Mahogany yields its inspiring tone readily, with a strong, breathy midrange and a fundamental focus. A cedar top imparts extra warmth to complement that voice and slightly lowers the overall volume ceiling compared to a denser spruce or mahogany top. The cutaway 514ce is a perennial favorite with singer-songwriters and light-to-medium strummers for its blend of warmth and compression, and Taylor’s Expression System® 2 pickup delivers superb amplified tone. The neo-vintage appointment package includes an grained ivoroid rosette, grained ivoroid binding, and a Century fretboard inlay.

Other specifications include: 

• Shape Grand Auditorium
• Number of Strings 6
• Back/Side Wood Tropical Mahogany
• Scale length 25-1/2"
• Top Wood Western Red Cedar
• Body Length 20"
• Electronics Expression System 2®
• Body Width 16"
• Cutaway Venetian
• Body Depth 4 5/8"
• Nut & Saddle Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
• Neck Width 1-3/4"
• Neck/Heel Tropical Mahogany
• Bracing Forward Shifted Pattern with Relief Rout
• Fretboard Wood Ebony
• Fretboard Inlay Century
• Headstock Overlay Ebony
• Binding Grained Ivoroid
• Bridge Inlay None
• Bridge Pins Ebony
• Tuners Taylor Nickel
• Truss Rod Cover Ebony
• Back/Side Finish Gloss
• Top Finish Gloss
• Neck Finish Satin
• Pickguard Tortoise
• Case Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown
• Number of Frets 20
• Armrest Binding None
• Back Config 2-piece No Wedge
• Backstrap Wood None
• Backstrap Finish None
• Brand of Strings Elixir Phosphor Bronze HD Light
• Buttons Nickel
• Edge Trim None
• Fingerboard Ext None
• Fretboard Binding Grained Ivoroid
• Heel Cap Binding Grained Ivoroid
• Heel length 3-1/2"
• Peghead Finish Satin
• Peghead Inlay None
• Peghead Binding Grained Ivoroid
• Peghead Logo Grained Ivoroid
• Peghead Type Standard
• Rosette Mat. Grained Ivoroid
• Rosette Size Single Ring
• Stain/Sunburst Medium Brown Stain
• Type of Neck Joint Scarf
• Wedge None
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