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Taylor's PS14ce Presentation Series Grand Auditorium is the perfect blend of luxury and performance. From its gorgeous Honduran rosewood body to its radius-style armrest, this guitar is the pinnacle of acoustic guitar development and is an excellent choice for serious performers and collectors.

The PS14ce begins with a Honduran rosewood body, giving it robust lows, clear trebles, and lush overtones that bloom as each note resonates. Its sinker redwood top - sourced from logs submerged in California riverbeds - provides cedar-like warmth, dynamic sensitivity, and plenty of volume. It also features a V-class bracing that allows the soundboard to flex naturally while maintaining rigidity along the center, enhancing volume, sustain, and balance.

Players who perform plugged in often will love the PS14ce's ES2 pickup system, which translates its woody, organic tone exceptionally well. This guitar doesn't just sound good, though - its tropical mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, and Venetian cutaway combine to create an impeccable playing experience. And, thanks to the included premium hardshell case, you'll never have to worry about incurring unwanted dings, dents, or damage while bringing it on the road.

Fully spec'd out with a Simons back wedge with an ebony backstrap and binding, paua edge trim, and super-precise Gotoh 510 tuners, the PS14ce is one of the finest acoustic guitars ever crafted, a fantastic choice for professionals looking to level up their sound.

Specs Body: Grand Auditorium Scale Length: 25-1/2" Bracing: V-Class Bracing Pickguard: Rosewood Tuners: Gotoh Body Width: 16" Nut & Saddle: Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle Truss Rod Cover: West African Crelicam Ebony Number of Frets: 20 Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown Body Length: 20" Body Depth: 4 5/8" Binding Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony Back Configuration: 4-piece Simmons wedge Rosette Size: Single Ring Back/Side Finish: Gloss Backstrap Wood: Crelicam Ebony Armrest: Yes Top Finish: Gloss Backstrap Finish: Gloss Bridge Inlay: California Vine Armrest Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony Rosette Material: Paua Wedge: Same as Body Neck Width: 1-3/4" Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Crelicam Ebony Type of Neck Joint: Scarf Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony Heel Length: 3-1/2" Fretboard Inlay: California Vine Heel Cap Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany Neck Finish: Satin Peghead Finish: Gloss Peghead Type: Standard Headstock Overlay: Ebony Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl Peghead Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony Peghead Purfling: Paua Peghead Inlay: California Vine Bridge Pins: West African Ebony with Green Abalone Dots

SKU: PS14CE-01

This addition to the popular GS Mini family features layered walnut back and sides paired with a solid Sitka spruce top. Like its other Mini siblings, our modern-day parlor guitar has wowed the world with its fun-size appeal, packing a grown-up guitar voice into a scaled-down form that fits perfectly into everyday life. As active or relaxed as you want to be, having a Mini on hand is like having your songwriting muse on instant demand. And for beginners, it makes an acoustic guitar feel super-approachable. The Mini ships with a durable, lightweight hard bag, allowing you to take it anywhere. An onboard Taylor ES-B pickup/preamp also enables you to plug in and make your voice heard. It features a built-in tuner, low-battery indicator, and tone and volume controls.

There's something undeniably inviting about the Taylor GS Mini's scaled-down size, yet a single strum reveals the impressive voice of a full-size guitar. That mix of portability and musicality has proven to be a winning combination that fits into so many scenarios in life, from the couch to the campfire to the concert hall. It's not too big, it's not too precious, and it's not too expensive. That broad-based accessibility has given it a resounding universal appeal, not to mention a built-in fun factor. The shorter 23-1/2-inch scale length makes forming chords a breeze yet gives the instrument plenty of snap and tuning stability for a rewarding playing experience. The acoustic-electric versions enjoy a sweet upgrade with Taylor's ES2 electronics. All GS-Mini models include a durable hard bag built by Taylor for the optimal fit.

Tone Woods A guitar's top is the primary filter and distributor of vibrating string energy through the guitar, which means it has a huge impact on its sound. Sitka spruce is the most prevalent guitar top wood of the modern era. It blends stiffness and elasticity in just the right proportions which translates into broad dynamic range with crisp articulation. Layered rosewood back and sides offer robust rosewood tone with low-end fullness and high-end sparkle. The arched back of the guitar generates more sound from a small-bodied instrument, and using layered wood back and sides create a sturdy yet receptive platform for the vibrating string energy sent by the guitar's top. Layered wood is also less susceptible to changes in temperature and humidity, making it an excellent choice for players who travel with their instruments or simply require more durability.

