Description
The Taylor 14ce is a versatile and value-packed acoustic-electric guitar designed to deliver the signature Taylor playing experience in an accessible, performance-ready package. Combining a full-size Grand Auditorium body with premium tonewoods, innovative voicing architecture, and reliable onboard electronics, the 14ce is equally suited for beginners, advancing players, and seasoned musicians seeking a dependable everyday instrument.
Built with a solid torrefied spruce top and layered African sapele back and sides, the 14ce produces a clear, balanced, and articulate voice with impressive projection and responsiveness. Taylor’s proprietary torrefaction process gives the spruce top a naturally aged tonal character, adding warmth, sweetness, and depth while maintaining excellent clarity and dynamic range.
The Grand Auditorium body shape remains Taylor’s most versatile design, offering exceptional balance across the tonal spectrum. Whether you’re strumming chords, fingerpicking intricate passages, accompanying vocals, or performing live, the 14ce adapts effortlessly to a wide variety of musical styles.
Internally, Taylor’s Cantilevered V-Class Voicing Architecture enhances sustain, volume, note separation, and low-end response, creating a richer and more expressive acoustic voice. The result is greater tonal consistency across the fretboard and improved harmonic balance for a more inspiring playing experience.
Comfort is further enhanced by Taylor’s slender, heelless maple neck design, which provides effortless playability and smooth access throughout the fingerboard. Combined with the Venetian cutaway, players can comfortably explore upper-register notes with ease.
For amplified performance, the Taylor 14ce features the Fishman Presys VT electronics system, offering natural acoustic tone with convenient soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls. Whether performing on stage, recording, or practicing through an acoustic amplifier, the system faithfully captures the guitar’s acoustic character.
Understated visual appointments include a matte finish, faux-tortoiseshell pickguard, and classic 4mm dot fretboard inlays, creating a clean and timeless appearance. A lightweight gig bag is included for convenient transport and protection.
Key Features
- Grand Auditorium body shape for exceptional versatility
- Solid torrefied spruce top delivers warmth, clarity, and projection
- Layered African sapele back and sides provide balanced tonal response
- Cantilevered V-Class Voicing Architecture enhances sustain and volume
- Slender heelless maple neck offers outstanding playing comfort
- Venetian cutaway allows easy upper-fret access
- Fishman Presys VT electronics with volume and tone controls
- Matte finish with elegant minimalist appointments
- Suitable for fingerstyle, strumming, recording, and live performance
- Includes Taylor gig bag
Full Specifications
General
- Brand: Taylor
- Model: 14ce
- Series: Taylor 10 Series
- Guitar Type: Acoustic-Electric Guitar
- Orientation: Right-Handed
Body
- Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
- Top Wood: Solid Torrefied Spruce
- Back & Sides Wood: Layered African Sapele
- Bracing: Cantilevered V-Class Voicing Architecture
- Cutaway: Venetian Cutaway
- Finish: Matte
Neck
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Profile: Taylor Slim Profile
- Neck Design: Heelless Taylor Neck
- Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Scale Length: 25-1/2″ (647.7 mm)
- Nut Width: 1-11/16″ (42.8 mm)
Electronics
- Pickup System: Fishman Presys VT
- Controls: Soundhole-Mounted Volume and Tone Controls
Hardware
- Bridge Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Tuners: Chrome Die-Cast Tuners
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
Appointments
- Inlays: 4mm Dot Inlays
- Pickguard: Faux-Tortoiseshell
- Finish: Matte
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Strings
- Included Case: Taylor Gig Bag

