Warm, Effortless Taylor Tone With Next Level Comfort
This Builder’s Edition 514ce Kona Burst is Taylor going all in on comfort, tone, and sustainable woods. It is one of the first of this new run to hit the wild, and it absolutely hits that sweet spot between lush warmth and clean, modern articulation.
Solid Sitka spruce on top of Shamel Urban ash back and sides gives you a warm, focused voice with woody overtones, punchy midrange, crisp trebles, and a balanced low end. Add Taylor’s V-Class bracing and you get more sustain, more volume, and chords that ring with piano-like harmonic agreement.
Sitka Spruce And Urban Ash: Warmth With Clear, Punchy Definition
The solid Sitka spruce top is the classic Taylor recipe for versatility. You can dig in with a heavy strum and it stays clear, or back off into fingerstyle and it responds with nuance and detail.
Shamel Urban ash back and sides bring a warm, woody character that feels like a sweet spot between mahogany and rosewood. Responsibly sourced from Southern California, it is not just a sustainability story – it is a tone story, giving you a focused, punchy midrange, crisp highs, and a supportive low end that never gets muddy.
Builder’s Edition Comfort Features You Actually Feel
This is where the Builder’s Edition magic really shows up. The beveled armrest and beveled cutaway let your picking hand and fretting hand relax into the guitar instead of fighting sharp edges.
Chamfered body edges and the contoured Curve Wing bridge keep everything smooth against your body and picking hand. After a couple of hours, you stop thinking about the guitar and just think about the songs. Real talk: if you play long sets, these comfort tweaks make a huge difference.
V-Class Bracing For Sustain, Volume And Harmonic Bloom
Taylor’s V-Class bracing is all about letting the top move in a more musical way. You hear it immediately in the way chords ring longer, with notes that agree with each other instead of fighting for pitch.
Single notes have more focus and bloom, and the guitar feels louder and more present without you having to overplay. Whether you are tracking in the studio or playing solo in a big room, that extra sustain and clarity helps every note land.
ES2 Electronics And Gotoh 510s: Built For The Stage
The Expression System 2 pickup and preamp are voiced to sound like a mic’d Taylor, not a quacky piezo. Plug straight into a PA or acoustic amp and you get a natural, touch-responsive sound that still lets the wood and your right hand speak.
Gotoh 510 antique gold tuners add a touch of class and rock solid tuning stability. Paired with the Black Tusq nut, Micarta saddle, ebony bridge and pins, and a firestripe pickguard, you get a guitar that looks boutique, feels broken in, and holds tune all night.
A New Release, Dialed In And Ready To Work
This specific guitar (serial 1212194007) is in our Evansville, Indiana shop right now, inspected three times and dialed in with our Player-Perfect setup. At just 4.8 pounds it is light, resonant, and seriously comfortable on a strap.
You are getting a brand new Builder’s Edition release with the kind of versatility that covers worship, singer-songwriter gigs, studio work, and home sessions with ease. Photos are of the actual guitar, and it ships in a Taylor deluxe hardshell brown case, ready to inspire the second you crack it open.
Questions about this guitar? Call (888) 794-8482 and talk to a real player on our team about whether this Builder’s Edition 514ce is the right fit for you.
