Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- acoustic guitars
Series name:
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Dates of manufacture:
1996 to 1998
The TAYLOR 814C had a single Floretine cut-away grand auditorium body shape. The top was solid spruce with three ply binding and a tortoise-shell style scratch plate and an abalone rosette around the circular soundhole. The back and sides were rosewood matching the rosewood veneer on the bound headstock. The 20 fret mahogany neck joins the body at the 14th fret and has snowflake inlays in its ebony fingerboard.
Specifications (22)
General
| Made in | USA |
| Binding | 3-stripe body-binding |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Body
| Body back material | rosewood body back |
| Body shape features | single cutaway |
| Body sides material | rosewood body sides |
| Body style | grand auditorium style |
| Body top material | sitka spruce body top |
| Pickguard material | tortoiseshell pickguard |
| Soundhole rosette | abalone rosette |
| Soundhole | round soundhole |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
| Headstock inlays or logos | pearl headstock inlay/logo |
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | bound headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
| Bridge pins | abalone dot pins |
| Bridge | rosewood bridge |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard position markers | snowflake fingerboard position markers |
Prices (3)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | $1600 | excellent | ||
| 1999 | $1500 | excellent | ||
| 1998 | $1500 | excellent | Made in 1997 |
2 Comments
814C
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
^ Actually they were first made in 1996.
Fretboard
Submitted by Jeff (not verified) on
I have one and the fret board is ebony.