Taylor 414ce Grand Auditorium ES2
This instrument is discontinued

As with any Taylor guitar outstanding tone is to be expected. This due to the selection and quality of the Tonewoods used in the building of these fine instruments. The 414ce has a beautiful Sitka spruce top while its body is made from Ovangkol. Ovangkol is yellow-brown in coloration and offers a sounds that is comparable to rosewood.

With a sound that will only get better with age, the 414ce is sure to please. The ES2 pickup system ensures a quality acoustic amplified sound on stage or in the studio.

Quality, style and an attractive price are compelling features you'll find in the 414ce before you even pick one up. Of course, one strum backs everything up with great tone. Extras include a hardshell case, a left handed variant for the same price (call for details) and a 12 YEAR WARRANTY with Taylor!

A left handed version of this model is available at no extra cost. Please call 01772 722468 for details.

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.