814e (2020)

Offering all of the playability and vibrant tone players expect from the flagship 800 Series in a frame with a slightly more traditional look and feel, the non-cutaway 814e combines the tone-boosting properties of V-Class bracing with a renewed focus on playing comfort. The superstar tonewood pairing of solid Indian rosewood back and sides with a Sitka spruce top serves up a pleasingly responsive low end with chime-like trebles and a slightly scooped midrange, with power, sustain and tunefulness all improved by V-Class bracing. This take on our most popular Grand Auditorium has been upgraded with a radius-style armrest in rosewood for a more seamless, easy playing feel, along with new smoked nickel tuners for enhanced aesthetics. Appointments for this model mirror those of its cutaway counterpart, with a genuine smoky Crelicam ebony fretboard, maple binding, rosewood edge trim, a rosewood-edged abalone rosette, and Element fretboard and peghead inlays in mother-of-pearl. With ES2 electronics on board, this model ships with a deluxe hardshell case.