Item: TO514CERI

Taylor has a long history of introducing compelling new tone wood flavors to the world. And, after exploring, and falling in love with the acoustic properties of red ironbark, master builder Andy Powers has paired ironbark back and sides with a torrefied spruce top and deployed a new voicing recipe, shaped by their 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 is 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. 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-finished body and satin-finished neck. Other details include new Aerial inlays in Italian acrylic, faux tortoise binding and pickguard, and a single-ring abalone rosette with maple and black purfling.

Serial # 1207202046

Features:

• Solid Torrified Sitka Spruce Top
• V-Class Bracing with Relief Rout
• Single Ring Abalone with Maple and Black Purfling Soundhole Rosette
• Faux Tortoise Pickguard
• Faux Tortoise Binding
• Maple and Indian Rosewood Top Trim
• Solid Urban Ironbark Back and Sides
• 16" Lower Bout Width with 4 5/8" Body Depth and 20" Body Length
• Venetian Cutaway
• Thin Gloss Finished Edgeburst Stained Body
• Neo-Tropical Mahogany Matte Finished Standard Carve Neck
• West African Crelicam Ebony Headstock Overlay
• Italian Acrylic "Aerial" Inlay and Taylor Logo
• Taylor Enclosed Nickel Tuners
• 25 1/2" Scale Length
• 1 3/4" Width Black Tusq Nut
• West African Crelicam Ebony 20 Fret 15" Radius Fingerboard
• Italian Acrylic "Aerial" Position Inlays
• West African Crelicam Ebony Bridge with Compensated Tusq Saddle
• West African Ebony Bridge Pins
• Taylor Expression System 2 (ES-2) Acoustic Electronics
• Elixir (16152) Phosphor Bronze Light Gauge (.012 - .053) String Set

Includes:

• Taylor Deluxe Grand Auditorium Dark Brown Hard Shell Case
• Taylor Guitars Limited Lifetime Warranty