Taylor Guitars

This acoustic-electric guitar eschews the design shortcuts of low-quality acoustic guitars, enabling you to play comfortably and effortlessly. It removes the barriers to your development as a player, and it does so at an unbelievable price. Take note — the Academy 12e isn’t just for beginners. Even advanced player will be impressed by this Grand Concert-shaped A/E’s high-quality tonewoods, the tone-enhancing varnish finish, and the unique armrest that reduces fatigue.

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Body Shape:Grand Concert
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Color:Natural
• Finish:Satin Varnish
• Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood:Sapele
• Body Bracing:Academy Series
• Neck Wood:Hard Rock Maple
• Neck Shape:Slim
• Radius:15"
• Fingerboard Material:Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Italian Acrylic Dots
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:24.8"
• Tuning Machines:Taylor
• Bridge Material:Ebony
• Nut/Saddle Material:NuBone/Micarta
• Nut Width:1.6875"
• Electronics:ES-B
• Strings:Elixir Phosphor Bronze Lights
• Case Included:Gig Bag

Like a fine wine, the Taylor 224ce-K DLX only gets better with age. The crisp snap, strong mids, and sparkling highs exhibited by this acoustic-electric guitar's all-koa body will reach new levels of richness, sweetness, and resonance as this instrument ages. Of course, the 224ce-K DLX's eminently comfortable sapele neck ensures that you'll be playing this guitar for a long, long time. When it's time to perform, ES2 electronics produce top-notch amplified tone. In addition to its stunning koa body, the 224ce-K DLX also features gorgeous black binding, a single-ring faux pearl rosette with interlocking "fishbone" pattern, and Italian acrylic, small diamond fingerboard inlays.

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Body Shape:Grand Auditorium
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Color:Shaded Edgeburst
• Finish:Gloss
• Top Wood:Solid Hawaiian Koa
• Back & Sides Wood:Layered Koa with Koa veneer
• Body Bracing:Forward Shifted Pattern
• Binding:Black
• Neck Wood:Sapele
• Fingerboard Material:West African Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Italian Acrylic Small Diamonds
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Tuning Machines:Gold
• Bridge Material:Ebony
• Nut/Saddle Material:NuBone/Micarta
• Nut Width:1.6875"
• Electronics:ES2
• Strings:Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
• Case Included:Hardshell Case

Combining understated aesthetics, tone-enhancing details, and amazing value, Taylor’s 300 Series guitars are incredibly popular. The richly grained Sitka spruce top of the 312ce Grand Concert V-Class acoustic-electric pairs beautifully with its sapele back and sides to deliver a powerful, beautifully balanced sound with punchy midrange focus and clear treble — a sound forged by Taylor’s revolutionary V-Class bracing and amplified flawlessly by the onboard Expression System 2 electronics. While you delight in its beautiful tone, your eyes will savor the 312ce’s tasteful appointments.

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Body Shape:Grand Concert
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Color:Natural
• Finish:Gloss
• Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood:Sapele
• Body Bracing:V-bracing
• Binding:Black and White
• Neck Wood:Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Shape:Standard
• Radius:15"
• Fingerboard Material:West African Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Diamonds
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:24.87"
• Tuning Machines:Taylor Nickel
• Bridge Material:Ebony
• Nut/Saddle Material:Graphite/Micarta
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Electronics:ES-2
• Strings:Elixir Phosphor Bronze Lights
• Case Included:Hardshell Case
• Body Length:19.5"
• Body Width:15"
• Body Depth:4.3"

Taylor's beloved Grand Auditorium body style, featured on the 614ce, employs the width and depth of the dreadnought. But its waist is narrower, which gives Grand Auditorium–bodied acoustic guitars a sleeker look with more treble zing. The 614ce's Grand Auditorium body style also helps to sharpen the definition of each note, balancing out nicely with the excellent projection of its Sitka spruce top. Taylor uses their Silent Satin finish on the top, back, and sides to reduce contact noise for a cleaner overall sound.

