2023 Taylor 414ce-R Custom – Tobacco Sunburst – Victorian Inlays – Includes Original Hardshell Case – Used Excellent
The 414ce has long been one of Taylor's most balanced and versatile instruments — a Grand Auditorium body that sits in the sweet spot between intimate and powerful, equally at home under a fingerpicker's touch or a strummer's attack, and one of the clearest expressions of what Taylor's V-Class bracing system can do for a spruce and rosewood guitar. The Custom version released as a Guitar Center exclusive in 2023 takes that already strong platform and dresses it with two meaningful upgrades. The Tobacco Sunburst top is a warm, richly shaded finish that adds visual depth and character to the standard gloss body, and the engraved Victorian fretboard inlays — intricate, elegantly detailed, and matched by a coordinating peghead inlay — give the guitar a genuinely distinctive appearance that sets it apart from anything in the standard Taylor lineup. These are not cosmetic changes for their own sake; on a guitar this well-made they feel like the finishing touch a great instrument deserves. Underneath it all the core specs are exactly what the 414ce-R is known for: solid Sitka spruce over solid Indian rosewood, V-Class bracing delivering the enhanced sustain, volume, and remarkable across-the-board intonation that Taylor developed the system to achieve, a West African ebony fingerboard on a tropical mahogany neck with satin finish, Taylor ES2 electronics for stage-ready performance, and the Venetian cutaway that keeps the upper register fully accessible. White binding, grained ivoroid, tortoise pickguard, and gold tuners round out a build that is beautiful from every angle.
Just set up and given a clean bill of health by our Taylor-certified technicians. One small ding on the top and a few minor signs of play are the entire condition story. The inlays and color are genuinely gorgeous in person. Not much between this and buying new, at a meaningful discount.
- Make: Taylor
- Model: 414ce-R Custom (Guitar Center exclusive)
- Year: 2023
- Country of origin: USA (El Cajon, CA)
- Body shape: Grand Auditorium
- Cutaway: Venetian
- Top: Solid Sitka spruce, Tobacco Sunburst gloss finish
- Back and sides: Solid Indian rosewood, gloss finish
- Bracing: V-Class with relief rout
- Neck: Tropical mahogany, satin finish, scarf joint
- Fingerboard: West African ebony, engraved Victorian inlays
- Headstock: Matching Victorian peghead inlay
- Bridge: West African ebony
- Nut: Black Tusq, 1-3/4"
- Saddle: Micarta
- Scale length: 25.5"
- Fingerboard radius: 15"
- Frets: 20
- Binding: White
- Pickguard: Tortoise
- Tuners: Taylor gold
- Electronics: Taylor ES2
- Modifications: None
- Condition: Used Excellent – one small ding on top, minor signs of play, inspected and set up by our Taylor-certified technicians
- Includes: Taylor deluxe hardshell case
Ships carefully packed and insured for full value. International buyers are welcome — please contact us for a shipping quote before purchasing.
About Mill River Music
Mill River Music is an independent, human-powered music shop located in downtown Northampton, MA, run by a team of players, enthusiasts, and certified repair technicians. Every piece of used gear we sell is personally inspected, tested, and set up before it ships — we don't list it until we'd be happy to play it ourselves.
As Martin and Taylor certified techs, we hold our guitar work to a high standard, and we're committed to full transparency about the condition of everything we sell. No surprises.
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