Taylor 514ce Grand Auditorium 2016 Natural

Taylor's 500 series:

The mahogany class: All 500s have a completely mahogany body and a gloss body finish. The sound of the dark and strongly grained wood is enhanced by an Expression System 2.

Grand Auditorium body:

The GA design is the link between the Dreadnought and the Grand Concert. Accordingly, it combines the large tonal range of dreadnought in flatpicking and strumming with the advantages of the Grand Concert suitable for fingerpicking. Altogether a true all-rounder with overwhelming sound!

Expression System 2:

The Expression System 2 is an upgrade to the previously used version of the in-house pickup system. In contrast to previous practice, the transducer of the ES2 is not located underneath but behind the bar insert. This was because the high tensile force of the strings limits the vertical vibration of the inlay, but it can swing back and forth. The piezo pickup takes advantage of this movement to produce a warm, full and less biting, bright sound.

Features:

• Grand Auditorium body shape with cutaway
• Back and sides: solid mahogany
• Blanket: Western Red Cedar, solid
• Neck: Mahogany
• Fingerboard and bridge: Ebony
• Bridge inlay: Micarta
• Saddle: Tusq
• Bridge pins: ebony
• Scale: 25,5'' (648mm)
• Saddle width: 1 3/4'' (44,45mm)
• Mechanics: Taylor Nickel Tuners, closed
• Pickup: Taylor Expression System 2
• Body and neck binding: ivoroid
• Ivoroid Rosette
• Tortoise Pickguard
• Taylor Century inlays
• Finish back, sides: high gloss
• Neck: Matt
• Finish ceiling: high gloss
• including Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case!