Taylor 914ce V-Class Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural
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Taylor's 900 Series Grand Auditorium combines Taylor's newest innovation - V-Class bracing - with its most sophisticated and luxurious rosewood model. This finely calibrated instrument features impeccably rendered appointments that strike a balance between wood and abalone shell trim, with ebony binding and koa purfling framing colorful abalone. Th... Click To Read More About This Product
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Lead, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
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Gear returned in mint condition. If you're looking for a virtually new instrument in possibly less-than-perfect packaging, this is a great value.
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Includes full manufacturer's warranty
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Taylor's 900 Series Grand Auditorium combines Taylor's newest innovation - V-Class bracing - with its most sophisticated and luxurious rosewood model. This finely calibrated instrument features impeccably rendered appointments that strike a balance between wood and abalone shell trim, with ebony binding and koa purfling framing colorful abalone. The Radius armrest embodies the highest level of woodworking while enhancing player comfort. It also bolsters tonal output by reducing the damping effect one's strumming arm might otherwise have on the top.
Additional details include Taylor's abalone/pearl Ascension fretboard inlay, West African ebony binding, single ring paua rosette with koa and ebony purfling, koa and pau edge trim, and koa purfling on the top, back, sides, fretboard and peghead. For ultimate tuning precision, the guitar is outfitted with premium 21:1 ratio Gotoh 510 tuners. This instrument ships in a Taylor deluxe hardshell case for optimal fit and protection.
Body Shape A Taylor original, the Grand Auditorium helped establish the Taylor acoustic sound. The popular body style makes for a versatile guitar that yields ample volume in response to light fingerpicking, and reacts to medium strumming and flatpicking with a clear, balanced sound across the tonal spectrum. If you want a great all-purpose guitar, the GA is an excellent choice.
Tone Wood Pairing A guitar's top is the primary filter and distributor of vibrating string energy through the guitar, which means it has a huge impact on its sound. Sitka Spruce is the most prevalent guitar top wood of the modern era. It blends stiffness and elasticity in just the right proportions which translates into broad dynamic range with crisp articulation. Solid Indian rosewood back and sides complement the Sitka top with sound that's made it one of the most popular tone woods ever. Rosewood produces the strongest bass response among the tone woods commonly used for guitars, with a slightly scooped midrange. Rosewood's sweeping frequency range - deep lows that assert a throaty growl with sparkling highs - rings out with bell-like, high-fidelity clarity. It yields a full-range acoustic voice with complex overtones and extended sustain.
Electronics Taylor's ES2 is a revolutionary pickup design that delivers the latest in Taylor’s ongoing innovation in acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the Expression System 2 is Taylor’s patented behind-the-saddle pickup, which features three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. Because the pickup doesn't sit under the saddle, the bottom of the saddle comes in full contact with the bridge, allowing all the nuance of the guitar's tone to come through clearly whether playing acoustically or plugged-in. The location of the sensors enables a more dynamic range of acoustic sound to be captured than ever before while playing plugged-in.
Together with Taylor’s custom-designed “professional audio”-grade preamp, this system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness. On stage through a PA, plugged into your favorite acoustic amplifier, or direct into recording software, the Expression System 2 faithfully conveys the voice of your Taylor guitar. The Taylor Expression System 2 operates through a proprietary 9-volt battery compartment and easy-to-use volume, and active bass and treble controls.
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 an "engine" that optimizes the response of an acoustic guitar in three key ways: by boosting volume, sustain, and by largely resolving the intonation 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.
Specifications
Body
Body type: Taylor Grand Auditorium
Cutaway: Yes - Venetian
Top wood: Solid Sitka Spruce
Back & sides: Solid Indian Rosewood
Bracing pattern: Taylor V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
Body finish: Gloss
Orientation: Right-Handed
Neck
Neck shape: Taylor Standard Profile
Nut width: 1-3/4" (44.5mm)
Fingerboard: Genuine West African Ebony
Neck wood: Tropical Mahogany with Ebony Backstrap
Scale length: 25-1/2"
Number of frets: 20
Neck finish: Satin
Electronics
Pickup/preamp: Expression System 2 Professional Audio-Grade
Brand: Taylor
Configuration: Behind-the-Saddle Transducer with Adjustable Sensors
Preamp EQ: Volume, Active Bass and Treble
Feedback filter: Onboard Phase Switch
Tuner: None
Other
Headstock overlay: West African Ebony
Tuning machines: Gotoh Gold Tuners with Gold Buttons
Bridge: West African Ebony
Saddle & nut: Black Graphite Nut, Micarta "Wave" Saddle
Number of strings: 6
Special features: Radius Armrest
Case: Taylor Deluxe Hard Shell Case
Accessories: None
Country of origin: USA
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