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    Current Model

      Taylor 514ce Grand Auditorium ES2
      This instrument is discontinued

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      Offering up warm, dark tones thanks to Tropical Mahogany back and sides, and clarity with a Solid Cedar top, the Taylor 514ce is well-established amongst the tonewood elite. Many consider these striking all glossy guitars the ultimate fingerpickers. Plugged in, all the nuances and subtleties will be faithfully recreated via the famous Expression System.

      Full of character, the Taylor 514ce features a Western Red Cedar top which delivers extra warmth and responsiveness to the popular mahogany Grand Auditorium Cutaway body. The Expression System ES2 is Taylors new redesigned Piezo pickup that will ensure a terrific live or recorded sound.

      The Taylor 514ce includes a deluxe hardshell case, a left handed variant no additional charge (call for details) and a 12 YEAR WARRANTY with Taylor!

      Grand Auditorium Body Shape

      In many respects the Grand Auditorium represents Taylor`s quintessential body style. It embodies Bob Taylor`s design sensibility in the purest sense and has come to define the sound of a modern acoustic guitar.

      Bob first introduced the Grand Auditorium shape in 1994, a decade after the Grand Concert, in commemoration of the company`s 20th anniversary. The Grand Auditorium found the sweet spot between a Dreadnought - known for robust flatpicking and rhythmic strumming - and Grand Concert - designed with fingerstylists in mind - to give players the best of both worlds and then some. With a body size that was bigger than the Grand Concert, it produced a more powerful voice, particularly in the low-end, yet also had a bright, bell-like chime on the treble side and a well-defined midrange that helped maintain the balance and clarity.

      The Grand Auditorium shape spoke to modern players because it gave them a level of versatility that many of them had long craved. Session players and recording engineers from Nashville`s country scene to the rock world discovered how well a Grand Auditorium fit into a mix without being too `boomy`. Many producers would (and still do) keep a Grand Auditorium in the studio as their go-to guitar because they knew how well it tracked, especially alongside a bass guitar and other instruments in the mix. It`s also been a reliable tool for performing sidemen over the years.

      For those of us who play recreationally, the Grand Auditorium is a fantastic all-purpose guitar. It can yield a full voice for light strummers and give fingerpickers a little extra dynamic range. If you can only pick one guitar, the Grand Auditorium body shape will suit you well.

      • Grand Auditorium Body
      • Tropical Mahogany Back and Sides
      • Western Red Cedar Top
      • Abalone Soundhole Rosette
      • Tropical American Mahogany Neck
      • Ebony Fretboard
      • Small Pearl Dot Fretboard Inlays
      • Indian Rosewood Headstock Overlay
      • Ebony Bridge
      • Tusq Nut & Saddle
      • Gold Plated Taylor Tuning Machines
      • Scale Length: 25 1/2 Inches
      • Adjustable Truss Rod
      • Neck Width at Nut: 1 3/4 Inches
      • 20 Frets
      • Fretboard Radius: 15 Inches
      • Bracing: Standard II (Forward Shifted Pattern)
      • Finish: Gloss, Honey Sunburst option
      • Venetian Cutaway
      • Taylor Expression System ES2 Electronics
      • Body Width: 16 Inches
      • Body Depth: 4 5/8 Inches
      • Body Length: 20 Inches
      • Overall Length: 41 Inches
      • Case: Taylor Deluxe Hard-Shell
      Established in 1983 A&C Hamilton Musical Instruments maintains a healthy balance of traditional business values with a keen sense for new business ideas. Getting new customers and keeping existing customers are equally important to us. As the internet has changed all our lives we continue to grow from strength to strength applying the tried and trusted methods of traditional retail sales to this new world of internet sales and store sales. The world is a smaller place but we are all still individuals within it. It is so much more fun selling to some one you can have a chat with, either email phone or in the shop than just sending boxes via couriers. Our company has a solid financial basis to trade and all premises are owned in full by the directors.

      Our Music Shop is on the outskirts of Preston with forecourt parking for 8 cars. Our closest town is Blackpool and nearby is Lytham St Annes. Blackburn and Southport are close by. Lancaster, Morecambe, Wigan, Burnley, Ormskirk, Bolton, Leigh, Accrington are also near me. Manchester Liverpool and Cumbria are around an hour away.

      Our Address is : A&C Hamilton Musical Instruments 946-950 Blackpool Road Lea Preston Lancashire PR2 1XN

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