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Taylor 314 Acoustic Guitar - Natural Sapele

6-string Acoustic Guitar with Sitka Spruce Top, V-class Bracing, Sapele Back and Sides, Mahogany Neck, and Ebony Fingerboard
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V-class Bracing Comes to Taylor's Popular 314

Revolutionary V-Class bracing is now available in Taylor's popular 314 Grand Auditorium acoustic guitar. V-Class bracing boosts volume evenly across the tonal spectrum, increases sustain, and improves the natural intonation of the instrument by creating a more synergistic response from the soundboard. This fosters a more harmonious relationship between the notes you play, helping chords to ring out in cohesive splendor. With Taylor's value-packed 314, you get it all: playability, tone, and looks. Its richly grained Sitka spruce top pairs beautifully with sapele back and sides to give you a powerful, well-balanced sound with punchy midrange focus and clear treble. The 314 is a perennial favorite here at Sweetwater and it's easy to see — and hear — why. And now with V-Class bracing, it's better than ever!

V-Class Bracing: a sonic revelation

Bracing is the internal framework of an acoustic guitar that helps shape its sound. Although X-bracing has been standard in acoustic guitars for over a century, it creates an innate conflict between two key elements of a guitar’s sound: volume and sustain. The guitar's top (its soundboard) contributes to both. The flexibility of the top generates volume (projection), while its stiffness generates sustain. And with X-braced guitar tops, here's where the trade-off comes in: when something is made stiffer, its flexibility is reduced (and vice versa).

V-Class bracing changes all that. With Taylor's V-Class bracing, an acoustic guitar top can be both stiff and flexible — for more volume and sustain. V-Class bracing provides stiffness parallel to the strings for more rigidity and hence sustain. Flexibility on either side generates the air movement necessary for robust projection. It's the best of both worlds. This groundbreaking innovation also improves intonation; not only producing notes that are louder and with longer sustain — but more in tune with each other. Guitarists at Sweetwater are gobsmacked. But don't take our word for it — pick up the superb 314 Grand Auditorium and experience it for yourself!

Sitka spruce and sapele: tonewood alchemy

A quality acoustic guitar is all about the wood, and the Taylor 314 serves up a classic tonewood cocktail with no compromises. The top is solid Sitka spruce for robust projection and crystalline note clarity. Sapele, used for the back and sides of the 314, is tonally similar to mahogany, but its higher density tends to produce a slightly brighter sound with more high-end shimmer. The characteristic sapele sound is consistently balanced across the tonal spectrum, which makes it ideal for a wide range of playing styles. Sitka and sapele make an excellent tonewood combination for a baritone instrument such as this.

Comfortable Grand Auditorium body delivers presence and note definition

The 314 responds gracefully to a wide range of playing styles, thanks to its medium-sized Grand Auditorium body. Taylor's beloved Grand Auditorium body style employs the width and depth of the Dreadnought. However, its waist is narrower, which gives Grand Auditorium guitars a sleeker look, and more treble zing. The Grand Auditorium body style also helps to focus and sharpen the definition of each note — a quality desirable in any musical genre. You'll also find your Grand Auditorium guitar to be incredibly comfortable, whether playing seated or standing.

Taylor 314 Acoustic Guitar Features:

  • Sitka spruce top, sapele back and sides
  • Top bracing: V-Class with Relief Rout
  • Black binding, rosette, and pickguard
  • Tropical mahogany neck with satin finish
  • Ebony fingerboard with black edge treatment
  • Italian acrylic Small Diamond fingerboard inlay
  • Headstock: Ebony overlay, satin finish
  • Black graphite nut, Micarta saddle
  • Ebony bridge pins; scale length: 25.5"
  • Taylor nickel tuning machines (17:1 ratio)
  • Gloss top; satin side and back finish

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Tech Specs

  • String Type: Steel
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
  • Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
  • Back & Sides Wood: Sapele
  • Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
  • Finish: Gloss
  • Color: Natural
  • Body Bracing: V-class Bracing with Relief Rout
  • Binding: Black Plastic
  • Neck Wood: Tropical Mahogany
  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony
  • Fingerboard Inlay: Italian Acrylic Small Diamonds
  • Number of Frets: 20
  • Scale Length: 25.5"
  • Nut Width: 1.75"
  • Nut/Saddle Material: Black Graphite/Micarta
  • Bridge Material: Ebony
  • Tuning Machines: Taylor Nickel, 17:1 ratio
  • Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
  • Case Included: Hardshell Case
  • Manufacturer Part Number: A302002000000032093

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Rated 5/5

Wow

My wife surprised me with this guitar last night. Dazzling sound and great feel. Rings out and sustains forever. Absolutely am in love with my Taylor 314.
Music background: Acoustic lead and rhythm in a church band.
Rated 4.5/5

Awesome!

Love this guitar! Sounds great and it happened to have been built 6 days before my birthday. Always find exactly what I need at Sweetwater. I did find a sharp edge about 3" long where the binding meets the top from what appears to be from the gloss finish. Easily fixable with light high grit sanding. I did however expect better at $1700. That's the only reason for the half star dock
Rated 5/5

Perfect for me

I spent a lot of time looking for the perfect sound/feel/size/price guitar This is it! Have many other good guitars (Martin, Taylor, Yamaha, etc.) But this has what I've been looking for every day use. Very easy to play and fantastic sound that just gets better. Did not want built-in electronics or a cutaway for this one.
Rated 5/5

Taylor 314 Acoustic Guitar-Natural Sapele

This is one of the best guitars I've ever purchased, right out of the case. I've been playing a LONG time, but this is my first Taylor guitar. I've never seen such attention to detail. This is a definite 'Bang for Your Buck' guitar at this price. Listen, if you're on the fence, pull the trigger on this. You won't be disappointed.
Music background: Played in rock and acoustic bands, playing since I was a kid.
Rated 5/5

immaculate sound

I never regreted placing this order. This guitar sounds and looks awesome. It sustains really well and it creates a sound illusion that your playing two guitars.

Thanks to Adam and the sweetwater team for shipping this on time.

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