Taylor 814E Koa Natural Top Gold Label

Description

Taylor 814E Koa Natural Top Gold Label

The Gold Label Collection is introduced as a premium performance offering within the Taylor line, but with a unique design identity (similar to Taylor's Builder's Edition Collection).

With Taylor's new Gold Label Collection, Andy has ventured into new sonic territory for Taylor, drawing inspiration from an older, more traditional sound. The guitars in the collection combine several new design elements that contribute to the sound: a new Super Auditorium body style, a unique V-Class inspired bracing pattern, and a new long-tenon neck joint, plus a new decorative aesthetic.

The collection launches with two wood pairings: Honduran rosewood with torrefied Sitka spruce, and figured Hawaiian koa with torrefied Sitka spruce. Andy's recipe for a new/old voice. Andy wanted a warmer, older, "heritage" sound, something from more than a generation before Taylor Guitars was founded (1974); more akin to the traditional flattop sound of the 1930s, but with the established advantages of V-Class, including improved volume, sustain, responsiveness, and note-to-note intonation accuracy.

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Specifications

Shape: Super Auditorium

Body: Honduran Rosewood

Top: Torrefied Sitka Spruce

Back and Sides: Hawaiian Koa

Interior: Graphite

Nut: TUSQ

Width: 1-3/4"

Finish: Gloss body

Neck: Mahogany

Finish: Satin

Fretboard: West African Crelicam Ebony

Tuners: Gotoh 510, antique chrome with ebony buttons

Width: 1-3/4"

Scale: 25-1/2"

Bracing: Fanned V-Class

Bridge: Honduran Rosewood "Curve Wing"

Bridge Pins: Bone

Saddle: Micarta

Electronics: LR Baggs Element VTC

Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light

Guitar Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case, "British Cocoa" Vinyl Exterior