Electronics The GS Mini is amplified via the Expression System Basic (ES-B) system, which incorporates piezo design elements from the flagship Taylor ES2 system. It's powered by an onboard preamp that includes a built-in digital chromatic tuner, an LED display for tuning and low battery indication, and Tone and Volume controls. The preamp/tuner is powered by two button cell 3v lithium (CR2032) batteries. Two new batteries will provide approximately 300 hours of use. The ES-B conserves battery life using a standard on/off system that will automatically turn off if left on over 3 minutes. A low battery indicator on the LED display (located on the preamp circuit board) will display an “L” when the battery reaches 4.5 volts. Specifications Body Body type: Taylor Grand Symphony Mini Cutaway: No Top wood: Solid Sitka Spruce Back & sides: Layered Rosewood Bracing pattern: GS Mini with Relief Rout Body finish: Varnish Orientation: Right Handed Neck Neck shape: Taylor GS Mini Profile Nut width: 1-11/16" (42.8 mm) Fingerboard: Genuine African Ebony Neck wood: Mahogany Scale length: 23-1/2" Number of frets: 20 Neck finish: Matte 2.0 Electronics Pickup/preamp: ES-B Brand: Taylor Configuration: Behind-the-saddle transducer Preamp EQ: Volume, Tone Feedback filter: None Tuner: Yes - Digital Chromatic LED Other Headstock overlay: Copafera Tuning machines: Chrome GS Mini with Chrome Buttons Bridge: Genuine West African Ebony Saddle & nut: Micarta "Wave" Saddle; Nubone Nut Number of strings: 6 Special features: Taylor neck system Case: Taylor GS Mini Hard Bag Accessories: None Country of origin: Taylor Mexico Factory

The S2 McCarty 594 Singlecut delivers vintage appointments with the precision of PRS’s modern manufacturing techniques and trusted craftsmanship. Whether you are looking for authentic humbucking tones or nuanced, sweet single-coil sounds, the S2 McCarty 594 Singlecut can seamlessly master both sonic territories thanks to its 58/15 “S” pickups and dual volume and push/pull tone controls.

The warm, familiar tone of the S2 McCarty 594 Singlecut is further supported by its construction specifications and design. Featuring a bound 22-fret Pattern Vintage neck and slightly thicker back for more sustain the S2 McCarty 594 Singlecut feels and sounds like a guitar you’ve been playing forever. It plays in tune, stays in tune, and is intonated the entire length of the neck. A zinc two-piece bridge and vintage-style tuners anchor this guitar and stay true to the promise of the McCarty family.

Designed to capture the heart of the McCarty family of instruments and stay true to the S2 Series spirit, the S2 McCarty 594 Singlecut recreates the essence of vintage.

Takamine’s top-line Pro Series P3DC-12 presents rich dreadnought 12-string tone with peerless Takamine style and performance. With resonant tonewoods, elegant appointments, smooth playability and state-of-the-art electronics, it’s an exquisite acoustic experience onstage and off. The solid cedar top features X bracing and ivory binding, with dark purfling and a gorgeous concentric-ring rosette with wood marquetry. The unique Takamine split-saddle bone bridge provides faultless intonation and excellent acoustic coupling to the top.

Other premium features include a solid sapele back, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard with wood “dot-in-dot” inlays, gold tuners with amber buttons, natural satin finish and the highly acclaimed CT4B II preamp system with three-band EQ, volume control and built-in tuner.

The new Gibson Les Paul™ Modern incorporates many contemporary updates that players have embraced such as a lighter-weight body and innovative SlimTaper™ neck with asymmetrical profile. The Modern fingerboard is crafted with genuine ebony and a compound radius for lower, and cleaner action. The neck/body joint features the new Modern contoured heel for effortless access to the highest frets as well as maximum sustain and stability. Hardware upgrades include Grover® locking Rotomatic® tuners, clear top hat knobs and BurstBucker Pro™ and BurstBucker Pro + pickups. The control assembly features 4 push-pull pots to switch between the Gibson™ humbucker™ and the single coil P90 sounds, both of which have defined so many genres of music across multiple generations since we invented them, phase switching and pure bypass for functional and versatile sonic variety. The new Gibson Les Paul Modern is here to shape sound for future generations.

