Taylor 414ce-R V-Class Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural

The Taylor 414ce-R V-Class Grand Auditorium features a beautiful Indian rosewood body, a tonewood Taylor usually reserves for its higher-end instruments. The 414ce-R Grand Auditorium brings the resonant rosewood into a more accessible price range, making it ideal for beginning players seeking a quality sound. Taylor's Grand Auditorium shape and rosewood's balanced, broad sonic range and complexity provide an acoustic instrument that’s a joy to play in virtually any venue. Built with V-Class bracing for enhanced volume and sustain, the Taylor 414ce-R is equipped with the ES2 pickup design for exceptional tone when plugged in. With a solid spruce top, a Tropical mahogany neck and genuine West African ebony fingerboard, the Taylor 414ce-R acoustic offers style, resonance and expression in a comfortable Grand Auditorium guitar. Now available at Guitar Center.

Taylor 414ce-R V-Class Grand Auditorium Main Features

• Grand Auditorium body style
• Sitka spruce top, Indian Rosewood back and sides
• Expression System 2 behind-the-saddle pickup
• Enhanced bracing design

Popular, Comfortable Body Shape

The Grand Auditorium helped establish Taylor’s acoustic sound and the 414ce-R maintains that versatile tone. A Taylor original, this popular design yields ample volume in response to light fingerpicking and reacts to medium strumming and flatpicking with a clear, balanced sound across the tonal spectrum.

Terrific Tonewood Pairing

The Taylor 414ce-R acoustic tops Indian rosewood with Sitka spruce for a full-ranged voice, complex overtones and extended sustain. Rosewood produces the strongest bass response among the tonewoods commonly used for guitars, with a slightly scooped midrange. Its sweeping frequency range— deep lows that assert a throaty growl with sparkling highs— rings out with bell-like clarity.

Revolutionary Electronics

Equipped with the Expression System 2 pickup design, the Taylor 414ce-R Grand Auditorium guitar delivers a dynamic range of acoustic sound when 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.

V-Class Bracing

The 414ce-R Grand Auditorium is constructed with Taylor's V-Class bracing, a fundamental innovation in acoustic guitar design and a step beyond traditional X-bracing. This provides a clearer, more consistent response with a pure, solid pitch and increases both volume and sustain. It just so happens that this bracing style also improves the intonation of the guitar.

The Taylor 414ce-R V-Class Grand Auditorium acoustic is a workhorse of a guitar. With a gloss finish and an Indian rosewood body, this accessible Grand Auditorium offers upscale components that players can grow into. This Taylor acoustic also comes with a hardshell case for portable storage and protection.