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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.

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