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Taylor 514ce (040)

Taylor 514ce (040)

$3,499.00
SKU:
509056
UPC:
887766116431
MPN:
A503002111007000309
Weight:
4.80 LBS
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Serial: 1202144040  Top Wood: Sitka Spruce  Back & Side Wood: Urban Ironbark  Weight: 4.8lbs

514ce Urban Ironbark

Every guitar has a story - and these Ironbark 500 Series guitars have a great one!  The back, sides, and top are all North American sourced, but the real story lies in the back and sides.  What is ironbark?  First and most important - the tone which we will get into below. The wood is sourced from the western United States, and these trees may have lined a parkway, or surrounded a courthouse!  Normally these trees when they hit their end of life cycle might have been turned into mulch...that is until we found out what the conic properties are!  You'll be sold on your first strum!!

These 500 series are Taylor's 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. 

You may not have heard of Ironbark before, but after a few minutes, you will be instantly impressed!

Complete your purchase with the correct Taylor Polish, cloth and matching Taylor strap!

  • Taylor Premium Gloss Polish Kit w/Fingerboard Conditioner $ 34.95
  • Taylor Premium Aerial leather Strap in British Tan to compliment your new 500 Series guitar! $99.99
  • Taylor Capo Made in the USA (#80491 Black Nickel or #80492 Brite Nickel) $39.99 
  • Taylor Floor Guitar Stand in Dark Mahogany Finish #1412 $69.99
  • Taylor Guitar Wall Hanger - Ebony with Taylor Logo #70207 $69.99

Specifications

Orientation: Right Handed

Bracing System: V-Class Bracing

Cutaway: Venetian Cutaway

Electronics: Expression System® 2

Case/Bag: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown

Top Wood: Sitka Spruce

Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge

Body Binding: Tortoise

Armrest: No

Top Finish: Gloss

Back/Side Finish: Gloss

Neck Wood: Tropical Mahogany:

Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony

Fretboard Inlay: Aerial, Italian Acrylic, Faux Pearl

Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony

Neck Finish: Satin

Scale Length: 25-1/2"

Peghead Inlay: Italian Acrylic, Faux Pearl

Peghead Type: Standard

Peghead Binding: None

Peghead Finish: Satin

Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony

Nut & Saddle: Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle

Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony

Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)

Pickguard: Tortoise

Tuners: Taylor Nickel

 

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