Taylor 114ce Special Edition Dark Tobacco Shaded Edgeburst Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric #6497

The Taylor 114ce Special Edition takes Taylor's best-selling Grand Auditorium shape and dresses it in a Dark Tobacco Shaded Edgeburst top, a vintage-leaning look that sets it apart from the standard natural 114ce. Underneath the finish it is the same proven recipe: a solid torrefied spruce top over layered sapele back and sides, with Taylor's C-Class bracing. The torrefaction process pre-ages the top so the guitar opens up with a woody, broken-in warmth right out of the box.

C-Class bracing adds low-end depth and sustain without giving up the clarity the Grand Auditorium is known for, and sapele adds a punchy midrange that keeps strummed chords from turning muddy. Fingerstyle players get clean note separation across the neck, while flatpickers and rhythm players get enough headroom to dig in. The Venetian cutaway opens up the upper frets, and the 25-1/2 inch scale and 1-11/16 inch nut make it comfortable and easy to play.

A smoked eucalyptus fingerboard and bridge, faux pearl dot inlays, a black pickguard and black binding finish off the look under a matte finish. A NuBone nut and Micarta saddle keep intonation stable, and Taylor's Expression System 2 pickup makes the 114ce Special Edition as reliable plugged in as it is on the couch. It ships in a Taylor gig bag, so it is a great choice for a player buying a first serious acoustic-electric who wants something that looks a little different.

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Serial #6497 — this listing is for the exact instrument shown in the photos above.