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Taylor 514ce - Natural
$3,499.00
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Weight: 5.20 Lbs.
Serial #: 1208163044
Serial #: 1208163044
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Taylor has a long history of introducing compelling new tonewood flavors to the world, and we’re as excited as we’ve ever been to debut a stunning new entry — red ironbark — as the new featured tonewood of our reimagined 500 Series. (Sourced in Southern California through our urban wood initiative, we’re calling the wood Urban Ironbark.) After exploring and falling in love with its acoustic properties, master builder Andy Powers has paired ironbark back and sides with a torrefied spruce top and deployed a new voicing recipe — shaped by our V-Class bracing — to bring another uniquely enticing tone profile to the Taylor line.
The Tone:
Imagine the sonic depth and richness of Indian rosewood pushed to another level. Red Ironbark’s hardness and density are comparable to ebony, and together with a roasted spruce top, produce a sound that’s loud, muscular and sweet, with piano-like fidelity, complexity and depth across the entire frequency spectrum. Notes jump out of the guitar, producing a natural amplifying effect that will fill a room with sound. Any player who appreciates the sonic virtues and versatility of our flagship rosewood/spruce 814ce will love the Grand Auditorium 514ce, while the other new 500 Series entry, the Grand Concert 512ce, also produces remarkable volume and dynamic range, blending the responsiveness of a smaller body with bold projection that also makes it an inspiring strummer.
Appointments:
In a nod to the classic heritage of Taylor’s 500 Series, the new appointment package preserves a traditional aesthetic, updated with subtle decorative touches to complement the new wood pairing. The back and sides feature a stain that deepens ironbark’s natural reddish and golden-brown hues. The body and neck also feature a lightly shaded edgeburst, with a gloss-finish body and satin-finish neck. Other details include new Aerial inlays in Italian acrylic, faux tortoise binding and pickguard, a single-ring abalone rosette with maple and black purfling, and Taylor nickel tuners. It also features a Venetian cutaway and onboard ES2 electronics and ship with a Taylor deluxe hardshell case.
SKU: 514CE
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Specifications: |
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| HIGHLIGHTS: | |
| Model: | 514ce |
| Shape: | Grand Auditorium |
| Number of Strings: | 6 |
| Scale Length: | 24-7/8" |
| Body Length: | 19 1/2" |
| Body Width: | 15" |
| Body Depth: | 4 3/8" |
| Nut and Saddle: | Black Graphite, Micarta saddle |
| Bracing: | V-Class |
| Truss Rod Cover: | Black Plastic |
| Pickguard: | Tortoise |
| Number Of Frets: | 20 |
| Tuners: | Taylor Nickel |
| Electronics: | Expression System 2 |
| Case: | Taylor Deluxe Hardshell |
| BODY: | |
| Top Wood: | Torrefied Sitka Spruce |
| Body Wood: | Urban Ironbark |
| Cutaway: | Venetian Cutaway |
| Binding: | Faux Tortoise |
| Top Finish: | Gloss |
| Back Config: | 2-piece No Wedge |
| Backstrap Wood: | None |
| Backstrap Finish: | None |
| Rosette Size: | Single Ring |
| Rosette Material: | Abalone |
| Bridge Inlay: | None |
| Back/Side Finish: | Gloss |
| Armrest Binding: | None |
| Stain/Sunburst: | Lightly Shaded Edgeburst |
| Wedge: | None |
| NECK: | |
| Neck Width: | 1-3/4" |
| Fretboard Wood: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Fretboard Inlay: | Century |
| Fretboard Binding: | Aerial Italian Acrylic |
| Heel Cap Binding: | West African Ebony |
| Neck/Heel: | Neo-Tropical Mahogany |
| Heel Length: | 3-1/4" |
| Neck Finish: | Satin |
| Type Of Neck Joint: | Scarf |
| PEGHEAD: | |
| Peghead Finish: | Gloss |
| Peghead Binding: | None |
| Peghead Type: | Standard |
| Peghead Purfling: | None |
| Peghead Inlay: | Aerial |
| Peghead Logo: | Grained Ivoroid |
| Headstock Overlay: | West African Ebony |
| OTHER: | |
| Bridge Pins: | West African Ebony |
| Buttons: | Nickel |
| Fingerboard Ext: | None |
| Edge Trim: | None |
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