Taylor Next Generation 414ce

The latest 414 now features an Action Control neck, scalloped V-Class bracing, and a new pickup system.

At this past January’s NAMM show, Taylor announced a sweeping set of updates to its best-selling Grand Auditorium models. Referred to as the Next Generation, these new versions of familiar models now include the adjustable Action Control neck that was first introduced on Taylor’s Gold Label guitars, scalloped V-Class bracing, and Taylor’s latest pickup system, the Claria. In this video, we demo the solid rosewood and spruce Next Generation 414ce, an updated version of one of Taylor’s most popular models. Peghead Nation’s Teja Gerken plays the guitar, discusses and demonstrates the Action Control neck, and shows what the Claria sounds like plugged into a Fishman Loudbox amp.

Taylor Next Generation 414ce

• Grand auditorium body with cutaway
• Sitka spruce top 
• Scalloped V-Class bracing with relief route
• Indian rosewood back and sides
• Neo-tropical mahogany, long-tenon Action Control neck
• West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard and bridge
• 25.5-inch scale
• 1¾-inch nut width
• Nickel Taylor tuning machines
• Taylor Claria pickup system
• Made in USA
• $2,699 street 

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