Taylor Builder‘s Edition 514ce with Kona Burst Top

Description

Presenting the new Taylor Builder’s Edition 514ce, this one with the Kona Burst top.

The Builder’s Edition 514ce Kona Burst embodies Taylor’s commitment to innovative craftsmanship, player-friendly guitar designs and sustainable sourcing. Featuring a beveled armrest and cutaway, chamfered body edges and a contoured Curve Wing bridge, this Grand Auditorium is designed for maximum comfort during extended playing sessions. Shamel ash back and sides, responsibly sourced from Southern California, combine with a solid Sitka spruce top to deliver a warm, focused voice with woody overtones, punchy midrange, crisp trebles and a balanced low-end presence.

Taylor’s V-Class voicing architecture enhances sustain, volume, and harmonic agreement between notes. Excellent for strumming, fingerstyle, and everything in between, this model excels in just about any musical setting. A hand-sprayed Kona Burst and lustrous gloss finish are accentuated by a firestripe pickguard, an Italian acrylic rosette and Compass inlays. The Builder’s Edition 514ce comes equipped with premium Gotoh 510 antique chrome tuners and ES2 electronics and ships in a deluxe hardshell case.

Photos are of one from our inventory, SN 1203175060, individual color and grain will vary from guitar to guitar

Highlights

Number of Strings: 6 String
Orientation: Right Handed
Body Shape: Grand Auditorium
Bracing System: V-Class Bracing
Cutaway: Beveled Cutaway
Color: Tobacco Kona Burst
Electronics: Expression System® 2
Case/Bag: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown

Body

Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
Back/Side Wood: Shamel Ash
Rosette: Faux Pearl Single Ring
Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge
Body Binding: No Binding; Chamfered Edges
Armrest: Beveled Neo-tropical Mahogany
Top Finish: Gloss
Back/Side Finish: Gloss

Neck

Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Profile: Standard Carve
Fretboard Inlay: Faux Pearl Compass
Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin

Peghead

Nut Width: 1-3/4″
Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Scale Length: 25-1/2″
Peghead Inlay: Faux Pearl Compass
Peghead Type: Paddle, Standard
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Finish: Satin

Other

Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
Nut & Saddle: Black Tusq Nut, Micarta Saddle
Bridge Pins: West African Crelicam Ebony
Strings: D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 – .053)
Pickguard: Firestripe
Tuners: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold with Antique Gold Buttons
Strap Pin: Black
End Pin: Black