Taylor 514ce Urban Ironbark Grand Auditorium Guitar

With the Taylor 514ce, seen here with Urban Ironbark back and sides and a Torrefied Sitka Spruce top piece, you get a new, environmentally-responsible centrepiece to Taylor’s illustrious 500 Series.

This Grand Auditorium electro acoustic guitar offers a truly wonderful playing experience, with a distinctively-unique tonal character, and would make an excellent choice for any professional performer or studio artist.

Taylor 514ce Urban Ironbark Grand Auditorium Key Features

• Environmentally-Responsible Construction – Not only does Taylor use responsibly-sourced Ebony in the construction of their instruments, but now at the heart of the 500 Series we have instruments such as this 514ce which utilise Urban Ironbark as their main soundbox tonewood. This wood is entirely new to the world of acoustic guitars, and delivers a distinctive musical personality that’s perfectly matched by the Torrefied Sitka Spruce top piece.
• Distinctive Voice – Thanks to a combination of the Grand Auditorium body shape and a tonewood combination of solid Urban Ironbark with Torrefied Sitka Spruce, this guitar produces a sweet, high-fidelity character with bold, muscular punch. In addition to this, the inclusion of V-Class bracing allows the top-piece to vibrate more freely, for improved natural projection.
• Comfortably-Playable – Giving you a great playing experience for your fretting hand the Tropical Mahogany neck has a beautifully smooth-playing satin finish. Atop said neck is an Ebony fretboard offering with 20 frets, offering an incredibly smooth playing experience. In addition to this a Venetian cutaway gives you easy access to the upper frets while its elegant slope adds to the fantastic looks of the Taylor 514ce.
• Critically Acclaimed Electronics – Expression System 2 electronics have a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design which allows it to beautifully capture the dynamic properties of the Taylor 514ce. The pickup has three separately positioned sensors which have been individually calibrated in order to increase the capture of the guitar’s dynamic range. Combined with Taylor’s custom-designed professional audio level preamp, you get amazing amplified tone and incredible response. Whether you’re on stage playing through a PA, plugged into an acoustic guitar amplifier, going straight into the desk or an audio interface, the Expression System 2 delivers the true voice of your Taylor guitar.
• Case Included – To keep this guitar safe as you travel to and from your shows, Taylor has included a deluxe hardshell case. This case features an internal accessory pocket, which is ideal for keeping your spare strings, cables, straps, and tuners close to hand.

Taylor 514ce Urban Ironbark Grand Auditorium Specs

• Scale Length: 25-1/2″
• Nut & Saddle: Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
• Bracing: V-Class
• Truss Rod Cover: Black Plastic
• Number of Frets: 20
• Tuners: Taylor Nickel
• Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
• Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
• Body Length: 20″
• Body Width: 16″
• Body Depth: 4 5/8″
• Binding/Edge Treatment: Tortoise
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
• Rosette Size: Single Ring
• Back/Side Finish: Gloss
• Rosette Mat.: Grained Ivoroid/Tortoise/Grained Ivoroid
• Neck Width: 1-3/4″
• Fretboard Inlay: Century
• Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: Ebony
• Heel Cap Binding: Ebony
• Type of Neck Joint: Taylor Neck
• Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
• Fretboard Wood: Ebony
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Heel Length: 3-1/2″
• Peghead Finish: Gloss
• Peghead Type: Standard
• Headstock Overlay: Ebony
• Peghead Logo: Grained Ivoroid
• Bridge Pins: Ebony
• Buttons: Nickel