Sound Pure's Take
Condition: Used, Very Good
An extremely warm and responsive voice paired with Taylor's trademark playability. The sensitivity and intimacy you get with something like this will command a player's focus and an audience's rapt attention.
SP Luthier Notes: Setup and fret polish
From Taylor Guitars
Cedar’s warm midrange overtones and quick response make it a coveted top wood among fingerstylists and other players with a lighter touch. On this mahogany/cedar cutaway Grand Auditorium, V-Class bracing lifts those sonic virtues to new heights, serving up an even more powerful all-around response with billowing sustain. Add to that the bundle of sonic refinements that V-Class brings, including more powerful notes all the way up the fretboard and greater in-tuneness between the notes (thanks to a more orderly response from the top), and you’ve got a guitar that can cover a lot of ground. Mahogany’s naturally dry, focused voice emphasizes the midrange, lending a warm, clear punch that strummers, blues players will especially appreciate. Appointments include faux tortoise shell binding and pickguard, a faux tortoise/ivoroid rosette, and our striking Century fretboard inlay scheme in grained ivoroid with a new peghead inlay to complement the motif. With onboard Taylor ES2 electronics, you can count on natural-sounding amplified acoustic tone whenever you need it. The guitar also features a Venetian cutaway for upper-fretboard access, and ships in a deluxe hardshell case.
- Model
- 514ce
- Serial
- 1111298074
- Year
- 2018
- Body Style
- Grand Auditorium
- Scale Length
- 25 1/2"
- Top Wood
- Western Red Cedar
- Body Wood
- Tropical Mahogany
- Bracing
- V-Class
- Pickguard
- Tortoise
- Tuners
- Taylor Nickel
- Electronics
- Expression System 2
- Body Width
- 16"
- Nut & Saddle
- Black Graphite, Micarta Saddle
- Truss Rod Cover
- Black Plastic
- Number of Frets
- 20
- Body Length
- 20"
- Body Depth
- 4 5/8"
- Binding/Edge Treatment
- Tortoise
- Back Config
- 2-piece No Wedge
- Rosette Size
- Single Ring
- Back/Side Finish
- Gloss
- Backstrap Wood
- None
- Stain/Sunburst
- Medium Brown Stain Back/Sides/Neck
- Armrest
- None
- Top Finish
- Gloss
- Backstrap Finish
- None
- Bridge Inlay
- None
- Armrest Binding
- None
- Rosette Material
- Grained Ivoroid/Tortoise/Grained Ivoroid
- Wedge
- None
- Neck Width
- 1 3/4"
- Fretboard Binding
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Type of Neck Joint
- Taylor Neck
- Fretboard Wood
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Heel Length
- 3 1/2"
- Fretboard Inlay
- Century
- Heel Cap Binding
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Neck/Heel
- Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Finish
- Satin
- Peghead Finish
- Gloss
- Peghead Type
- Standard
- Headstock Overlay
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Logo
- Grained Ivoroid
- Peghead Binding
- None
- Peghead Purfling
- None
- Peghead Inlay
- Century
- Bridge Pins
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Fingerboard Ext
- None
- Buttons
- Nickel
- Edge Trim
- None
- Case
- Hardshell
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
Returns
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