It wasn't a beautiful guitar even though it was....My first 514ce (pre-ES) with a cedar top. After a couple of years, it developed a crack in the cutaway section. Taylor asked me to send it back to them and when they received it, they said that it was their fault and that I had three options. They could repair my guitar, repair the crack and install the new ES (I had a Fishman), or send me a new 514ce cedar that had just come off the line. I went with the brand new one. (Stupid kid mistake!) Though Taylor is consistent, the new one just never opened up or sounded as sweet and warm. It records great, but lacks that sound that I loved and the Fishman was better for my liking too. I have spent so many years regretting letting my first 514 go and too many years trying to find a place for this 514 that I like some days and hate others.
