Taylor Builder's Edition 814ce Next Generation, Honduran / Sinker Redwood, Electro-Acoustic Guitar

Inside the body, a scalloped evolution of Taylor’s V-Class bracing architecture increases overall output, sustain and harmonic cohesion across the fretboard. Player-focused upgrades include Taylor’s Action Control Neck, which allows precise setup adjustments without removing the neck, and the Claria pickup system, delivering natural, dependable amplified tone with minimal tweaking required. Chamfered body edges, a beveled armrest and cutaway, and a smooth satin finish complete an acoustic-electric designed for comfort, reliability and expressive performance in real-world playing situations.

Mahogany and sapele for focused, musical warmth

The combination of a solid mahogany top with sapele back and sides creates a voice centred around strong fundamentals, punchy mids and tightly controlled harmonic content. Mahogany contributes a dry, woody character with excellent note separation, while sapele adds projection and clarity without introducing excessive brightness. Together, they form a balanced tonal foundation that responds evenly to changes in attack, making this guitar equally comfortable handling intricate fingerstyle passages, rhythmic strumming patterns and melodic single-note work.

Scalloped V-Class bracing for power and balance

This Next Generation model features a scalloped version of Taylor’s V-Class bracing, designed to increase air movement within the body while retaining the pitch accuracy and note definition V-Class is known for. Chords sound fuller and more unified, single notes sustain longer, and complex voicings remain clear even higher up the neck. The result is a warmer, more open sound that still preserves balance, articulation and consistency across the entire fretboard.

Builder’s Edition comfort enhancements

Every Builder’s Edition refinement is aimed at reducing physical strain and encouraging longer, more relaxed playing sessions. Chamfered body edges soften contact points around the top and back, while the bevelled neo-tropical mahogany armrest provides a natural resting position for the picking arm. The bevelled cutaway features a smooth compound contour that improves upper-fret access without sharp transitions, making extended fretboard exploration feel fluid, comfortable and unobstructed.

Action Control Neck and Claria electronics

Taylor’s Action Control Neck allows accurate string-height adjustment without removing the neck or loosening strings, making seasonal setup changes quick, precise and stress-free. The Claria pickup system delivers clear, consistent amplified tone that closely reflects the guitar’s natural acoustic character, with intuitive soundhole-mounted controls for fast adjustment on stage or in the studio. A Taylor deluxe hardshell case completes a package designed for dependable performance at home, on the road or under stage lights.

Specifications

• Product Name: Taylor Builder’s Edition 324ce Next Generation
• Product Code: A318002618403021259

Body

• Body shape: Grand Auditorium
• Top wood: Neo-tropical mahogany
• Back & sides: Sapele
• Bracing: Scalloped V-Class with relief rout
• Finish: Satin
• Armrest: Beveled neo-tropical mahogany
• Cutaway: Beveled

Neck & fretboard

• Neck wood: Neo-tropical mahogany
• Neck profile: Standard carve
• Fretboard: West African Crelicam ebony
• Inlays: Grained ivoroid Weathervane
• Nut width: 1 3/4"
• Scale length: 25 1/2"

Hardware & electronics

• Bridge: West African Crelicam ebony
• Nut & saddle: Black Tusq nut, white Micarta saddle
• Tuners: Taylor satin black
• Electronics: Claria pickup system
• Strings: D’Addario XS Phosphor Bronze Light (.012–.053)
• Case: Taylor deluxe brown hardshell case