The Taylor 200 series is one of three series produced by this world-renowned manufacturer of luxury guitars in its Tecate, Mexico factory. However, this does not detract from the precision of the workmanship, the quality of the materials used or the perfection of the tone. Within the 200 series, you will find acoustic and electroacoustic guitars, the concept of which is based on the Dreadnought (Taylor 210) and Grand Auditorium (Taylor 214) designs. The Taylor 200 is the obvious choice for anyone looking for quality without compromise and at a reasonable price. You can't go wrong with this instrument.
Body and neck
The soundboard is made of carefully selected solid Sitka spruce, the sides and back are made of koa wood. The neck is made of sapele, with adjustable bracing as a matter of course. On the fingerboard, which is made of ebony wood, you will find 20 frets, the positions are marked by mother-of-pearl markers with a diamond motif. The instrument is in Natural finish, with a rosette around the soundhole, rosewood veneer on the headstock, and white binding around the body.
Hardware
The fretboard and saddle of this guitar are made of NuBone, a synthetic imitation bone material. As a result, the instrument has significantly better sustain and intonation stability. The headstock is made of ebony. On the headstock you will find Die-Cast type mechanisms, which are chrome plated. The instrument comes with a case.
Tuning and electronics
The sound pickup here is taken care of by the Taylor Expression System. This is a completely unique sensing method that achieves extremely realistic sound reproduction - the acoustic guitar now sounds the same from the instrument as it does "dry". This is achieved by two pickups working on a similar principle to microphones. The first senses the vibrations of the soundboard and the second is located under the fingerboard and senses the vibrations of the neck and strings, of course eliminating feedback and allowing you to adjust the volume, bass and treble.
The Taylor 214CE-K DLX is a high quality instrument that will serve any discerning musician well. Those who know what they want also know that all Taylor instruments are the right choice. For similar money, it's hard to find a better guitar.
Specifications
- Product Colour: Natural
- Colour: Natural
- Surface Treatment: Gloss
- Type: Grand Auditorium
- Cutaway: Yes
- Body Construction: Semi-Solid
- Top/Face: Spruce, Solid
- Back Plate: Koa
- Sides/Ribs: Koa
- Neck: Sapele
- Scale: 648 mm
- Number of Frets: 20
- Nut Width: 42.9 mm
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Nut: NuBone
- Pickup: Yes
- Pickup Type: Piezo
- Model electronics: Taylor Expression System 2
- Controls: Volume, Bass, Treble
- Integrated Tuner: No
- Tuning Machines: Taylor
- Hardware: Chrome
- Hard Case: Yes
- Case: No
- Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
- Country of Production: Mexico