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. The 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.

Overview

• Features responsibly sourced solid Shamel ash back and sides
• Solid Sitka spruce top offers power and clarity
• Kona Burst around the top, back, sides and neck adds extra vintage flavor
• V-Class bracing improves volume, sustain and intonation
• Includes ES2 pickup and deluxe hardshell case

Specifications

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

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