• String Type: Steel
• Number of Strings: 6
• Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
• Color: Wild Honey Burst
• Finish: Satin
• Top Wood: Torrefied Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood: Maple with Ebony Armrest
• Body Bracing: V-Class with Relief Rout
• Binding: West African Ebony
• Neck Wood: Hard Rock Maple
• Fingerboard Material: West African Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay: Mother-of-pearl Scepter
• Number of Frets: 20 Scale
• Length: 25.5"
• Tuning Machines: Gold Gotoh 510, 21:1 ratio
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Nut/Saddle Material: Black Graphite/Micarta
• Nut Width: 1.75"
• Electronics: ES2
• Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light, .012-.053
• Case Included: Deluxe Hardshell Case
• Body Length: 20"
• Body Width: 16"
• Body Depth: 4.62"

A Wild Honey Burst top and low-sheen finish heighten the old-soul aesthetic appeal of this Builder’s Edition Grand Pacific, which builds on a long tradition of rosewood/spruce dreadnoughts but breaks new ground with an entirely new Taylor sound. The round-shoulder dreadnought shape, featuring Taylor’s award-winning V-Class bracing, produces warm, seasoned acoustic tone in which individual notes overlap and blend smoothly together, while the low-end power common among dreadnoughts boasts greater clarity here. V-Class brings extra punch and sustain, along with improved intonation and musicality across the entire frequency spectrum. Together with rosewood’s harmonic complexity and the played-in sound of the torrefied spruce top, players can expect rich, luxurious tonal character from top to bottom. It’s a voice comfortably rooted in a traditional sound, yet updated to offer more expressive musical range. As a Builder’s Edition model, the 717 also sports an array of premium, player-friendly features: chamfered body edges, rolled fretboard edges, and a new compound-carve neck profile, whose contours match the natural adjustments in the player’s hand position when moving up and down the fretboard. Even the bridge design was refined to add a more ergonomic feel for the player’s pick hand. Elegantly understated appointments include mother-of-pearl Arrowhead fretboard and peghead inlays, with sapele binding. It all adds up to a Taylor like you’ve never seen, heard or felt before.

A gorgeous Wild Honey Burst together with an artfully muted Silent Satin finish conjure the warm aesthetic of an older guitar on this version of our mahogany/torrefied spruce Builder’s Edition 517e. Among the first generation of Grand Pacific guitars, this flattop pairs a refined feel with a new flavor of acoustic tone that may surprise players who think they know the Taylor sound. An exciting new entry into the dreadnought category, this round-shoulder Grand Pacific resonates with a finely-honed balance of low-end power and clarity across the middle and upper registers, producing warm, rounded tone in which notes blend seamlessly together to create a seasoned sound. Back and sides of neo-tropical mahogany flavor the sound with dry, woody character, coupling beautifully with the dynamic response of the torrefied Sitka spruce top. The Builder’s Edition stamp means that the 517e is detailed with premium features designed to maximize player comfort, including chamfered body edges and a new compound-carve neck profile that compensates for the change in your hand position as you move along the neck. Subtly contoured fretboard edges and a rounded, ridgeless heel add to the guitar’s pleasing fretting-hand feel, while our refined Curve Wing bridge shape brings extra comfort to your pick hand. Under the hood, V-Class bracing enables the guitar to pump out stunning projection and sustain, plus nearly perfect intonation, which means you won’t have to worry about sour notes on the fretboard. And with our proprietary onboard ES2 electronics, the guitar’s many tonal virtues will shine for amplified applications. Between its sound and feel, the Builder’s Edition 517 once again raises the bar on the Taylor playing experience.

