Taylor Legacy 914ce Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric #6055

The Taylor Legacy 914ce tops Taylor's vintage-voiced Legacy line with the same Legacy X-Bracing as the 855e, but swaps in a solid Engelmann spruce top instead of Sitka — a real tonewood step up from its Legacy siblings, not a cosmetic one. Engelmann is lighter and less stiff than Sitka, and paired with solid Indian rosewood back and sides on a Grand Auditorium body with a Venetian cutaway, it gives the 914ce a wider dynamic range than the 810e or 855e without leaving the traditional X-Bracing voice behind.

That Engelmann top responds to a light touch in a way Sitka doesn't — fingerpicking and light flatpicking pull out more overtone shimmer and a quicker, more sensitive dynamic response, while Indian rosewood underneath still supplies the deep low end and harmonic complexity the Legacy line is built around. It's a combination suited to a player moving between delicate fingerstyle passages and a harder strum without wanting the guitar to flatten out or turn boomy when pushed.

Where its Legacy siblings go gloss neck and black hardware, the 914ce breaks from the pattern: a satin-finished Legacy Standard Carve neck, gold-plated tuners with gold buttons, Indian rosewood binding instead of white, silver side dots instead of black, and no pickguard at all — the cleanest-looking Legacy in the lineup. The fingerboard carries a Mother-of-Pearl and green abalone "Cindy" inlay pattern, named for Bob Taylor's wife, and the rosette and top purfling both bring green abalone into the trim. L.R. Baggs Element VTC electronics keep the amplified tone true to the acoustic voice, and the guitar ships in a Taylor Deluxe hardshell case. Every Legacy 914ce ships under our Dread-Not Guarantee — a 30-day in-home trial and a full year to trade it in for up to 90% credit toward anything else in the store, backed by a free humidity monitoring kit. For a player who wants the Legacy sound with a wider tonal range and a dressier gold-and-abalone finish, the 914ce is the flagship of Taylor's vintage-voiced line.

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