The PS14ce Presentation Series Grand Auditorium acoustic guitar from Taylor is built to provide the ultimate playing experience. It carries a sinker redwood top and blackwood back and sides that produce a warm tone, focused midrange, and powerful attack. This acoustic-electric guitar is loaded with Taylor’s ES2 pickup that delivers a unique and faithful re-creation of the acoustic sound when plugged in. To match the premium sound and woods, this guitar has a radius armrest, Taylor’s revolutionary V-Class bracing system, and breathtaking pearl inlays throughout the body, neck, and headstock. Constructed from premium tonewoods and carrying upgraded electronics, the Taylor PS14ce is the perfect balance of good looks, stunning sound, and effortless playability.
Introduced in 1994, the Grand Auditorium is Taylor’s most popular body design. Bob Taylor designed the Grand Auditorium to work perfectly with fingerstyle players and flatpickers alike. Now, the classic Grand Auditorium body meets Taylor’s V-Class bracing system. The V-shaped bracing is strong enough to resist the tension of the strings, yet it’s flexible enough to let the top vibrate freely. This bracing helps to create a clearer sound and heightened intonation. The end result of the body shape and bracing is a superbly resonant bass response, springy midrange, and clear treble!
For the PS14ce, Taylor chose to pair a beautiful sinker redwood top with blackwood back and sides. Sinker redwood’s tone is a mixture of cedar’s warmth and the clear, punchy attack of spruce. Blackwood is similar to mahogany with its focused midrange but can produce the high-end clarity of rosewood. When you combine the two tonewoods, you create a resonant guitar body that has noticeable midrange definition and plenty of volume.
No guitar is complete without its neck. Taylor stays true to their roots with the mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard that produce clear, bright note definition. The guitar techs here at Music Experience liked the neck of this guitar so much that they didn’t want to put it down. The slim carve and satin finish of this neck feel at home in your hand; you’ll find that it’s just as easy to play cowboy chords as it is to play a melody high up on the neck. The 15" radius ebony fingerboard adds extra brightness to the mahogany’s creamy midrange focus. Playing this neck is love at first note.
When you’re ready to plug in the PS14ce, you’ll be blown away by Taylor’s ES2 pickup. Located behind the saddle, this pickup is more sensitive to the movement of the bridge than other similar pickups. Instead of sounding thin and synthetic like other bridge pickups, the ES2 system captures the entire sound picture. An acoustic guitar has never sounded more present and full when played through an amplifier. What’s more, the Taylor PS14ce’s presence and depth of sound allow it to track well with other instruments onstage and in the studio.
At the pinnacle of the Taylor line, the Presentation Series represents the finest craftsmanship, design innovation, and musicality that Taylor has to offer. This PS14ce is no exception—made with a sinker redwood top (sourced from logs submerged in California riverbeds) and solid Tasmanian blackwood back and sides, this Grand Auditorium’s rare tonewood combination produces a sound unlike any other acoustic guitar. Blackwood’s power and midrange focus make it a natural partner for redwood’s wide dynamic range and tonal warmth, and V-Class bracing adds volume and sustain that allow the natural qualities of these materials to bloom as notes resonate. To optimize the playing experience, we’ve outfitted this PS14ce with a radiused ebony armrest, while premium Gotoh 510 tuners provide a precise 21:1 gear ratio. Aesthetically, this model is adorned with ebony binding, a single-ring paua rosette, mother-of-pearl and paua fretboard inlays in our Nouveau pattern, and a glossy finish complemented with a shaded edgeburst treatment that brings out Tasmanian blackwood’s naturally stunning grain pattern. Built to shine in the studio, on stage, or at home, this is truly an heirloom-quality instrument worthy of generations of play. It ships with ES2 electronics in a deluxe hardshell case.
Taylor’s signature shape embodies the ultimate all-purpose acoustic.
Tight grain structure and cross-grain stiffness produce a bold and brilliant response with warm overtones. Think cedar on steroids.
Blackwood produces a strong volume, with a focused midrange and rich top-end shimmer.
The Expression System® 2 captures more of a guitar’s dynamic properties using a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design.
A revolutionary design that balances the flexibility and stability of the top, V-Class bracing produces unmatched sustain, volume, and intonation.
The Venetian cutaway is known for its soft, round lines. The sloping peak of the cutaway will vary depending on the shape of the guitar.
| Series | Presentation |
|---|---|
| String Type | Steel |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Body Shape | Grand Auditorium |
| Left-/Right-handed | Right-handed |
| Color | Natural |
| Finish |
Gloss |
| Top Wood | Sinker Redwood |
| Back & Sides Wood | Blackwood |
| Body Bracing | V-Class bracing with Relief Rout |
| Binding | Tortoise |
| Neck Wood | Tropical Mahogany |
| Fingerboard Material | Ebony |
| Fingerboard Inlay |
Nouveau |
| Number of Frets | 20 |
| Scale Length | 25.5" |
| Tuning Machines |
Gotoh |
| Bridge Material | Ebony |
| Nut/Saddle Material | Black Graphite nut/Micarta saddle |
| Nut Width | 1.75" |
| Electronics | Expression System 2 |
| Strings | Elixir NANOWEB Light Gauge (.012-.053) |
| Case Included | Deluxe Hardshell Brown |
| Manufacturer Part Number |
GPS0002111006170158 |
