The Gold Label 514e puts mahogany into the Super Auditorium, Taylor's newer shape drawn from its Grand Auditorium with a slightly longer body and a wider lower bout. Neo-Tropical Mahogany back and sides sit under a torrefied Sitka spruce top with fanned V-Class bracing. Taylor's target is an older acoustic sound, warm and woody through the mids, with the fundamental leading and the overtones held back.
The long-tenon Action Control Neck pairs the joint with an adjustment system for fast, accurate changes to string height. Electronics are an LR Baggs Element VTC. Cream binding, a matching rosette, Crest inlays on Crelicam ebony, nickel tuners and a Honduran rosewood bridge finish the trim, under gloss.
There are four finishes. The Natural shows the roasted top in its own colour, the two Sunbursts differ only in the pickguard (firestripe or cream), and the Blacktop comes with the cream guard. In the same body, the Gold Label 714e moves to Indian rosewood, the 814e to Honduran rosewood and the K14e to Hawaiian koa.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Shape: Super Auditorium
Bracing System: Fanned V-Class with Tonal Rout
Number of Strings: 6 String
Top Wood: Spruce
Back/Side Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Rosette: Cream (.075")/.032" Black/Cream (.075") Single Ring
Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge
Body Binding: Cream
Armrest: None
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: Cream Crest
Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin
Nut Width: 1-3/4"
Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Scale Length: 25-1/2"
Peghead Inlay: Cream Crest
Peghead Type: Paddle
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Finish: Gloss
ELECTRONICS
Electronics: LR Baggs - Element VTC
HARDWARE
Bridge: Honduran Rosewood
Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood
Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
Pickguard: By finish, as shown
Tuners: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons
Strap Pin: Black
End Pin: Bronze
CASE
Case/Bag: Gold Label Hardshell Case British Cocoa



