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 Taylor's 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.
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.
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Serial Number: 1207222169
Specifications:
Brand Taylor Guitars
Model 514ce
Type Grand Auditorium
Finish Gloss Lightly-Shaded Edgeburst
Top Wood Solid Torrefied Sitka Spruce
Bracing V-Class
Back & Sides Wood Solid Urban Ironbark
Cutaway Venetian
Neck Finish Satin
Neck Wood Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Neck Dimensions .840 1st - .880 9th
Fingerboard West African Crelicam Ebony
Fingerboard Inlays Italian Acrylic Aerial
Scale Length 25 1/2”
Width at Nut 1 3/4”
Nut Material Black Graphite-Infused Tusq
Binding Faux Tortoiseshell
Electronics Taylor Expression System 2
Tuners Taylor Nickel
Bridge West African Crelicam Ebony
Case Taylor Brown Hardshell Case
UPC 00887766088530