NGD! 514ce Cedar top with ES2!

[guitarsrsoawesome]

And thank so much for the kind words from all of you...lots of hog/cedar fans here and I noticed several 512's (taylorgirl and john) which I know must so completely responsive to finger style! 

And RAA's comment about the fretboard being consistently black, I almost like the idea of having some of those streaks, but you're right, this one is solid.  There's a little light streaking in the headstock veneer though which I really like.  Almost smokey looking. 

And michaelw is right, it's a late year 2013 (I think november), so it got the ES2 but there were still 80/20 strings rather than the pb's they're now putting on the 2014's...but as stated, I went straight to my beloved FX strings...

[cigarfan]

Congrats! I'm a mahoganut as well. Just seems to go with singing.

[John]

And thank so much for the kind words from all of you...lots of hog/cedar fans here and I noticed several 512's (taylorgirl and john) which I know must so completely responsive to finger style! 

And RAA's comment about the fretboard being consistently black, I almost like the idea of having some of those streaks, but you're right, this one is solid.  There's a little light streaking in the headstock veneer though which I really like.  Almost smokey looking. 

And michaelw is right, it's a late year 2013 (I think november), so it got the ES2 but there were still 80/20 strings rather than the pb's they're now putting on the 2014's...but as stated, I went straight to my beloved FX strings...

Yes I play 90% finger style with 100% satisfaction.

[guitarsrsoawesome]

Congrats! I'm a mahoganut as well. Just seems to go with singing.

I completely agree with that...played two mini gigs last night, a country club first then went to an open mic, and felt very confident with it while singing! I was a little distracted because I kept thinking, "man, this thing sounds good!" Ha!

[Earl]

mahoganut

That sounds like the seed that mahogany trees grow from......   

[cigarfan]

Actually, vintage mahogany guitars have been known to, all of a sudden, develop little round mahoganuts rolling around inside the box.

If you are ever able to get them out thru the soundhole they are very tasty.   

[Strumming Fool]

Congrats on a great acquisition - while many consider the 814 to be Taylor's iconic model, I (being more of a hog fan) would assign that honor to the 514. I think that Taylor put the cedar/mahogany combination on the steel string guitar map as a very refreshing alternative. I've loved every 514 I have ever played.

Enjoy!

[mgap]

Congrats on a great acquisition - while many consider the 814 to be Taylor's iconic model, I (being more of a hog fan) would assign that honor to the 514. I think that Taylor put the cedar/mahogany combination on the steel string guitar map as a very refreshing alternative. I've loved every 514 I have every played.

Enjoy!

SF you speak my language.  Sure the 814 is the "flagship guitar" of  Taylor, but Bob has been quoted as saying that the Mahogany 514 and the rosewood 814 are the quintessential Taylor guitars

[michaelw]

Actually, vintage mahogany guitars have been known to, all of a sudden, develop little round mahoganuts rolling around inside the box.

If you are ever able to get them out thru the soundhole they are very tasty.   

would those be mahoganut holes
sounds mahoganutty good

a few more mahoganuts - it must've took a whole herd of them to build that piano
https://www.facebook.com/MahoganutWoodCraft
http://woodyhats.webs.com/aboutus.htm
http://www.chicagopianos.com/081412_update/hailun.html

[mgap]

Mahogany guitars will rule the guitar world in the near future.  Mahoganuts are the seeds that will sprout the future. 

[scusu]

Congrats!!!!
I have to say when I started out my quest for a new acoustic last year the 814 and the 514 were my favorites. I went with a custom GA rosewood but I am very tempted to add a hog. I recently tried a 516 engelman which sounded really nice but the cedar/hog has such a unique tonal character. I also like the light weight of mahogany - adds to the comfort for an old guy with aches and pains.

[guitarsrsoawesome]

Congrats!!!!
I have to say when I started out my quest for a new acoustic last year the 814 and the 514 were my favorites. I went with a custom GA rosewood but I am very tempted to add a hog. I recently tried a 516 engelman which sounded really nice but the cedar/hog has such a unique tonal character. I also like the light weight of mahogany - adds to the comfort for an old guy with aches and pains.

Thanks, scusu, yeah, i was surprised how much the cedar/hog combo grabbed me.  Someone who heard me play it Tuesday said that the little runs I do within a chord while strumming were way clearer to him.  He had heard me play my GS8 (rosewood, spruce) and I'm guessing the overtones of the rosewood kind of took away from the clarity of the single notes I was going for within the chord.  And it's definitely way responsive to finger style, which makes up about half of what I do, so for me, at this point (ha!), this combination is perfect.  As for the weight of the guitar, I like how hog is lighter, though this one is no where near as light as my all hog martin 000.  That thing practically floats it's so light!