Taylor 514CE Acoustic Guitar - Natural

Taylor 514CE Acoustic Guitar - Natural Finish

The Taylor 500 Series
With exceptionally warm and articulate tones, tropical mahogany has established itself among the tonewood elite. Many consider these striking all glossy guitars the ultimate fingerpickers—especially the cedar-topped 514ce. Plugged in, they’ll sing out the subtlety of your style loud and clear.

Taylor 514CE
A Western Red cedar top brings extra warmth and responsiveness to our popular mahogany Grand Auditorium cutaway, a perennial favorite among fingerstylists and singer-songwriters alike.

Additional Information on the Taylor 514CE...

Tropical American Mahogany Back and Sides
Mahogany is supple enough to make excellent, responsive bodies, yet sufficiently strong and stable to use for our famous necks. The mahogany used in our 500 Series produces a bright, clear tone, with a unique balance that yields an expressive dynamic range in response to even the lightest touch. This makes our 500 Series guitars especially popular with fingerstyle guitarists and blues players. The African mahogany used on our 300 Series has similar tonal properties to Tropical American mahogany, while the African sapele used on our 100 Series, 200 Series, and our Baby Taylors is slightly denser and yields a "tighter" response. The majority of our series have Tropical American Mahogany necks.

Taylor Expression System
The Expression System incorporates three different magnetic sensors. Two strategically placed Dynamic Body Sensors™ affixed to the underside of the soundboard capture the complex nuances of the top's vibration, while a Dynamic String Sensor™ mounted beneath the fretboard extension registers string and neck vibration.

The preamp, developed with collaborative input from pro audio pioneer Mr. Rupert Neve, boosts the pickup signal cleanly, without the need for artificial EQ "coloration". The balanced, low-impedance signal the Expression System produces can run direct into a mixer or PA in most situations, and is free of distortion at almost any volume.

Three simple, unintrusive onboard control knobs preserve the aesthetic beauty of your Taylor, yet allow you to easily adjust the volume, bass, and treble to suit your personal preferences and performance environment. When set flat, the tone controls add no color and produce the most natural sound. Or, add bass or treble (or subtract) to adjust for the room or personal tastes.

The payoff is in the purity of high-fidelity amplified tone, unprecedented dynamic range, and extraordinary resistance to feedback and distortion. It enables all of the expressive subtleties of your playing to come through, just the way you intended.

The Expression System is available exclusively on Taylor guitars in 300 Series and above.

Taylor 514CE Electro Acoustic Guitar Specifications
Type/Shape: 6-String Grand Auditorium
Back & Sides: Tropical American Mahogany
Top: Western Red Cedar
Soundhole Rosette: Abalone
Neck: Tropical American Mahogany
Fretboard: Ebony
Fretboard Inlay: Small Pearl Dots
Headstock Overlay: Indian Rosewood
Binding: Indian Rosewood 
Bridge: Ebony
Nut & Saddle: Tusq
Tuning Machines: Gold-plated Taylor Tuners
Strings: Elixir® Light Gauge Strings with NANOWEB® Coating
Scale Length: 25 1/2 Inches
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Neck Width at Nut: 1 3/4 Inches
Number of Frets: 20
Fretboard Radius: 15 Inches
Bracing: Standard II (Forward Shifted Pattern W/Relief Rout)
Finish: Gloss
Cutaway: Venetian
Electronics: Taylor Expression System® 
Body Width: 16 Inches
Body Depth: 4 5/8 Inches
Body Length: 20 Inches
Overall Length: 41 Inches

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