Taylor 914e Electro-Acoustic Guitar ES2
This instrument is discontinued

The upper echelon of Taylors Rosewood models feature the popular "Cindy" inlay, Indian rosewood binding, red purfling accents, and abalone top trim that also borders the fretboard extension. Among the three classes of rosewood guitars (700, 800 and 900 series), the fine detailing of the 900 Series sets it apart with exceptional design sophistication.

The Taylor 914e offers the player the very finest quality of tone woods - with a top grade Solid Sitka Spruce top, Solid indian Rosewood back and sides, Ebony fretboard and a Tropical Mahogany Heel and Neck. In the popular Grand Auditorium body shape, it delivers stellar projection and balance of tone, with a full rich bass and smooth, clear treble, ideal for both hard strumming and gentle fingerpicking with a huge dynamic range, and with effortless playability.

The Taylor 914e is truly one of the best guitars money can buy. Now available with Taylors new-concept Expression System 2 Electronics, which can be tweaked to provide a much broader palate of different sounds once amplified than ever before.

Grand Auditorium Body Shape

In many respects the Grand Auditorium represents Taylor`s quintessential body style. It embodies Bob Taylor`s design sensibility in the purest sense and has come to define the sound of a modern acoustic guitar.

Bob first introduced the Grand Auditorium shape in 1994, a decade after the Grand Concert, in commemoration of the company`s 20th anniversary. The Grand Auditorium found the sweet spot between a Dreadnought - known for robust flatpicking and rhythmic strumming - and Grand Concert - designed with fingerstylists in mind - to give players the best of both worlds and then some. With a body size that was bigger than the Grand Concert, it produced a more powerful voice, particularly in the low-end, yet also had a bright, bell-like chime on the treble side and a well-defined midrange that helped maintain the balance and clarity.

The Grand Auditorium shape spoke to modern players because it gave them a level of versatility that many of them had long craved. Session players and recording engineers from Nashville`s country scene to the rock world discovered how well a Grand Auditorium fit into a mix without being too `boomy`. Many producers would (and still do) keep a Grand Auditorium in the studio as their go-to guitar because they knew how well it tracked, especially alongside a bass guitar and other instruments in the mix. It`s also been a reliable tool for performing sidemen over the years.

For those of us who play recreationally, the Grand Auditorium is a fantastic all-purpose guitar. It can yield a full voice for light strummers and give fingerpickers a little extra dynamic range. If you can only pick one guitar, the Grand Auditorium body shape will suit you well.