Taylor's Impeccable 914ce with V-Class Bracing

Combining premium aesthetics with tone-enhancing details, the 900 Series is Taylor's flagship class of rosewood guitars. The 914ce acoustic-electric Grand Auditorium features revolutionary V-Class bracing, which boosts volume evenly across the tonal spectrum, increases sustain, and improves the natural intonation of the instrument by creating a more synergistic response from the soundboard. This fosters a more harmonious relationship between the notes you play, helping chords to ring out in cohesive splendor. If you're a guitarist who appreciates the robust lows and crisp highs of rosewood, you'll relish how well-mannered the overtones are as your notes bloom. The 914ce's premium features include a beveled ebony armrest for enhanced picking and strumming comfort, along with 21:1 Gotoh tuners for precise tuning. While you delight in its beautiful tone, your eyes will savor the 914ce's tasteful appointments, which include ebony binding, Taylor's paua-and-pearl Ascension fingerboard/peghead inlays, a paua rosette with koa and ebony purfling, and paua/koa body and neck trim.

 Taylor 914ce Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:

• Sitka spruce top; Indian rosewood back and sides
• Bracing: V-Class with Relief Rout
• Venetian cutaway
• West African ebony binding
• Beveled ebony armrest
• Paua rosette with koa and ebony purfling
• Tropical mahogany neck with satin finish
• West African ebony fingerboard and binding
• Ascension fingerboard inlay
• Headstock: West African ebony overlay and binding, Koa purfling, Ascension inlay
• Black graphite nut, Micarta saddle
• Truss rod cover: West African ebony
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• West African ebony bridge pins
• Gotoh 510 gold tuning machines
• Gloss 3.5 top, side, and back finish

For years, Taylor’s sleek, ultra-playable necks have helped define a great 12-string experience. The 12-string Dreadnought 150e fits that signature playability and tonal clarity into an affordable package, making a quality 12-string more accessible to budget-minded players looking to broaden their musical palette. The Dreadnought body’s strong low-end response balances well with the crisp octave shimmer, producing a tone that’s lush and articulate, with lots of dynamic range. Features include layered walnut back and sides, a solid Sitka spruce top, 1-7/8-inch neck, matte-finish body, black binding and pickguard, and natural-sounding Taylor’s Expression System 2 pickup.

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:12
• Body Shape:Dreadnought
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Color:Natural
• Finish:Matte
• Top Wood:Solid Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood:Layered Western Walnut
• Body Bracing:12-String bracing
• Binding:Black
• Neck Wood:Sapele
• Fingerboard Material:Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Italian acrylic dots
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Tuning Machines:Chrome
• Bridge Material:Ebony
• Nut/Saddle Material:Tusq/Micarta
• Nut Width:1.875"
• Electronics:ES2
• Strings:Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
• Case Included:Gig bag
• Manufacturer Part Number:F100100011005151000

Taylor design guru Andy Powers conceived our Builder’s Edition collection to deliver a next-level, player-centric experience in both feel and sound. Each model in this family is the equivalent of his director’s cut version of its standard model counterpart, boasting premium woodworking details that refine the playing comfort on both the body and neck. The Builder’s Edition 614ce features our popular Grand Auditorium body, a torrefied Sitka spruce top, back and sides of figured Big Leaf maple, and our patented V-Class bracing. That combination yields an ultra-responsive, player-reflective sound, elevating maple’s natural transparency in a way that can sound warm, bright or whatever a player’s hands decide. The V-Class architecture improves the volume, sustain and projection, and creates more harmonic agreement between notes by putting the top more in tune with the strings. Our proprietary roasting process for the Sitka spruce top lowers the damping effect and helps deliver a more played-in tone.

Ergonomic body details (exclusive to Builder’s Edition) include a beveled armrest with beveled body edge treatment; a double-carved cutaway that allows fluid access to the higher frets without the need to change one’s hand position; and our new Silent Satin finish, which reduces contact noise for a cleaner overall sound. Gold Gotoh 510 tuners (featuring a 21:1 gear ratio) complete the suite of tactile delights. Striking aesthetic details include a new Wild Honey Burst on the back, sides and neck (an optional burst-top version is also available), our mother-of-pearl Sceptor fretboard/peghead inlay, and inset maple/black body purfling with matching rosette. The guitar comes equipped with our ES2 electronics and ships in a deluxe hardshell case.