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Taylor 914ce Grand Auditorium ES2
This instrument is discontinued
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Taylor 914ce cutaway electro acoustic guitar
Taylor 914ce cutaway electro acoustic guitar in a natural finishEncompassing a wide range of beautiful, top quality tone woods, the 900 Series of Taylor Electro-Acoustic Guitars has something to offer everyone. With a Cutaway body giving you access to the higher frets, Solid construction and the outstanding Expression System pickup, youre guaranteed to sound your best anywhere, anytime. |
Taylor 914ce cutaway electro acoustic guitar in a natural finishEncompassing a wide range of beautiful, top quality tone woods, the 900 Series of Taylor Electro-Acoustic Guitars has something to offer everyone. With a Cutaway body giving you access to the higher frets, Solid construction and the outstanding Expression System pickup, youre guaranteed to sound your best anywhere, anytime. Taylor GuitarsAcoustically, the Solid Indian Rosewood back and sides and Solid Sitka Spruce top on the 914ce complement one another perfectly, for a rich, full sound with plenty of clarity and character. Amplified, the ES pickup will reproduce every subtlety and nuance of your playing and faultlessly capture the sound of the expensive tonewoods of the guitar. The Taylor 914ce has a sleek Grand Auditorium body and is accentuated by a soft Venetian Cutaway for higher fret playing. |
Taylor quality is abound in the 914ce, one of the most expensive guitars in their entire range, with extras including a deluxe hardshell case, a left handed variant for the same price (call for details) and a 12 YEAR WARRANTY with Taylor.
The Taylor ES2 Expression System
The ES-2 System 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 proprietary behind-the-saddle pickup (patent pending), which features three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The location of the sensors enables a more dynamic range of acoustic sound to be captured than ever before. 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.
For decades, piezo-electric transducers have been positioned under the saddle of a guitar based on the long-held belief that the string and top vibration cause the saddle to "bounce" up and down. But Taylor's electronics team, led by developer David Hosler, discovered that the vertical movement is actually heavily restricted, and that the saddle gets "locked down" due to the string tension's downward pressure. That's why a traditional under-saddle pickup with piezo-electric crystals often responds with a sound often characterized as thin, brittle, brash or synthetic, especially with more aggressive playing.
The saddle's natural range of movement as the guitar is being played is actually back and forth like a pendulum. That revelation led Taylor's design team to relocate the crystals from under the saddle to behind it. The new positioning enables the crystals to respond more naturally to the guitar's energy as it is transferred through the saddle. Three pickup sensors are installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in relation to the saddle.
Like the original Expression System, the ES2 features the same volume and tone control knobs. The preamp is similar but with a slightly different gain structure. As a result it will be about 25 percent hotter, which is more in line with other pickups. This makes it plug-and-play friendly both for artists and live sound mixers. The original ES System can still be fitted on request instead of the ES2.
Be Pro-Ready!You can connect your Taylor electro-acoustic via 1/4 jack to your amplifier or by balanced XLR to mixing consoles. Doing it this way means that because of its low impedance level you can run a long cable without the need to plug into a direct injection box (DI Box)
Taylor Guitar
- Grand Auditorium Body
- Solid Indian Rosewood Back and Sides
- Solid Sitka Spruce Top
- Abalone Soundhole Rosette
- Tropical American Mahogany Neck
- Ebony Fretboard
- Cindy Fretboard Inlays
- Indian Rosewood Headstock Overlay
- Ebony Bridge
- Bone Nut & Saddle
- Gotoh 510 Tuning Machines
- Scale Length: 25 1/2 Inches
- Adjustable Truss Rod
- Neck Width at Nut: 1 3/4 Inches
- 20 Frets
- Fretboard Radius: 15 Inches
- Bracing: CV Bracing w/relief rout
- Finish: Gloss
- Venetian Cutaway
- Taylor Expression System 2 Electronics
- Body Width: 16 Inches
- Body Depth: 4 5/8 Inches
- Body Length: 20 Inches
- Overall Length: 41 Inches
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hard-Shell