Taylor Guitars Announce New Gold Label Super Auditorium Series, 414ce Studio & Grand Auditorium 12-Strings at NAMM 2025!
New Taylors with old souls; the Gold Label Collection has 1930s & 40s flattop looks and sounds with new fanned V-Class bracing by Andy Powers!
Inspired by the vintage flattop acoustics of the early 20th century, Taylor CEO and chief guitar designer Andy Powers is introducing the Taylor Gold Label Collection for 2025! The Gold Label starts off with a new shape; the Super Auditorium body style which will first be available with two finish options and two back/sides options so there are four models total! You can have a Gold Label 814e in either natural or sunburst tops with Hawaiian Koa or Honduran rosewood. All models feature torrified sitka spruce tops.
The Gold Label Collection features a new fanned V-Class bracing pattern that has a fan-like arrangement of braces in the lower bout - all set in place with traditional hot hide glue. The guitars feature a new long tenon neck joint to result in greater low-end resonance and a similarity in feel/tone to historic acoustics that feature dovetail neck joints. What's unique about Taylors use of the long-tenon is that it remains glueless and brings even easier micro-adjustment ability to the neck.
Visually, each Gold Label Collection guitar has aesthetics based off of vintage banjos and mandolins, early Taylor designs from the 1970s and Andy's own pre-Taylor work on archtop guitars. There's a new headstock shape with an angled back cut and reinterpretation of the Taylor logo. The bridge is a curve wing design carved of Honduran rosewood rather than ebony and they are paired with bone bridge pins. Each Gold Label Collection guitar will also be loaded with L.R. Baggs Element electronics.
Taylor Gold Label 814e Specs (Rosewood and Koa Options)
- Acoustic-Electric Guitar
- Natural or Sunburst Top Finish Options
- Torrified Sitka Spruce Top
- Honduran Rosewood or Hawaiian Koa Back and Sides Options
- 25.5" Scale Length
- 1-3/4" TUSQ Nut
- Mother of Pearl "Continental" Fretboard Inlays
- Grained Ivoroid Body and Soundhole Binding
- On-Edge Grained Ivoroid Body Purfing
- Single-Ring Paua/Black/Ivoroid/Honduran Rosewood Rosette
- Honduran Rosewood "Curve Wing" Bridge with Bone Pins
- Gotoh 510 Tuners with Ebony Buttons
- L.R. Baggs Element VTC Electronics
The most accessible Taylor 414ce yet - introducing the 414ce Studio in Natural and Shaded Edgeburst options!
Taylor is excited to offer fans of Indian rosewood a more budget-friendly alternative to our standard Grand Auditorium 414ce model. The 414ce Studio pairs solid Indian rosewood back and sides with a torrefied Sitka spruce top and incorporates other thoughtful design refinements that deliver premium Taylor playability and tone combined with an artfully distilled aesthetic.
Notable updates include a torrefied spruce top, which serves up a more played- in sound, rounded body edges with black and white top purfling, a nut width of 1-11/16 inches, 4mm Italian acrylic dot fretboard inlays, a 3-ring black rosette, a faux tortoiseshell pickguard, and the inclusion of a structured gig bag for easy portability.
- Torrified Sitka Spruce Top
- Indian Rosewood Back and Sides
- Mahogany Neck
- West African Crelicam Ebony Fretboard
- 25.5" Scale Length
- 1-11/16" Nut Width
- 4mm Italian Acrylic Dot Inlays
- 3-Ring Black Rosette
- V-Class Bracing
- Taylor ES2 Electronics
- Includes Structured Gigbag
Taylor 12-Strings now are available within the 300, 400, 800 and Presentation Series!
Most, if not all guitar players could use a 12-string guitar in their collection - who doesn't need a little extra texture and depth once in a while! For 2025, Taylor is expanding their USA-made all-solid wood 12-string offerings with guitars within the 300, 400, 800 and Presentation Series all with Grand Auditorium body shapes. The sapele/spruce 354ce, Indian rosewood/spruce 454ce (in Natural and Sunburst options), 854ce and Honduran rosewood/Adirondack spruce PS54ce will all be available at The Music Zoo!
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