The impressively affordable G2622-P90 Streamliner™ Center Block Double-Cut P90 with V-Stoptail is designed for three simple things — high gain-friendly performance, slick, easy playability and spectacular style.

The G2622-P90’s sound is the perfect blend of brash and brawn with a chambered spruce center block driven to the limit by all-new Gretsch FideliSonic™ 90 pickups. These single-coil 90 pickups retain the full warm tone of a traditional P90 with a distinct top-end that is articulate and well-defined. The lightweight spruce center block runs the length of the mahogany body, reinforcing the arched top while eliminating undesired feedback for volume-friendly performance on modern stages.

The Streamliner’s sonic power is harnessed and shaped by the traditional control layout—neck and bridge pickup volume controls, a master tone control, master volume control and three-way pickup switching. The V-Stoptail can withstand the heavier styles of playing, while the anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and synthetic bone nut grant astounding tuning stability and accurate, slip-free intonation.

A fast-playing 12”-radius laurel fingerboard with unique oval inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets sits atop the white-bound nato neck with a thin “U”-shaped profile—ideal for chord work or fiery riffing.

Classic ‘50s and ‘60s Gretsch eye-catching style is also here—all-new “radio arrow” control knobs, enlarged F-holes for increased acoustic projection, stylized pickup bezels, elegant aged white binding with upgraded purfling, one-ply black pickguard, slick-looking nickel hardware and standout finishes including Claret Burst and Havana Burst.

Nearly impossible to put down once you pick it up and start playing, the G2622-P90 has the updated sound and classic style that has earned Gretsch accolades since the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll.

All-new single-coil Gretsch FideliSonic™ 90 pickups Double-cutaway 16” arched mahogany body with chambered spruce center block Enlarged F-holes for increased acoustic projection Nato neck 12”-radius laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and pearloid oval inlays Master volume, master tone, individual pickup volume controls and three-position pickup toggle switch provide complete tone-shaping flexibility Gretsch V-Stoptail tailpiece Anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge One-ply black pickguard, stylized pickup bezels and radio arrow control knobs Nickel hardware Available in Claret Burst and Havana Burst

The impressively affordable G2622T-P90 Streamliner™ Center Block Double-Cut P90 with Bigsby® is designed for three simple things — high gain-friendly performance, slick, easy playability and spectacular style.

The G2622T-P90’s sound is the perfect blend of brash and brawn with a chambered spruce center block driven to the limit by all-new Gretsch FideliSonic™ 90 pickups. These single-coil 90 pickups retain the full warm tone of a traditional P90 with a distinct top-end that is articulate and well-defined. The lightweight spruce center block runs the length of the mahogany body, reinforcing the arched top while eliminating undesired feedback for volume-friendly performance on modern stages.

The Streamliner’s sonic power is harnessed and shaped by the traditional control layout—neck and bridge pickup volume controls, a master tone control, master volume control and three-way pickup switching. The Bigsby® tailpiece adds expressive shimmer to your playing, while the anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and synthetic bone nut grant astounding tuning stability and accurate, slip-free intonation.

A fast-playing 12”-radius laurel fingerboard with unique oval inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets sits atop the white-bound nato neck with a thin “U”-shaped profile—ideal for chord work or fiery riffing.

Classic ‘50s and ‘60s Gretsch eye-catching style is also here—all-new “radio arrow” control knobs, enlarged F-holes for increased acoustic projection, stylized pickup bezels, elegant aged white binding with upgraded purfling, black or tortoise pickguard, slick-looking nickel hardware and remarkable finishes including Brownstone, Forge Glow and Gunmetal.

Nearly impossible to put down once you pick it up and start playing, the G2622T-P90 has the updated sound and classic style that has earned Gretsch accolades since the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll.

All-new single-coil FideliSonic™ 90 pickups Double-cutaway 16” arched mahogany body with chambered spruce center block Enlarged F-holes for increased acoustic projection Nato neck 12”-radius laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and pearloid oval inlays Master volume, master tone, individual pickup volume controls and three-position pickup toggle switch provide complete tone-shaping flexibility Bigsby® B70 vibrato tailpiece Anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge Stylized pickup bezels and radio arrow control knobs Nickel hardware Available in Brownstone and Forge Glow with black pickguard, or in Gunmetal with tortoise pickguard