Taylor Builders Edition Blacktop 800 Series Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Indian Rosewood, Cutaway
Builder's Edition 814ce Blacktop
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Updated this year with new features that enhance its sound and musical utility, this Builder's Edition 814ce Blacktop offers a richly appointed take on our flagship Grand Auditorium with a tone that's bolder than ever. Back and sides of solid Indian rosewood paired with an Adirondack spruce top generate a complex voice with blooming overtones that resonate around clear trebles, warm lows and exceptional power. Inside, a new scalloped variant of our V-Class architecture provides an additional boost to volume, sustain and tonal depth, also improving pitch accuracy and harmony all the way up the neck. Player-centered touches include a beveled armrest, matching cutaway and chamfered body edges for a truly seamless feel, while our new onboard Claria System pickup features intuitive soundhole-mounted preamp controls that make it easy to plug in and play on the fly. Appointments complementing the striking black top color treatment include a full-body gloss with a Kona edgeburst for the back and sides, Element fretboard inlays, Gotoh 510 tuners in antique gold, an abalone rosette, maple binding with black and rosewood edge trim, and a rosewood pickguard.
Features
Versatile, Comfortable, Expressive: An all-star tonewood pairing, all-purpose body shape and comfort-enhancing features add up to an instrument that lets you fully express your musical creativity.
Grand Auditorium: Taylor’s signature shape embodies the ultimate all-purpose acoustic.
Indian Rosewood: The tonewood superstar. Popular, traditional, and versatile, Bob Taylor puts Indian rosewood among the greatest tonewoods ever.
Action Control Neck: Building on Taylor’s legacy of easy-playing necks, the new Action Control Neck pairs a long-tenon joint for added warmth and depth with a patented system for effortless string height adjustment.
Adirondack Spruce: Known for its high volume ceiling and dynamic, lively response, Adirondack spruce retains exceptional clarity even with an aggressive attack.
The Claria Acoustic Pickup System: Versatile. Reliable. Easy to Use.
Beveled Cutaway: Our beveled cutaway design provides a more player-friendly feel for guitarists who utilize every inch of the fretboard. It features a compound design with a smoothened edge along the corner of the body between the end of the cutaway and the neck heel, providing a more comfortable feel for the fretting hand.
Overview
- Honduran rosewood back and sides generate lush overtones
- Sinker redwood top offers exceptional warmth and dynamic range
- Beveled armrest and cutaway offer seamless, accommodating feel
- V-Class bracing improves volume, sustain and pitch accuracy
- Includes ES2 electronics and deluxe hardshell case
