TAYLOR 514CE £3,659
WHAT IS IT? Brand-new Taylor with sustainably sourced urban ironbark back and sides, new design ’board inlays and light ‘edge burst’ finish to the top
There surely isn’t another large guitar manufacturer that does more to look after the environment than Taylor, in either discovering new timber species for guitar building, or conserving stocks of rare ones. Witness its careful management of koa in Hawaii, the conservation of Crelicam ebony in Cameroon, and the discovery of ‘urban’ woods from within the cities of California, such as urban ash, and this new one on us, urban ironbark.
Many Californian cities feature wide tree-lined boulevards, and when it’s time to replace them due to age, safety or other issues, Taylor rescues this otherwise