Taylor 614ce Builders Edition Cutaway Acoustic Guitar with Pickup - Wild Honey Burst

Inspired by the sonic advances of our V-Class bracing, Taylor design architect Andy Powers has applied his envelope-pushing touches to similarly enhance the playing comfort. With the maple/torrefied spruce Builder’s Edition 614ce, Taylor paired V-Class bracing with player-friendly contouring to create a wonderfully ergonomic feel. Smooth details include a beveled armrest with beveled body edge treatment; a contoured cutaway with a finger bevel for extra fretting ease up the neck; gold Gotoh 510 tuners that sport a luxurious feel and 21:1 gear ratio; and our Silent Satin™ finish, which reduces incidental noise while playing. Tonally, the combination of V-Class bracing, our Grand Auditorium body style, and the maple/torrefied spruce wood pairing together translate into an incredibly responsive guitar. V-Class’s sonic improvements — more volume and sustain, more harmonic agreement between notes, and remarkable consistency in the fullness of notes everywhere on the fretboard — give maple’s sonic transparency a remarkably player-reflective character, allowing the guitar to sound warm, bright or whatever the player decides to bring to it. The touch sensitivity is enhanced by our proprietary roasting process for the torrefied Sitka spruce top, which lowers the damping effect and delivers a more played-in tone. Striking aesthetic details include a new Wild Honey Burst on the top, back, sides and neck, our mother-of-pearl Sceptor fretboard/peghead inlay, and inset maple/black body purfling with matching rosette. The guitar comes equipped with our ES2 electronics and ships in a deluxe hardshell case. Features Grand AuditoriumTaylor’s signature shape embodies the ultimate all-purpose acoustic. Sitka SpruceThe soundboard choice for most guitars, Sitka spruce produces a broad dynamic range and accommodates a versatile range of playing styles. MapleRevoiced to produce greater warmth, complexity, volume, sustain and responsiveness Expression System® 2The Expression System® 2 captures more of a guitar’s dynamic properties using a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design. Beveled CutawayA smooth, double-contoured cutaway provides easy access to even the highest frets without changing hand positions. V-Class BracingA revolutionary design that balances the flexibility and stability of the top, V-Class bracing produces unmatched sustain, volume, and intonation. Specifications Scale Length: 25-1/2 Nut & Saddle: Black Graphite, Micarta saddle Bracing: V-Class Truss Rod Cover: West African Crelicam Ebony Pickguard: None Number of Frets: 20 Tuners: Gotoh Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light Body Length: 20 Body Width: 16 Body Depth: 4 5/8 Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony Top Finish: Silent Satin Back Config: 2 or 3 piece No Wedge Backstrap Finish: None Rosette Size: Single Ring Bridge Inlay: None Back/Side Finish: Silent Satin Armrest Binding: Beveled, no binding Backstrap Wood: None Rosette Mat.: Wood/Fiber Stain/Sunburst: Wild Honey Burst Top/Back/Sides/Neck Wedge: None Armrest: yes Neck Width: 1-3/4 Fretboard Inlay: Scepter, Mother of Pearl Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony Heel Cap Binding: Sapele/Black Underlay Type of Neck Joint: Taylor Neck Neck/Heel: Hard Rock Maple Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony Satin: Heel Length Heel Length: 3-1/4 Peghead Finish: Satin Peghead Binding: None Peghead Type: Standard Peghead Purfling: None Headstock Overlay: West African Crelicam Ebony Peghead Inlay: Scepter, Mother of Pearl Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony Buttons: Gold Fingerboard Ext: None Edge Trim: None Watch: Builder's Edition 614ce WHB Fingerstyle