Our first Grand Auditorium guitar featuring back and sides of Urban Ironbark, the 514ce delivers a sweet, muscular sound that combines rosewood's high-fidelity voice with mahogany's warm and punchy midrange and spectrum-wide sonic balance. Paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top for a played-in, mature sound and V-Class bracing for improved volume and sustain, the 514ce yields power ideal for heavy strummers along with touch sensitivity that gives it a wide dynamic range that's great for fingerstyle players. With new Aerial inlays in Italian acrylic, a single-ring abalone rosette, a subtle stain that highlights Urban Ironbark's rich red hues, a lightly shaded edgeburst and gloss-finish body, the 514ce blends traditional and contemporary visual styles. It ships with ES2 electronics and a deluxe hardshell case.

Features

Solid Urban Ironbark body for bold, rich sound
Torrefied spruce top for sweetness and depth
Yields remarkable balance across the frequency spectrum
Grand Auditorium body for versatile, all-purpose tone
Includes hardshell case and built-in ES2 electronics

Specifications

Body

Body type: Taylor Grand Auditorium with Venetian cutaway
Top wood: Torrefied Sitka spruce
Back & sides: Urban ironbark
Bracing pattern: V-Class bracing with relief rout
Body finish: Gloss

Neck

Neck shape: Taylor Standard profile
Nut width: 1.75" (44.5 mm)
Fingerboard: Genuine West African ebony
Neck wood: Neo-tropical mahogany
Scale length: 25.5"
Number of frets: 20
Neck finish: Satin
Bridge: Genuine West African ebony
Saddle & nut: Micarta "Wave" saddle; black graphite nut

Electronics

Pickup/preamp: Expression System 2
EQ/Tuner: Volume, Bass, Treble
Special features: Onboard phase switch

Other

Tuning machines: Taylor nickel tuners with nickel buttons
Orientation: Right-handed
Number of strings: 6 string
Case: Deluxe hardshell
Country of origin: United States