The Taylor 514ce Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric guitar is crafted with red ironbark for its back and sides, sourced in southern California through Taylor’s urban wood initiative. Red ironbark features the sonic richness of Indian rosewood, combined with the density and hardness of ebony to push your sound to the next level. Paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top and Taylor V-Class bracing, the 514ce’s sound is both muscular and sweet, with piano-like fidelity and strength across the entire frequency spectrum.The 514ce’s finish is designed to preserve the traditional aesthetic of the wood, with subtle decorative touches to complement and highlight. The back and sides feature a stain that deepens ironbark’s natural reddish and golden-brown hues
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Taylor 514ce Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar Shaded Edge Burst

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The Taylor 514ce Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric guitar is crafted with red ironbark for its back and sides, sourced in southern California through Taylor’s urban wood initiative. Red ironbark features the sonic richness of Indian rosewood, combined with the density and hardness of ebony to push your sound to the next level. Paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top and Taylor V-Class bracing, the 514ce’s sound is both muscular and sweet, with piano-like fidelity and strength across the entire frequency spectrum.

The 514ce’s finish is designed to preserve the traditional aesthetic of the wood, with subtle decorative touches to complement and highlight. The back and sides feature a stain that deepens ironbark’s natural reddish and golden-brown hues. The body and neck also feature a lightly shaded edgeburst, with a gloss-finished body and satin-finished neck. Additional appointments include new Aerial inlays in Italian acrylic and faux pearl, faux tortoise binding and pickguard, a single-ring abalone rosette with maple and black purfling and Taylor nickel tuners. The 514ce comes with a Venetian cutaway and onboard ES2 electronics, and ships with a Taylor deluxe hardshell case.

Features:

Torrefied Sitka spruce top with red ironbark back and sides
Neo-tropical mahogany neck in a standard Taylor profile
Genuine West African ebony fingerboard and bridge
Taylor Expression System 2 electronics

Specifications:

Body
Body type: Taylor Grand Auditorium with Venetian cutaway
Top wood: Torrefied Sitka spruce
Back & sides: Red ironbark
Bracing pattern: V-Class bracing with relief rout
Body finish: Gloss
Neck
Neck shape: Taylor Standard profile
Nut width: 1.75" (44.5 mm)
Fingerboard: Genuine West African ebony
Neck wood: Neo-tropical mahogany
Scale length: 25.5"
Number of frets: 20
Neck finish: Satin
Bridge: Genuine West African ebony
Saddle & nut: Micarta "Wave" saddle; black graphite nut
Electronics
Pickup/preamp: Expression System 2
EQ/Tuner: Volume, Bass, Treble
Special features: Onboard phase switch
Other
Tuning machines: Taylor nickel tuners with nickel buttons
Orientation: Right-handed
Number of strings: 6 string
Case: Deluxe hardshell
Country of origin: United States

Shipping
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Payment
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Sales Tax
We are required to collect sales tax on all orders, except those shipped to the following states: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon.

Store Policies
If you’re not satisfied, neither are we. If for any reason you’re not completely satisfied with your purchase of a new item, simply return it in its original condition within 45 days of purchase (see exceptions below) and we’ll give you a full refund. It’s that simple. Returned items must be in original, brand-new condition, showing no signs of wear or use such as belt-buckle or pick scratches, scuffs, dings or scrapes on the instrument or collateral materials. Items must also include all original packaging, manuals, warrantees and accessories or your return may be subject to a return handling charge.

Your refund will be promptly processed upon successful evaluation of your returned item from our trained category professionals in 2-3 business days. Refunds are made for product value only, excluding shipping and handling charges. If you received Free Shipping on your order, the value of the uncharged shipping cost will be deducted from your refund.

Limitations and Exceptions
Returns of the following products must be made within 10 days of shipment - Stringed instruments priced at $1999.00 or more. The following products cannot be returned – Clearance items, Apple products, items identified as non-returnable, discontinued items, electronic software downloads, demo gear, vintage instruments, strings, reeds, computers, tubes, earbuds, earplugs, recorders, tin whistles, flutophones, "world" wind instruments, harmonicas, raw-frame speakers, drumheads, drumsticks, turntable cartridges, fog fluid, clothing/footwear, body jewelry, sheet music, cleaners, polishes and polishing cloths, software/soundware, books, CDs, DVD's, vinyl records, and videos.The following fees apply to Band & Orchestra returns - All returned woodwind and brass instruments incur a $10.00 sanitization fee. Returned bows are assessed a $4.00 restocking fee. Returned mouthpieces over $300 incur an $8.00 sanitization fee; the fee for mouthpieces under $300 is $4.00.

Should you decide to return your shipment, please follow the return steps printed on the back of your invoice and pack your return carefully to prevent damage in shipment. All returns must:

1. Include a Return Authorization Number; (Please contact us via eBay messages for an RA number)

2. Be in the original packaging complete with all collateral materials such as cases, straps, cables, care kits, certificates of authenticity, warranty cards, manuals, and any other materials that originally shipped with the instrument;

3. Be in brand-new condition, showing no signs of wear or use such as belt-buckle or pick scratches, scuffs, dings, or scrapes on the instrument or collateral materials.