Taylor 524ce Grand Auditorium Cutaway - Mahogany

Get A Balanced Tonal Response & Greater Harmonic Agreement With Taylor Guitars' 524ce Grand Auditorium Acoustic Guitar

This all-mahogany cutaway Grand Auditorium enjoys a sonic upgrade with the addition of V-Class bracing. Mahogany typically delivers a focused sound with a full midrange, and a hardwood top like mahogany adds a natural compression to the response, helping to create a balanced articulation across the tonal spectrum, which benefits lively strummers.

The V-Class treatment allows those sounds to flourish with greater volume, longer sustain, and more harmonic agreement between notes, which helps chords sing in a whole new way. A shaded Edgeburst around the body and neck adds a vintage treatment to the dark, rich-grained mahogany, and the top has been left pickguard-free to preserve the rootsy character of the wood. Understated appointments include grained ivoroid Century fretboard inlays with a new peghead inlay, faux tortoiseshell binding, and a faux tortoise/ivoroid rosette. The guitar comes equipped with Taylor's proprietary ES2 electronics, and ships in a deluxe hardshell case.

SPECIFICATIONS

Body

• Body Length: 20"
• Body Width: 16"
• Body Depth: 4 5/8"
• Scale Length: 25-1/2"
• Binding/Edge Treatment: Tortoise
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Back Config.: 2-piece No Wedge
• Backstrap Finish: None
• Rosette Size: Single Ring
• Bridge Inlay: None
• Back/Side Finish: Gloss
• Armrest Binding: None
• Backstrap Wood: None
• Rosette Mat.: Grained Ivoroid/Tortoise/Grained Ivoroid
• Stain/Sunburst: Medium Brown Stain with Shaded Edge Burst
• Wedge: None
• Armrest: No

Neck

• Neck Width: 1-3/4"
• Fretboard Inlay: Century
• Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: Ebony
• Heel Cap Binding: Ebony
• Type of Neck Joint: Taylor Neck
• Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
• Fretboard Wood: Ebony
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Heel Length: 3-1/2"

Peghead

• Finish: Gloss
• Binding: None
• Type: Standard
• Purfling: None
• Headstock Overlay: Ebony
• Inlay: None
• Logo: Grained Ivoroid

Other

• Nut & Saddle: Tusq Nut/Micarta Saddle
• Bracing: Performance with Relief Rout
• Truss Rod Cover: Black Plastic
• Pickguard: None
• Number of Frets: 20
• Tuners: Taylor Nickel
• Bridge Pins: Ebony
• Buttons: Nickel
• Fingerboard Ext.: None
• Edge Trim: None
• Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Light
• Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Brown