Taylor Gold Label 514e SB Super Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Sunburst #5051

The Taylor Gold Label 514e SB puts Taylor's Super Auditorium body — a shape sized between the Grand Auditorium and a full dreadnought — under a Shaded Edgeburst top with a Firestripe pickguard. A solid torrefied Sitka spruce top over solid neo-tropical mahogany back and sides gives it the same dry, focused low end that defines the Gold Label line, scaled up into a bigger, more room-filling voice.

Fanned V-Class bracing with a Tonal Rout keeps that bigger body from turning boomy — strummed chords stay articulate and single-note runs cut through instead of disappearing into the low mids. The mahogany's punch sits forward in the mix, and the Super Auditorium's added air gives it more projection than a standard Grand Auditorium without tipping into dreadnought bass. It strums confidently and holds up just as well fingerpicked.

West African ebony covers the fingerboard, headstock veneer, and truss rod cover, with cream crest inlays and nickel tuning hardware finishing the look. An L.R. Baggs Element VTC pickup system covers stage and studio work. Every 514e SB ships under our Dread-Not Guarantee — a 30-day in-home trial and a full year to trade it in for up to 90% credit toward anything else in the store, backed by a free humidity monitoring kit. For players who want a bigger-bodied Gold Label without going all the way to a dreadnought, the 514e SB is the middle ground.

The Acoustic Shoppe is an Authorized Taylor Premier Dealer and Gold Label Advantage Dealer. Every instrument ships after a full 23-point professional inspection by our in-house repair tech. As a twelve-time consecutive NAMM Top 100 Dealer, we handle warranty concerns directly on your behalf.