Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Taylor Gold Label 814e Honduran Rosewood, Ebony Fingerboard, Natural Top
*This instrument was on display at the 2026 Winter NAMM show. It has been hand-inspected with any significant playwear listed below in detail. The instrument includes its full factory warranty and original case. We'll complete a full professional setup before shipping.*
~Guitar pictured is the actual guitar that you will receive~
Taylor’s Gold Label Collection reveals a stunning old-heritage sound that’s unlike anything Taylor has ever produced — more reminiscent of flattop guitars from the 1930s and 1940s.
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 longtenon neck joint — plus a new decorative aesthetic. The Gold Label Collection launches with two core models in different wood pairings: Honduran rosewood + torrefied Sitka spruce and figured Hawaiian koa + torrefied Sitka spruce. Each is offered with a choice of a natural or sunburst top.
A new Super Auditorium shape: The proportions resemble Taylor’s Grand Auditorium, but the body is slightly longer and the lower bout is slightly wider. Taylor chief guitar designer Andy Powers describes it as having a “classically proportioned set of curves.” (Note: Because of the family resemblance of the “Auditorium” shapes, Super Auditorium model numbers will also be designated with the “4” used to signify a Grand Auditorium elsewhere in the Taylor line. But within the Gold Label Collection, the “4” will always represent a Super Auditorium body.)
New Fanned V-Class bracing: This V-Class variant features a fan-like arrangement of braces in the soundboard’s lower bout. They are also set in place using traditional hot hide glue.
A new long-tenon neck joint: The long-tenon’s enhanced wood coupling translates into greater low-end resonance and a sound some might compare to historic guitars featuring dovetailstyle neck joints. (But this design remains glueless and brings even easier and more precise neck angle micro-adjustability to the guitar.)
The decorative design aesthetic draws inspiration from several sources of the past including classic banjos and mandolins, early Taylor designs, and Andy’s own pre-Taylor design work on his archtop guitars.
Altered design elements include Taylor’s most iconic stylistic details: a new headstock shape featuring an angled back cut and a reinterpretation of the Taylor logo inlay, along with a new pickguard shape and design; The bridge borrows the elegantly contoured Curve Wing design used with the Builder’s Edition Collection, but on these guitars it’s made from Honduran rosewood rather than ebony, and incorporates bone bridge pins; A new “Continental” inlay motif; The guitars feature a specially designed Gold Label guitar label inside the guitar, and the guitars come in a different Taylor hardshell case (featuring a new exterior color, “British Cocoa,” with “Graphite” internal lining).
The guitar has a louder, fuller, deeper, more open sound, heavier-bodied high notes — the trebles are warmer, woodier and more rounded off, overall, a robust, muscular tone; it’s a guitar a player can really lean into, but it also produces a full-bodied tone in response to a light touch. Lastly, it retains the pitch accuracy that Andy’s V-Class architecture is known for.
Note: After close inspection, this instrument is free of any major wear, marks and/or blemishes. (See pics)
Specifications:
Serial #: 1210025011
Top Material: Torrefied Sitka Spruce
Back and Side Material: Honduran Rosewood
Neck Material: Mahogany
Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
Tuning Machines: Gotoh 510, Antique Chrome with Ebony Buttons
Nut Width: 1-3/4”
Scale Length: 25-1/2”
Bracing: Fanned V-Class
Bridge: Honduran Rosewood “Curve Wing”
Bridge Pins: Bone
Nut: TUSQ
Saddle: Micarta
Finish: Gloss Body, Satin Neck
Electronics: LR Baggs Element VTC
Strings: D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light
Guitar Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case, “British Cocoa” Vinyl Exterior, Graphite Interior
Fretboard/Peghead Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl “Continental”
Body/Soundhole Binding: Grained Ivoroid
Top Purfling: On-Edge Grained Ivoroid, Honduran Rosewood and Black
Back Purfling: On-Edge Grained Ivoroid and Black
Rosette/Purfling: Single-Ring Paua, Black, Ivoroid and Honduran Rosewood
Pickguard: Faux Tortoise Over Ivoroid with Engraved “Continental” Motif
The guitar pictured is the actual guitar that you will receive. It comes with Taylor's Factory Warranty and our 100% satisfaction guarantee! It will be professionally set up and ready to play before it leaves our store.We are proud to have been chosen as one of a select few Taylor Guitars Online Preferred Dealers!
Original Price$4,499
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New Price$3,824.15
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