Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Honduran

The Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Honduran is part of the Builder's Edition series, which brings together top-of-the-line guitars made in El Cajon, California, and embellished with many luxury design features.

The guitar's soundboard is made from Sinker Redwood, whose properties the manufacturer exaggeratedly compares to cedar on steroids. This is wood carved from logs sunk during the Northern California floatation, i.e. the logs were underwater for sometimes over a hundred years, giving it its impressive grain and unique characteristics. The Sinker Redwood is complemented on the back and sides by exclusive Honduran rosewood with equally impressive wood grain and great sonic properties. The backplate is composed of four pieces (4-piece Simmons wedge).

Playing enjoyment is maximized by the beveled armrest, shaped lower body cutaway (venetian cutaway), modified body edges and patented V-Class ribbing, which improves the guitar's performance in three aspects - increasing the instrument's volume, extending sustain and improving intonation.

The mahogany neck is glued to an ebony fingerboard fitted with 20 frets. The stability of tuning is guaranteed by the fit of the strings in the ebony headstock and top-quality Gotoh 510 Antique Gold pegs. The luxurious workmanship is accentuated by a mother-of-pearl rosette (paua) with wooden inlay, body, fingerboard and headstock binding in Hawaiian koa, mother-of-pearl inlay (paua) front and back, Ebony soundhole binding, mother-of-pearl position markers and inlays on the headstock (paua, mother-of-pearl), ebony pegs to the fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dots (abalone), and Kona edgeburst finish to the backplate.

This is a completely unique way of capturing sound that takes the possibilities of realistic sound reproduction to unprecedented dimensions. Three specially designed independent piezoelectric pickups located behind the fingerboard are used for pickups. Unlike conventional pickups, they do not sense the up and down movement of the board, but the natural back and forth vibration of the grasshopper seat. This makes the sound much more natural, colourful, pleasing and responsive to the dynamics of the playing. The new preamp also makes the signal 25% stronger. Of course, feedback is eliminated and the volume, bass and treble can be adjusted.

The guitar comes in a deluxe hardshell case.