet we received directly from Taylor
Taylor Guitars Product Specifications - Custom 414ce Stock Code H088002111002090057 UPC 00887766088943
Number of Strings 6 String Orientation Right Handed Body Shape Grand Auditorium Bracing System V-Class Bracing
Cutaway Venetian Color Shaded Edgeburst, Top Only
Electronics Expression System 2
Case / Bag Brown Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
Top Wood Sitka Spruce Back / Side Wood Indian Rosewood
Rosette Green Abalone 3 Ring Back Configuration 2-Piece, No Wedge
Body Binding Grained Ivoroid
Armrest None
Top Finish Gloss Back / Side Finish Gloss
Neck Wood Neo-tropical Mahogany Nut Width 1-3/4"
Neck Profile Standard Carve Scale Length 25-1/2"
Backstrap None Peghead Type Paddle
Fretboard Wood West African Crelicam Ebony Peghead Veneer Wood West African Crelicam Ebony Fretboard Inlay Faux Pearl Engraved Victorian Peghead Inlay Faux Pearl Engraved Victorian Fretboard Binding Black Peghead Binding None
Neck Finish Satin Peghead Finish Gloss
Bridge West African Crelicam Ebony Nut & Saddle Black TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle Bridge Pins West African Crelicam Ebony with Green Abalone Dots Strings Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053) Pick Guard Tortoise Tuners Taylor Gold with Gold Buttons Strap Pin Gold End Pin Black
Guitar Center description from their website
Special Features
Premium features on this 414ce Special Edition Grand Auditorium include an abalone rosette, "Engraved Victorian" fretboard inlays with matching peghead inlay, Shaded Edge Burst (top), gold hardware, grained ivoroid binding and V-Class bracing. Taylor's V-Class bracing is a fundamental innovation in acoustic guitar design. It marks an important evolution beyond traditional X-bracing, introducing an entirely new platform for acoustic performance. It is essentially a "sonic engine" that optimizes the response of an acoustic guitar in three key ways: by boosting volume, sustain, and by largely resolving the intonation (in-tune-ness) issues that have long plagued acoustic guitars. V-Class bracing creates purer, more orderly notes that don't cancel each other out or sound "off". They have clearer, more consistent response, and the whole fretboard is brought into greater sonic alignment for a more musical playing/listening experience. Guitars with V-Class bracing are easier to tune; the pitch sounds purer and more solid, and electronic tuners can more easily locate notes for quick, precise tuning. Other benefits: harmonics ring more uniformly down the neck, notes are louder with more projection and sustain, and notes are more consistent, i.e., upper register notes don't get choked out or swallowed. Fewer "sour" sonic qualities exist with chords; a more agreeable relationship is created between notes as they ripen, bloom and decay.
